AUSTRALASIAN
Tropical Freshwater
 (rivers, lakes & wetlands)

The freshwater wetlands, lakes and rivers of New Guinea and northern Australia...

Flowering Plants

Cyperus involucratus.

Family Arecaceae: Palms

'Sago Palm'.

Class Reptilia

'Merten's Water Monitor'.

Tropidonophis mairii, 'Australian Freshwater Keelback'. A fairly slim snake. Not venomous. Famous for being one of the few snakes in Australia that can eat Cane Toads and not die. They can be seen swimming on surface in various waterbodies, including into urban areas. It is found along east coast from south-east Queensland and intro tropics right across Australia into Kimberley and New Guinea. 

Class Aves: Birds

Family Anseranatidae: Magpie-Goose

Family Anatidae: Ducks & Geese

Anas superciliosa, 'Pacific Black Duck'.

Aythya australis, 'Hardhead', 'White-eyed Duck'.

Nettapus pulchellus, 'Green Pygmy Goose'.

Family Podicipedidae: Grebes
Family Rallidae: Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Family Recurvirostridae: Stilts & Avocets
Family Charadriidae: Plovers, Dotterels
Family Jacanidae: Jacanas

Family Ciconiidae: Storks

Antigone rubicunda, 'Brolga'. Large and tall. Distinguished from similar Sarus Crane by having less red on the head and neck, having a dark neck flap, and having grey (rather than red) legs.

Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants

'Pied Cormorant'.

Family Anhingidae

Anhinga novaehollandiae, 'Australasian Darter' 'Anhinga'.

Family Threskiornithidae: Ibis and Spoonbill

'Australian White Ibis'.

Plegadis falcinellus, 'Glossy Ibis'.

Family Ardeidae: Herons

'Nankeen Heron'.

'Pied Heron'.

Family Accipitridae

'Whistling Kite'.

Family Monarchidae

Myiagra nana, 'Paperbark Flycatcher'.