The Central Coast Waterways are buzzing with a wide range of species. The waterways are an important habitat for Fish, Birds, Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles. Explore below the species that you might find in and around the waterways.
Common flora and fauna
Fish
Fish
- Dusky Flathead
- Yellowfin Bream
- Sea Mullet
- Tarwhine
- Australian Bass
- Estuary Perch
- Luderick
- Whiting
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Eel -
Australian Bass -
Flathead -
Estuary Perch -
Luderick -
Garfish -
Prawn -
Mullet -
Tarwhine -
Tailor -
Yelowfin Bream -
Whiting
Birds
Birds
- Pelican
- Black Swan
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Eastern Osprey
- Striated Heron
- White-faced Heron
- Pacific Black Duck
- Grey Teal
- Chestnut Teal
- Australian Wood Duck
- Pied Cormorant
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
- Little Black Cormorant
- Royal Spoonbill
- Australian White Ibis
- Black-winged Stilt
- Caspian Tern
- Crested Tern
- Masked Lapwing
- Little Egret
- Australasian Darter
- Great Egret
- Australasian Grebe
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Australian Pelican -
Azure Kingfisher -
Australasian Darter -
Bar Tailed Godwit -
Black Swan -
Black Necked Stork -
Black Bittern -
Black Winged Stilt -
Brown Goshawk -
Double Barred Finch -
Chestnut Teal -
Freckled Duck -
Golden Headed Cisticola -
Eastern Great Egret -
Greenshank -
Hardhead -
Great Cormorant -
Leaden Flycatcher -
Little Black Cormorant -
Little Tern -
Musk Duck -
Little Pied Cormorant -
Osprey -
Nankeen Night Heron -
Red Capped Plover -
Pied Cormorant -
Red Rumped Parrot -
Regent Honeyeater -
Regent Bowerbird -
Royal Spoonbill -
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet -
Sharp Tailed Sandpipers -
Sooty Oystercatcher -
Silver Gull -
Striated Heron -
Swamp Harrier -
Striped Honeyeater -
Swift Parrot -
White Throated Gerygone -
White Breasted Woodswallow -
Yellow Rumped Thornbill -
Yellow Throated Scrubwren
Mammals
Mammals
- Platypus
- Koala
- Southern Brown Bandicoot
- Spotted-tailed Quoll
-
Koala -
Platypus -
Southern Brown Bandicoot -
Spotted Tailed Quoll
Amphibians
Amphibians
- Green and Golden Bell Frog
- Green Tree Frog
- Peron’s Tree Frog
- Striped Marsh Frog
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Green and Golden Bell Frog -
Green Tree Frog -
Perons Tree Frog -
Striped Marsh Frog
Reptiles
Reptiles
- Blue-tongue Lizard
- Eastern Long-necked Turtle
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Long Neck Turtle -
Blue Tongue Lizard
