Fitzroy River Estuary

Region:	Australia: Victoria
Location:	38°15'39"S 141°51'10"E
Description:	Coastal sand dunes, river and swamp. Can be accessed from Thompsons Road off the Princes Hwy near Tyrendarra East.
Period:	4/4/2009
List:	40309
List Status:	Published in Atlas
Observer:	Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
Species:	19
Prepared:	9/3/2010
Common Names	Clements (international)
	Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Christidis and Boles. 2008.

Species	Scientific Name	Comment	Count
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Musk Duck	Biziura lobata
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
Whistling Kite	Haliastur sphenurus
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles
Double-banded Plover	Charadrius bicinctus
Red-capped Plover	Charadrius ruficapillus
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Pacific Gull	Larus pacificus
Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Singing Honeyeater	Lichenostomus virescens
White-fronted Chat	Epthianura albifrons
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis

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