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Over 100 species of birds have been recorded at Perry Lakes Reserve, alongside marsupials, freshwater turtles, frogs, skinks, geckos, dragonflies and damselflies. A short walk and a little patience is usually all it takes — here’s what to look for.

Photo: Ian Stewart

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Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

Birds

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

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Birds

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

Best seen:

Spring, with chicks
Oblong Turtle

Chelodina oblonga

Reptiles

A freshwater turtle (sometimes called tortoise) that is common in south-western Australian coastal plain wetlands and in other higher-rainfall parts of the south-west of Western Australia. It can withstand short periods in salty water, as shown when turtles recover after being washed into the ocean from the Herdsman Main Drain discharge at Floreat Beach. Friends…
Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo

Zanda latirostris

Birds

Endangered white-tailed cockatoo, a spring and summer visitor to the reserve’s tuart canopy.

Best seen:

Spring, with chicks
Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus naso

Birds

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.