Sandbank No 3 Caloundra ( 57 counts)
Common name Frequency % Abundance High count
Australian Pelican 77.2 10.6 41
Pied Cormorant 63.2 31.9 250
Silver Gull 63.2 16.1 181
Bar-tailed Godwit 57.9 15.1 148
Great Crested Tern 57.9 60.7 587
Eurasian Whimbrel 49.1 8.6 109
Far Eastern Curlew 49.1 3.1 45
White-faced Heron 43.9 2.3 26
Great Egret 42.1 0.8 6
Caspian Tern 38.6 1.3 16
Osprey 38.6 0.6 2
Pied Stilt 36.8 10.1 91
Australian Ibis 35.1 1.4 23
Pacific Golden-Plover 35.1 7.9 66
Black Swan 33.3 8.6 111
Pied Oystercatcher 33.3 0.8 7
Little Pied Cormorant 28.1 6.6 300
Little Egret 26.3 0.6 6
Common Tern 21.1 132.8 3300
Masked Lapwing 19.3 0.4 5
Red-capped Plover 19.3 1.1 24
Australian Tern 17.5 1.1 37
Brahminy Kite 17.5 0.3 2
Little Black Cormorant 14.0 7.9 440
Little Tern 14.0 8.1 240
Australasian Darter 10.5 0.1 2
Royal Spoonbill 10.5 0.5 7
White-bellied Sea-Eagle 10.5 0.1 2
Chestnut Teal 7.0 0.2 6
Medium Egret 7.0 0.1 2
Curlew Sandpiper 3.5 0.2 9
Double-banded Plover 3.5 0.5 15
Striated Heron 3.5 0.0 1
Whistling Kite 3.5 0.0 1
Beach Thick-knee 1.8 0.0 1
Great Crested Grebe 1.8 0.0 1
Red-necked Stint 1.8 0.0 2
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1.8 0.0 1
Sooty Oystercatcher 1.8 0.0 1
White-winged Tern 1.8 0.9 53