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Ingham's TYTO Wetlands is named after which bird?

Answer: Eastern grass owl

The Eastern Grass Owl, Tyto longimembris. The wetlands have 4 km of tracks and four bird-viewing platforms.

Over 230 permanent and seasonal bird species live here. Key ones include the white-browed crake, crimson finch, jacana and cotton pygmy-goose. The wetlands are a natural floodplain, part of the Herbert River Delta.

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