Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park
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Michaelmas and Upolu Cays is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,409 km northwest of Brisbane and 33 km east of Cairns. It comprises two small cays on Michaelmas Reef, which forms the north-eastern section of the Arlington reef complex, within the Great Barrier Reef. ()
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Wildlife
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Giant clam
The giant clams are the members of the clam genus Tridacna that are the largest living bivalve mollusks. There are actually several species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, which are...
Bivalves
Swift Tern
The greater crested tern, also called crested tern or swift tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old...
Birds
Sooty tern
The sooty tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans which sleeps on the wing, returning to land only for breeding- on islands throughout the equatorial...
Birds
Lesser crested tern
The lesser crested tern is a tern in the family, Laridae.
Birds
Brown noddy
The brown noddy or common noddy is a seabird in the family Laridae. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related black noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is...
Birds
Queensland