Eastern beach Mirapool Moreton Island ( 78 counts)
Common name Frequency % Abundance High count
Pied Oystercatcher 83.3 4.5 47
Great Crested Tern 78.2 59.3 383
Red-capped Plover 61.5 3.9 33
Red-necked Stint 48.7 97.9 1220
Silver Gull 48.7 4.2 77
Pied Cormorant 42.3 6.8 54
Bar-tailed Godwit 38.5 400.7 3493
Far Eastern Curlew 38.5 75.4 697
Australian Tern 34.6 9.1 130
Siberian Sand-Plover 32.1 14.3 248
Greater Sand-Plover 29.5 7.7 139
Pacific Golden-Plover 28.2 5.5 74
Sanderling 26.9 8.3 122
Great Knot 24.4 3.3 41
Double-banded Plover 20.5 5.3 73
Black-bellied Plover 19.2 4.1 49
Eurasian Whimbrel 19.2 19.1 539
Curlew Sandpiper 15.4 6.6 256
Whistling Kite 15.4 0.2 2
Masked Lapwing 14.1 0.3 4
Common Tern 12.8 22.3 810
Beach Thick-knee 11.5 0.2 2
Little Tern 11.5 14.0 524
White-bellied Sea-Eagle 11.5 0.1 2
Brahminy Kite 10.3 0.1 2
Caspian Tern 10.3 0.2 7
Australian Pelican 9.0 0.4 10
Osprey 9.0 0.1 2
Ruddy Turnstone 9.0 0.3 7
Lesser Crested Tern 7.7 0.3 10
Red Knot 5.1 0.1 5
Little Pied Cormorant 3.8 0.1 6
Australasian Gannet 1.3 0.0 2
Black-tailed Godwit 1.3 0.1 4
Bush Thick-knee 1.3 0.0 2
Gray-tailed Tattler 1.3 0.5 40
Pied Stilt 1.3 0.0 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1.3 0.0 1