FAUNA - Waterfowl

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The following species have been reintroduced by the landholder under licence from the NPWS.
(Waterfowl breed freely within the protected Waterfowl Reserve and outside and a gaggle of resident Cape Barren Geese has been sighted as fas as Yass. This program is now completed and no more species are reintroduced).

Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons)

Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)

Blue-winged Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)

Maned (Wood) Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Grass Whistling Duck (Dendroocygna eytoni)

Wandering (Water) Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)

Australian Shelduck (Mountain duck) (Tadorna tadornoides)

Burdekin Duck (Tadorna radjah)

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Hard Head (Aythya australis)

Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata)

Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Blue-billed duck (Oxyura australis)

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