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CLASS AVES

ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES

FAMILY PROCELLARIIDAE

Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)

RICHARD SMART

ORDER SULIFORMES

FAMILY SULIDAE

Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) ‐ Immature

SHARON REDMAN

ORDER CHARADIIFORMES

FAMILY HAEMATOPODIDAE

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)

SIMON REES

FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) landing among other shorebirds	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
SIMON REES	MARTIN POTTER

ORDER ANSERIFORMES

FAMILY ANATIDAE

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) ducklings	Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
MARTIN POTTER	ROGER GILLER

ORDER PELACANIFORMES

FAMILY ARDEIDAE

Great Egret (Ardea alba)	Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)	Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
RICHARD SMART	SHARON REDMAN	PAUL CHARLIER

ORDER GRUIFORMES

FAMILY RALLIDAE

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)	Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)
BELINDA BACCARINI	ROGER GILLER

ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES

FAMILY PANDIONIDAE

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus)	Osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) ‐ Juvenile
PAUL CHARLIER	BILL ZEALEY

FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

BELINDA BACCARINI

ORDER FALCONIFORMES

FAMILY FALCONIDAE

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)	Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
CARLA JACKET	MARTIN POTTER

ORDER PODARGIFORMES

FAMILY PODARGIDAE

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)	Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)	Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
RALPH STADUS	BILL ZEALEY	CARLA JACKET

ORDER PSITTACIFORMES

FAMILY CACATUIDAE

Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)	Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) ‐ Male	Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) ‐ Female
SIMON REES	DAVID EDDINGTON	ROGER TRUSCOTT

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)	Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
BELINDA BACCARINI	DAVID EDDINGTON

FAMILY PSITTACULIDAE

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)	Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)	Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
CATHERINE KIRBY	ROGER TRUSCOTT	RALPH STADUS

ORDER COLUMBIFORMES

FAMILY COLUMBIDAE

Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella)

LES SCHUMER

ORDER CORACIIFORMES

FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)	Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)	Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
MARTIN POTTER	RALPH STADUS	BILL ZEALEY

Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)

ROGER TRUSCOTT

ORDER PASSERIFORMES

FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)	Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
SHARON REDMAN	PAUL CHARLIER

FAMILY ACANTHIZIDAE

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)	Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
RALPH STADUS	SHARON REDMAN

FAMILY MALURIDAE

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)	Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)	Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)	Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)
MARTIN COCKER	LES SCHUMER	ROGER TRUSCOTT	WARREN NORRIE

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

SIMON REES

FAMILY MELIPHAGIDAE

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)	Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)	Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
BILL ZEALEY	PAUL CHARLIER	MARTIN COCKER	RICHARD SMART

FAMILY PTILONORHYNCHIDAE

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

CATHERINE KIRBY

FAMILY PETROICIDAE

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)

ROD MARSDEN

FAMILY DICAEIDAE

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

RICHARD SMART

FAMILY CISTICOLIDAE

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

LINDA BACCARINI

FAMILY ESTRILDIDAE

Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)

WARREN NORRIE

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