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Capricorn Coast Birds
Beach and foreshore Birds 1 		 
These are birds that you will find on our many beaches, the foreshore behind them and around our estuaries.
Beach and foreshore Birds 2
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Cormorants   Herons and Egrets   Raptors  
           
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crested tern
 
caspian tern
 
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Size 42-50cm		   Crested Tern
Sterna bergii
Size 40-50cm		   Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Size 47-54cm		  
 
silver gull   kelp gull   beach curlew  
Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
Size 43cm		   Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
Size 49-62cm 		  Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Size 60-66cm		  
           
bar tailed godwit   whimbrel   beach stone curlew  
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Size 37-39cm 		  Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Size 40-45cm		   Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus neglectus
Size 54-56cm 		 
           
 
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