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Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo

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Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo

Zanda latirostris

Conservation status

Endangered

Best seen

Spring, with chicks

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Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus naso

Vulnerable under both the Federal EPBC Act and the WA Wildlife Conservation Act, Karrak to the Noongar people is an increasingly familiar visitor to Perry Lakes.

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Sacred Kingfisher
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Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

A summer migrant, perching along the eastern lake edge in search of insects and small prey.

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Australian Pelican
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Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

The reserve's largest waterbird, loafing in groups on the open water of East Lake.

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