5 – Mute Swan

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Cygnus olor;

 

Common name: Mute Swan; Alternative common name: White Swan – Male / Cob – Distribution in Australia: INTRODUCED SPECIES originally from Eurasia became established in Perth Region and some towns in the southwest, such as Northam, Coolbelup and Bridgetown in Western Australia and in northern Tasmania; by now likely elsewhere – Distribution outside Australia: northern, central and eastern Europe including the British Isles, through the central Asia to eastern China.

2 – Wood Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Chenonetta jubata;

 

Common name: Wood Duck; Alternative common name: Maned Duck – Female guarding her ducklings – Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in all mainland states and Tasmania; absent from the tropics and deserts.

2 – Pacific Black Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anas superciliosa;

 

Common name: Pacific Black Duck, or Black Duck – Resting – Distribution in Australia: throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania – Distribution outside Australia: New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, east to Pacific Islands and west to Sulawesi and southern half of Sumatra in Indonesia – Note: Outside Australia frequently threatened by competition and interbreeding with expanding Mallard Anas platyrhynchos.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.

Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower

Family Myrtaceae – Verticordia huegelii – Variegated Featherflower – endemic to Western Australia – occurs in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.