Page No. 3 PAGES: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 /   SPECIES STATUS NOTES Brown Quail Often seen on road verges. Bush-hen A single breeding record near Pine Creek. Comb-crested Jacana Inhabits lagoons and swamps with lily growth. Eurasian Coot Occasionally observed at lagoons and swamps. Black-tailed Native-hen Irregular visitor to northern Australia. Purple Swamphen Small numbers occur around lagoons and waterholes. Masked Lapwing Resident of open fields, urban parks, lagoons and waterholes. Red-kneed Dotterel Regular at waters edge on lagoons, billabongs and rivers. Black-fronted Dotterel Has active bobbing behaviour as it feeds in shallows of billabongs, rivers, streams. Red-capped Plover Occasionally at sewage ponds. Swinhoe’s Snipe Wet season migrant occasionally flushed from ground. Little Curlew Wet season visitor to open areas and sewage ponds. Marsh Sandpiper Another regular at the sewage ponds. Common Greenshank Regular visitor to sewage ponds. Common Sandpiper Characteristic ‘bobbing’ action moving along waters edge. Wood Sandpiper Wet season migrant attracted to sewage ponds. Australian Pratincole Frequents bare open fields, roads and airstrips. Oriental Pratincole Open plains in wet, sometimes in spectacular numbers. Black-winged Stilt Common wader at sewage ponds and other waters. Red-necked Avocet Records restricted to a few observations of small flocks. Silver Gull Occasional scavenger at town dump or sewage ponds. Caspian Tern Could be given vagrant status. Sewage ponds. Whiskered Tern Irregular visitor to sewage ponds. Partridge Pigeon Kakadu. Stuart Highway site 130 km north of Katherine. Flock Bronzewing Sporadic. More likely in Victoria River region. Crested Pigeon Open woodland and urban gardens. Return to the top of the page