Port Fairy township and Griffiths Island.

Region:	Australia: Victoria
Location:	38°23'28"S 142°14'15"E
Description:	Within the township of Port Fairy. Includes Griffiths Island, which supports a large colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters, and is accessible via a narrow causeway.
Period:	4/3/2009
List:	40299
List Status:	Published in Atlas
Observer:	Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
Notes:	Also a seal fishing in the Moyne River
Species:	25
Prepared:	9/3/2010
Common Names	Clements (international)
	Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Christidis and Boles. 2008.

Species	Scientific Name	Comment	Count
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea
Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris	Griffiths Island
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
Nankeen Night-Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	Moyne River
Nankeen Kestrel	Falco cenchroides
Australian Hobby	Falco longipennis
Australian Pied Oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Griffiths Island
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Pacific Gull	Larus pacificus
Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
Long-billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris
Singing Honeyeater	Lichenostomus virescens	Griffiths Island
New Holland Honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus

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