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Priority birds in the Northern and Yorke region

Australian bustard

Name: Australian bustard

Scientific name: Ardeotis australis

Regional status: Not listed

Bush stone-curlew

Name: Bush stone-curlew

Scientific name: Burhinus grallarius

Regional status: Vulnerable

Eastern curlew

Name: Eastern curlew

Scientific name: Numenius madagascariensis

Regional status: Not listed

Eastern osprey

Name: Eastern osprey

Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus

Regional status: Endangered

Grey falcon

Name: Grey falcon

Scientific name: Falco hypoleucos

Regional status: Endangered

Priority birds in the Northern and Yorke region

Name: Hooded plover

Scientific name: Thinornis rubricollis

Regional status: Vulnerable

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Photo credit: Dean Ingwersen

Malleefowl (Nganamara)

Name: Malleefowl (Nganamara)

Scientific name: Leipoa ocellata

Regional status: Vulnerable

Plains wanderer

Name: Plains wanderer

Scientific name: Pedionomus torquatus

Regional status: Vulnerable

Western whipbird

Name: Western whipbird

Scientific name: Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster

Regional status: Vulnerable

White-bellied sea eagle

Name: White-bellied sea eagle

Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucogaster

Regional status: Not listed

Photos of Osprey, Australian bustard and Eastern curlew courtesy of BirdsLife Australia.