Brolga Crane (Grus rubicunda) aka Australian Crane – Range: Tropical and eastern Australia
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) – Range: Queensland, Australia
Cormorants
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), also known as the Black-faced Shag – Range: Southern coast of Australia from eastern Victoria to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, as well as around the coast of Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) – Endemic to Australia’s temperate regions. Its range extends from southern Queensland, through New South Wales and Victoria. Also widespread in the south west of Western Australia. O. australis rarely appears on the New South Wales coastline except during times of drought. It is in greatest abundance in the Murray-Darling basin.
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) – Range: Southern Australia
Hardhead or White-eyed Ducks (Aythya australis) – Range: Common in the south-east of Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin, but also in the wetter country near the coasts.
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata): Range: Southern Australia. They are moderately common through the Murray-Darling and Cooper Creek basins, and in the wetter, fertile areas in the south of the continent: the south-west corner of Western Australia, Victoria
Plumed Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna eytoni) – Range: Eastern, northern and central Australia from the Kimberley across the Top End and Cape York, down to southern Queensland and northern New South Wales on the east coast, although may reach northwestern Victoria inland, in the vicinity of the Murray River.
Radjah Shelduck aka Burdekin Duck (Tadorna radjah) – Range: Coastal tropical northern Australia, from central Queensland through northern Northern Territory (including Kakadu National Park) to the Kimberley in Western Australia
Shovelers
Australasian Shoveler – Ducks (Anas rhynchotis) – Range: Southwestern and southeastern Australia
Storks
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) – Range: Northern half of Australia
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