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Lake Victoria is a 1.39 km² shallow saline lake on the
Bellarine PeninsulaThe Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula separates Port Phillip from Bass Strait...
, Victoria, Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by
Parks VictoriaParks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia. It was established in December 1996 and, as a statutory authority, it reports to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change...
. It is separated from
Bass StraitBass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland specifically the state of Victoria.-Discovery and exploration:The first European to discover Bass Strait was George Bass in 1797...
by a narrow strip of coastal dunes. It forms part of the Swan Bay wetland system of shallow marine areas and lagoons, and is an important
wetlandA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, and bogs, among others. The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater,...
for waterbirds and
waderWaders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...
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Birds of conservation significance for which the lake and its surrounds are important include the
Hooded PloverThe Hooded Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.It is threatened by habitat loss....
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Little EgretThe Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:...
and
Orange-bellied ParrotThe Orange-bellied Parrot is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to Australia.The adult male is distinguished by its bright grass-green upperparts, yellow underparts and orange belly patch. The adult female and juvenile are duller green in colour. All birds have a blue frontal band and blue outer...
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Lake Victoria is a 1.39 km² shallow saline lake on the
Bellarine PeninsulaThe Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula separates Port Phillip from Bass Strait...
, Victoria, Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by
Parks VictoriaParks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia. It was established in December 1996 and, as a statutory authority, it reports to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change...
. It is separated from
Bass StraitBass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland specifically the state of Victoria.-Discovery and exploration:The first European to discover Bass Strait was George Bass in 1797...
by a narrow strip of coastal dunes. It forms part of the Swan Bay wetland system of shallow marine areas and lagoons, and is an important
wetlandA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, and bogs, among others. The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater,...
for waterbirds and
waderWaders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...
s.
Birds of conservation significance for which the lake and its surrounds are important include the
Hooded PloverThe Hooded Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.It is threatened by habitat loss....
,
Little EgretThe Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:...
and
Orange-bellied ParrotThe Orange-bellied Parrot is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to Australia.The adult male is distinguished by its bright grass-green upperparts, yellow underparts and orange belly patch. The adult female and juvenile are duller green in colour. All birds have a blue frontal band and blue outer...
. It sometimes holds internationally significant numbers of
Red-necked StintThe Red-necked Stint, Calidris or Erolia ruficollis, is a small migratory wader.-Description:These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the Little Stint, Calidris/Erolia minuta, with which they were once considered conspecific...
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Banded StiltThe Banded Stilt, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, is a nomadic stilt from Australia. It gets its name from the red-brown breast band found on breeding adults, but this is mottled or entirely absent in non-breeding adults and juveniles. Its remaining plumage is pied and the eyes are dark brown...
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