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SANTA CRUZ
Name
Species
Comments
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Several birds present
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Eastern Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis coromandus
Common
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Single bird flying over ponds
Eurasian Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
2 birds seen quartering fields
Great Thick-knee
Burhinus recurvirostris
Excellent views of single bird
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Small flock c20
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
c10 birds roosting
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
2/3 birds among redshanks
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Small flock of 8 birds
Brown-headed Gull
Larus brunnicephalus
c20 birds roosting
Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica
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