Editing Lake Eyre (section)

===Birds===
Birds such as [[Australian pelican|pelicans]] and [[banded stilt]]s are drawn to a filled lake from southern coastal regions of Australia, and from as far afield as Papua New Guinea. During the 1989–1990 flood, it was estimated that 200,000 pelicans, 80% of Australia's total population, came to feed and roost at Lake Eyre.<ref name="wdrwsg">{{cite book |title=Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters|last=White|first=T. C. R.|year=2005|publisher=[[CSIRO Publishing]]|isbn=0643099816|page=88}}</ref> Scientists are presently unable to determine how such birds appear able to detect the filling of the lake, even when hundreds or thousands of kilometres away from the basin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-06/birds-set-to-return-to-lake-eyre-to-breed/7069228?section=sa|title=Birds set to return to Lake Eyre to breed as inland lakes fills with water|last=Fantin|first=Elise|agency=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=5 January 2016|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>