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100 species

Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)

Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus

JUVENILE
Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus

Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Hoary-headed Grebe)

Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Poliocephalus poliocephalus

Poliolimnas cinereus (White-browed Crake)

Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian Swamphen)

Porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio melanotus

Porzana fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake)

Porzana fluminea
Porzana fluminea
Porzana fluminea
Porzana fluminea
Porzana fluminea
Porzana fluminea

Procellaria aequinoctialis (White-chinned Petrel)

Procellaria aequinoctialis
Procellaria aequinoctialis

Pseudobulweria rostrata (Tahiti Petrel)

Pterodroma gouldi (Grey-faced Petrel)

Pterodroma macroptera (Great-winged Petrel)

Pterodroma mollis (Soft-plumaged Petrel)

Pterodroma solandri (Providence Petrel)

Pterodroma solandri

image: Leo

Pterodroma solandri
Pterodroma solandri
Pterodroma solandri
Pterodroma solandri
Pterodroma solandri

Puffinus gavia (Fluttering Shearwater)

Puffinus gavia

image: Leo

Puffinus gavia
Puffinus gavia
Puffinus gavia
Puffinus gavia
Puffinus gavia

Puffinus huttoni (Hutton's Shearwater)

Radjah radjah (Radjah Shelduck)

Radjah radjah
Radjah radjah
Radjah radjah
Radjah radjah
Radjah radjah
Radjah radjah

Rallina tricolor (Red-necked Crake)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Spatula clypeata (Northern Shoveler)

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata

Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler)

Spatula rhynchotis

MALE

Spatula rhynchotis

FEMALE(foreground)
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis
Spatula rhynchotis

Stercorarius antarcticus (Brown Skua)

Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus
Stercorarius antarcticus

Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Jaeger)

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