Australian Pelican, photo Lyn Allison 
Brown Falcon, photo Andrew McCutcheon
| Species | Status |
| Stubble Quail | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Magpie Goose | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Musk Duck | Past Visitor |
| Black Swan | Frequent Visitor/breed |
| Australian Shelduck | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Australian Wood Duck | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Pink-eared Duck | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Australasian Shoveler | Occasional Visitor |
| Grey Teal | Frequent Visitor |
| Chestnut Teal | Common Resident/breed |
| Pacific Black Duck | Frequent Visitor/breed |
| Hardhead | Frequent Visitor |
| Blue-billed Duck | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Australasian Grebe | Frequent Visitor/breed |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Frequent Visitor |
| Great Crested Grebe | Past Visitor |
| Rock Dove | Frequent Visitor |
| Spotted Dove | Common Resident |
| Diamond Dove | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Common Bronzewing | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Crested Pigeon | Frequent Visitor |
| *Australasian Gannet | Past Visitor |
| Australasian Darter | Occasional Visitor |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Frequent Visitor |
| *Great Cormorant | Frequent Visitor |
| Little Black Cormorant | Frequent Visitor |
| *Pied Cormorant | Occasional Visitor |
| Australian Pelican | Occasional Visitor |
| Australasian Bittern | Past Visitor |
| White-necked Heron | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Eastern Great Egret | Frequent Visitor |
| Intermediate Egret | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Cattle Egret | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Little Egret | Very Occasional Visitor |
| White-faced Heron | Frequent Visitor |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Glossy Ibis | Past Visitor |
| Australian White Ibis | Occasional Visitor |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Occasional Visitor |
| Royal Spoonbill | Occasional Visitor |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Occasional Visitor |
| Whistling Kite | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Black Kite | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Brown Goshawk | Occasional Visitor |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Swamp Harrier | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Little Eagle | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Nankeen Kestrel | Occasional Visitor |
| Brown Falcon | Occasional Visitor |
| Australian Hobby | Occasional Visitor |
| Black Falcon | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Peregrine Falcon | Occasional Visitor |
| Purple Swamphen | Resident/breed |
| Lewin’s Rail | Past Visitor |
| Buff-banded Rail | Frequent Visitor/breed |
| Baillon’s Crake | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Spotted Crake | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Spotless Crake | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Black-tailed Native-hen | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Dusky Moorhen | Common Resident/breed |
| Eurasian Coot | Common Resident/breed |
| *Aust. Pied Oyster catcher | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Sooty Oyster catcher | Very Occasional Visitor |
| Black-winged Stilt | Frequent/Seasonal Visitor/breed |
| Red-necked avocet | Past Visitor |
| Red-cappped Plover | Past Visitor |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Resident/breed |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Frequent Visitor |
| Masked Lapwing | Resident |
| Latham’s Snipe | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Common Sandpiper | Past Visitor |
| *Common greenshank | Past Visitor |
| Ruff | Past Visitor |
| Red-necked Stint | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Past Visitor |
| Painted Button-quail | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Caspian Tern | Past Visitor |
| Whiskered Tern | Very Occasional Visitor |
| *Crested Tern | Occasional Visitor |
| *Pacific Gull | Occasional Visitor |
| Silver Gull | Common Visitor |
Total number of species, including land based birds = 162
Prepared by Andrew McCutcheon and Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery & Landcare,
Last updated 5 March 2020
Notes:
* Species seen at/along Yarra River only. Species in bold recorded since bird count surveys commenced in March 2007
Bird names and taxonomic order in accordance with the Australian Checklist, Christidis L. & Boles W.E. (2008).