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Lesser Crested Tern Shantanu Kuveskar / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Cape York, Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Top End

Lesser Frigatebird Ariefrahman / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel
Fregatidae Pelecaniformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Top End, Wet Tropics

Lesser Noddy Dr. Raju Kasambe / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser Noddy

Anous tenuirostris
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Lesser Sand-Plover JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser Sand-Plover

Anarhynchus mongolus
Charadriidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Lesser Sooty Owl Sheba_Also 43,000 photos / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser Sooty Owl

Tyto multipunctata
Tytonidae Strigiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Wet Tropics

Letter-winged Kite Frank Pierce / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Letter-winged Kite

Elanus scriptus
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Murray-Darling Basin

Lewin's Honeyeater Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lewin's Honeyeater

Meliphaga lewinii
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria, Wet Tropics

Lewin's Rail JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lewin's Rail

Lewinia pectoralis
Rallidae Gruiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, Victor…

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross François Guerraz / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Tasmania

Little Black Cormorant WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Phalacrocoracidae Suliformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Little Bronze-Cuckoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Bronze-Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx minutillus
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Little Button-quail JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Button-quail

Turnix velox
Turnicidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin,…

Little corella WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little corella

Cacatua sanguinea
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Little Crow Neil Fifer / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Crow

Corvus bennetti
Corvidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales6

Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Mallee, Murray-Darlin…

Little Curlew 孫鋒 林 / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Curlew

Numenius minutus
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Expert Observed
KnownObscure
Weight10
Locales7

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, South-east Queensland…

Little Eagle Andrew Allen / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Eagle

Hieraaetus morphnoides
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Little egret WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little egret

Egretta garzetta
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales10

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Murray-Darling Basin,…

Little Friarbird WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Friarbird

Philemon citreogularis
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Little Grassbird JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Grassbird

Poodytes gramineus
Locustellidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia, Tasmani…

Little Heron WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Heron

Butorides striata
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Little Kingfisher WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Kingfisher

Ceyx pusillus
Alcedinidae Coraciiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Little Lorikeet Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Lorikeet

Glossopsitta pusilla
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Little Penguin Wandering and Wilderness / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Little Penguin

Eudyptula minor
Spheniscidae Sphenisciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Nullarbor / Southern Coast, South-east South Australia, Tasmania, Vict…

Little Pied Cormorant WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos
Phalacrocoracidae Suliformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…