Grey Heron | Black-crowned Night Heron | Patrick Heron | Pied Oystercatcher | heron | Pied Piper of Hamelin | Great Blue Heron | Gil Scott-Heron | Mike Heron | Meredith Heron | European Pied Flycatcher | Pied Avocet | Pied | Nankeen Night Heron | HMS Heron | The Eye of the Heron | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | Pied Crow | IAI Heron | Heron Quays West | Heron Lake | Heron | Bourne's Heron | white heron | Susanna Heron | Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet | Red Heron | Pied Piper of Lovers | Pied Monarch | Niue Night Heron |
The site several large waterbird nesting colonies; other birds that breed in relatively large numbers include Little Black, Little Pied and Pied Cormorants, Darters, Australian White Ibises, Royal Spoonbills, Australian Pelicans, Great, Intermediate and Cattle Egrets, Pied Herons and Nankeen Night Herons.
The floodplain, with the adjoining coast of Boucaut Bay, has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it has supported over 1% of the world populations of Pied Herons, Brolgas and Great Knots.