Animals of Swan Bay Birds Common Name Scientific Name Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasitcus Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Australian Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Barn Owl Tyto alba Black Falcon Falco subniger Black Swan Cygnus atratus Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyomis melanops Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Brown Falcon Falco berigora Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Brown Songlark Cinclorhamphus cruralis Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Buff-Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Chestnut Teal Anas castanea Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Common Name Scientific Name Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Tern Sterna hirundo Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel Fairy Tern Sternula nereis Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Galah Eolophus roseicapillus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Great Skua Stercorarius skua Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Grey Teal Anas gracilis Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Hardhead Aythya australis Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis Horsfields Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Lewin’s Rail Lewinia pectoralis Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Common Name Scientific Name Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Egret Egretta garzetta Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Raven Corvus mellori Little Tern Sternula albifrons Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Musk Duck Biziura lobata Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Orange-bellied Parrot Neophenia chrysogaster Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Pacific Gull Larus pacificus Pallid Cockoo Cacomantis pallidus Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Pink-Eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Red Knot Calidris canutus Red Wattlebird Anthochaeara carunculata Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sancta Sanderling Calidris alba Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Shining Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenia tenuirostris Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis Common Name Scientific Name Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus White-bellied Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster White-brewed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae White-fronted Chat Ephthianura albifrons White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons White-fronted Tern Sterna striata White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Fish Common Name Scientific Name Australian Herring Arripis georgianus Barred Toadfish Contusus richei Black Bream Acanthopagrus butcheri Blue Sprat Spratelloides robustus Blue Weed Whiting Haletta semifasciata Blue-spot Goby Pseudogobius olorum Bridled Leatherjacket Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus Clingfish Family Gobiesocidae Common Galaxias Galaxias maculatus Common Weedfish Heteroclinus perspicillatus Crested Weedfish Cristiceps australis Eastern Fiddler Ray Trygonorrhina fasciata Flatheads Family Platycephalidae Common Name Scientific Name Goby Nesogobius sp. Goby Nesogobius sp.A. Goby Nesogobius sp.B. Goby Tosmanogobius sp. nova Greenback Flounder Rhombosolea tapirina Gummy Shark Mustelus antarcticus Hairy Pipefish Urocampus carcinirostris Half-bridled Goby Arenigobius frenatus King George Whiting Sillaginodes punctatus Longfin Pike Dinolestes lewini Luderick Girella tricuspidata Melbourne Skate Spiniraja whitleyi Old Wife Enoplosus armatus Pikehead Hardyhead Kestratherina esox Port Phillip Pipefish Vanacampus phillipi Prickly Toadfish Contusus brevicaudus Rough Leatherjacket Scobinichthys granulatus Sea Moth Acanthopegasus lucifer Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus Shorthead Worm Eel Scolecenchelys breviceps Silver Fish Leptatherina presbyteroides Silver Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex Sixspine Leatherjacket Meuschenia freycineti Smallmouth Hardyhead Atherinosoma microstoma Smooth Toadfish Tetractenos glaber South Australian Cobbler Gymnapistes marmoratus Southern Eagle Ray Myliobatis australis Southern Garfish Hyporamphus melanochir Southern Longfin Goby Favonigobius lateralis Southern Pigmy Leatherjacket Brachaluteres jacksonianus Spiky Toadfish Allomecterus pilatus Spotted Pipefish Stigmatopora argus Stingarees Urolophus spp. Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix Tupong Pseudaphritis urvillii Varied Carpetshark Parascyllium variolatum White’s Seahorse Hippocampus whitei Widebody Pipefish Stigmatopora nigra Wood’s Siphon Fish Siphamia cephalotes Yellow-eye Mullet Aldrichetta forsteri Frogs Common Name Scientific Name Common Eastern Froglet Ranidella signifera Southern Brown Tree Frog Littoria ewingii Southern Bullfrog Limnodynastes dumerilii Mammals Common Name Scientific Name Australian Fur-seal Arctocephalus pusillus Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus Gould’s Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii Grey-Headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus Water-rat (Rakali) Hydromys chrysogaster Reptiles Common Name Scientific Name Common Blue Tongue Lizard Tiliqua scincoides scincoides Copperhead Austrelaps superbus Eastern Three-lined Skink Acrictosccincus duperreyi Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti Jacky Tree Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus Marbled Gekko Christinus marmoratus Metallic Skink Carinascincus metallicus Swamp Skink Lissolepis coventryi Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus Weasel Skink Saproscincus mustelinus White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides White’s Skink Egernia whitii swanbayenvironment.org.au .