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Farewell Spit (birds found here)
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Pied Stilt
Photograph: Rosemary Tulley
Birds found on Farewell Spit
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around Farewell Spit includes):—
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
White HeronEgretta alba
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
Large Sand DotterelCharadrius leschenaulti
Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
WrybillAnarchynchus frontalis
Eastern Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Red Know,Calidris canutus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
(page last updated  1 May 2007)    
 
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