Bird Images
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicullatus)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Brolga (Grus rubicundus)
Bush Thick-knee (Esacus magnirsotris)
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caladonicus)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicullatus)
The Australian Pelican is a large black and white bird, common to Melbourne's open fresh and salt waters. The area around the eye of the pelican is often yellow, the bill is pink with an extendable pouch of skin. Aboriginal name Wadjil (Woiwurrung).
The Black Swan is a large graceful bird, common through out Melbourne's lakes and open freshwaters. They have a long slender neck, a red and orange beak with a white tip. They are black, with the under and tips of their wings white. Click here to go to the Melbourne Aboriginal Dreamtime story of the Black Swan, or Gunuwarra in the Woiwurrung language.
The Brolga of Melbourne have lost thier habitat and are rarely if ever seen anymore. Click here to go to the Melbourne Aboriginal Dreamtime story of the Brolga, or Gurruk in the Woiwurrung language.
Bush Thick-knee (Esacus magnirsotris)
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Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
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Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
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Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
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Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caladonicus)
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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Click here to go to the Melbourne Aboriginal Dreamtime story of the Pacific Black Duck.
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
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