Flora and Fauna
Plant and animal life found in or near the Swan-Canning Estuary include:
- Over 130 species of fish including bull sharks (carcharhinus leucas), rays, cobblers (cnidoglanis macrocephalus, also known as Swan River Catfish.), herring (elops machnata), pilchard (sardinops neopilchardus), bream (kyphonzs rydnqanus), flatheads, leatherjackets and blowfish (tetraodontidae)
- Bottlenose Dolphins
- Crustaceans including Prawns, Blue manna crabs
- Molluscs including mytilidae, galeommatidae
- Birds including the eponymous Black Swan, Silver Gull, Cormorants (locally referred to as 'shags'), Twenty-eight parrots, Rainbow Lorikeet, Kingfisher, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Australian Pelican, Australian Magpie, Heron, Ducks
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