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Powerful Owl
Did you know?The Powerful Owl is Australia's largest owl.CallsCommon adult deep, double hoot: 'woo-hoo' (Fred Van Gessel). Chick 'trilling' contact and begging call (Ed...
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Pied Currawong
Did you know?Pied Currawongs are known for their distinctive, loud and ringing calls which can be far-reaching throughout their territories.CallsThe main call is a loud "currawong", which gives the...
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Noisy Miner
Did you know?Despite their moderate size, Noisy Miners aggressively attack larger birds such as hawks and kookaburras. These attacks may be so vigorous that most other birds are excluded from an area...
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New Holland Honeyeater
Did you know?With long, slender beaks and a tongue which can protrude well beyond the end of their beaks, New Holland Honeyeaters are able to probe for nectar in the deep flowers of Banksias and...
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Magpie-lark
Did you know?The Magpie-lark's mud nest seems to link it closely with the mud-nest builders of the Family Corcoracidae, the White-winged Chough, and the Apostlebird. But it actually belongs in the...
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Little Wattlebird
Did you know?The Little Wattlebird is the smallest of the wattlebirds.CallsLoud clucking and distinctive unmusical calls.playpausestopmuteunmutepreviousnextCopyright © Fred Van Gessel Facts and...
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Laughing Kookaburra
Did you know?The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call. The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay...
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Grey-crowned Babbler
Did you know?The old nests of Grey-crowned Babblers are used by a variety of other birds: Blue-faced Honeyeaters sometimes nest on top of the dome. Yellow-rumped Thornbills may nest underneath and are...
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Grey Butcherbird
Did you know?Butcherbirds get their name from their habit of hanging captured prey on a hook or in a tree fork, or crevice. This 'larder' is used to support the victim while it is being eaten, to store...
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Eastern Yellow Robin
Did you know?Eastern Yellow Robins belong to the genus Eopsaltria which translates as 'dawn-harper'. Appropriately, they are among the first birds to be heard at dawn.CallsThe voice includes a variety...
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Eastern Koel
Did you know?The Common Koel is being surveyed for Birds in Backyards this spring. Visit the Koel survey page for details.CallsThe male Common Koel advertises its presence by a loud ascending whistle...
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Common Myna
Did you know?The Common Myna's success is mostly a result of its opportunistic behaviour and aggressiveness towards other species, bullying them around food sources and out competing them for nesting...
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Channel-billed Cuckoo
Did you know?The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the largest parasitic cuckoo in the world.CallsThe call of the Channel-billed Cuckoo, a loud 'kawk' followed by a more rapid, and weaker 'awk-awk-awk...', is...
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Australian Magpie
Did you know?The Australian Magpie has one of the world's most complex bird songs.CallsA loud musical flute-like song, often performed as a duet or by groups. An uncommon alternative name for the...
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Australian King-Parrot
Did you know?Although King-Parrots appear distinctly red and green to humans, when viewed under ultraviolet light, some feathers on the wings appear with a prominent yellow glow. Many birds have four...
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