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Miranda Shorebird Centre (birds found here)

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Birds found at the Miranda Shorebird Centre
 
(Bird life commonly seen at Miranda includes):—
Buller’s ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Little black ShagPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Spotted Shag  Stictocarbo punctatus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotis.
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
White HeronEgretta alba
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
California QuailCallipepla californica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Banded RailRallus philippensis.
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
Large Sand DotterelCharadrius leschenaulti
Mongolian dotterelCharadrius mongolus
Black-fronted DotterelCharadrius melanops
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
WrybillAnarchynchus frontalis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Knot,Calidris canutus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminata
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little WhimbrelNumenius minutus
Eastern Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Terek sandpiperTringa terek
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
(page last updated  27 October 2013)