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Close up of two gannets, colours of other gannets in the background. One gannet has its head reasting over the head of the other, the lower gannets bill nuzzling the higher gannets neck.

Australasian Gannet

  • Scientific name Morus serrator
  • Bird type Seabirds
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Regent Honeyeater perched on a branch

Regent Honeyeater

  • Scientific name Anthochaera phrygia
  • Bird type Bush birds, Honeyeaters, Survey species, Threatened species
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Cockatoo sitting on a branch, its wing outstretched behind its back. Bird is looking and facing right, and the background is yellowy golgen bokeh

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  • Scientific name Cacatua galerita
  • Bird type Common birds, Hollow nesters, Parrots, Urban birds
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Orange-bellied parrot sitting on a branch facing forward, looking slightly off to the left. Green, blurred background

Orange-bellied Parrot

  • Scientific name Neophema chrysogaster
  • Bird type Parrots, Threatened species
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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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Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

  • Scientific name Zanda funerea
  • Bird type Bush birds, Parrots
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The Pied Cormorant is a large black and white bird with a long, grey, hooked bill and black legs and feet. It has an orange eye patch and bare throat skin, with a blue eye ring and the eye is green. Its black back is glossed green, and its underparts are all white, except for black stripes on the thighs. The bird is sitting on a rock, which is sitting beside the ocean. Bird is looking and facing right

Pied Cormorant

  • Scientific name Phalacrocorax varius
  • Bird type Seabirds, Waterbirds
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Yellow wattle bird, grey and white mottled body, with long draping watrles below eye, yellow belly. Bird is looking and facing left, sitting on branch

Yellow Wattlebird

  • Scientific name Anthochaera paradoxa
  • Bird type Honeyeaters
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The head, neck and underbody of males are mostly red, while those of females and juveniles are mottled red. The cheek patch is yellow or cream. This is a male, it is standing on grass looking and facing left

Western Rosella

  • Scientific name Platycercus icterotis
  • Bird type Parrots
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Paradise riflebird male in mating display. Wings curving out and upward from body, almost forming a full circle above its head. Wings are an iridescent black. Blue under chin, yellow beak open performing its mating call. Bird sitting on a tree trunk

Paradise Riflebird

  • Scientific name Lophorina paradiseus
  • Bird type Bush birds
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Green parrot, with red patch under and over eyes, blue head, green body, yellow under wings. Bird is facing toward the right.

Musk Lorikeet

  • Scientific name Glossopsitta concinna
  • Bird type Parrots
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Swamp harrier, hawk like bird, in flight with wings directly vertical, taking off from fench post. Brown in colour, facing sideways toward right

Swamp Harrier

  • Scientific name Circus approximans
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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