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bird sitting on mossy log facing left

Australian Logrunner

  • Scientific name Orthonyx temminckii
  • Bird type Small insect eating birds
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Silvereye

  • Scientific name Zosterops lateralis
  • Bird type Common birds, Garden birds, Small insect eating birds
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Crested Pigeon

  • Scientific name Ocyphaps lophotes
  • Bird type Common birds, Garden birds, Urban birds
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Western Bristlebird standing on a driftwood like branch, facing forward, slightly to the right

Western Bristlebird

  • Scientific name Dasyornis longirostis
  • Bird type Bush birds, Small insect eating birds, Threatened species
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Close up of magpie, looking and facing left

Australian Magpie

  • Scientific name Gymnorhina tibicen
  • Bird type Birdsong, Bush birds, Common birds, Garden birds, Urban birds
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Photo of Channel-billed cuckoo sitting on in a tree, looking and facing left with its head tilted slightly upward. Surrounded by green foliage

Channel-billed Cuckoo

  • Scientific name Scythrops novaehollandiae
  • Bird type Survey species, Urban birds
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Female red-tailed black-cockatoo flying to the left, wings outstretched and tail fanned out. The background is blue sky

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

  • Scientific name Calyptorhynchus banksii
  • Bird type Hollow nesters, Survey species, Threatened species
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Male Gang-gang cockatoo, close up of head, its feathered crest splayed out over head. Bird looking and facing forward, slightly to the right

Gang-gang Cockatoo

  • Scientific name Callocephalon fimbriatum
  • Bird type Hollow nesters, Parrots
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Two feral pigeons sitting on a balcony, the right bird is a browny colour, and is leaning over to groom/kiss the left bird, which is more of a grey colour.

Rock Dove

  • Scientific name Columba livia
  • Bird type Common birds, Introduced birds, Urban birds
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Two Red-browed Finches with bright red eyebrows, rump and beak, on an otherwise green and grey bird. Upperparts are olive green with grey underneath. Birds are sitting opposite each other on a branch, one facing and looking left and the other right.

Red-browed Finch

  • Scientific name Neochmia temporalis
  • Bird type Small insect eating birds
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The rufous morph striated heron, has rich rufous or cinnamon brown underparts and the upper wing feathers are outlined rufous to cinnamon brown. It is looking and facing to the left, with its head slightly bowed. Its bill is long and has a bright yellow eye.

Striated Heron

  • Scientific name Butorides striata
  • Bird type Waterbirds
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Welcome Swallow

  • Scientific name Hirundo neoxena
  • Bird type Bush birds, Common birds, Garden birds, Small insect eating birds, Urban birds
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