Corindi Beach, New South Wales Grafton Presbyterian Church, and daughters who were teachers of the area. Passerine (perching birds) Charadriiformes Coraciiformes Parrots Galliformes (heavy bodied ground birds) Accipitriformes (birds of brey) Strigiformes (owls) Frogmouths Pelecaniformes Columbiformes Releasing exotic animals into the wild may damage the environment. It could introduce an exotic disease or pathogen or become a pest itself. Exotic animals threaten our unique environment, agriculture and the tourism industry. It is also cruel to the animal as it is likely to die from exposure or starvation. Farming Dairying was the main farming practice early on in the Corindi area. Oats and lucerne grew well
Brazza's martin the type specimen. This species was often called the "Congo martin", but this invites confusion with the Congo sand martin or Congo martin, "Riparia congica". The "Phedina" species are members of the swallow family of birds, and are classed as members of the Hirundininae subfamily, which comprises all swallows and martins except the very distinctive river martins. DNA sequence studies suggest that there are three major groupings within the Hirundininae, broadly correlating with the type of nest built. These groups are the "core martins", including burrowing species like the sand martin; the "nest-adopters", which are birds like the tree swallow