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Profile of a Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

  • Scientific name Aquila audax
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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Two Sea-Eagles sitting on branch

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

  • Scientific name Haliaeetus leucogaster
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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Pacific Baza in a tree looking and left with its head cocked upward

Pacific Baza

  • Scientific name Aviceda subcristata
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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Nankeen Kestrel perched on a rock, body facing forward, with head back over its body looking slightly to the right

Nankeen Kestrel

  • Scientific name Falco cenchroides
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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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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Red Goshawk, Raptor with red brown feathers. Sitting on branch in the shade, body facing and head looking to the left

Red Goshawk

  • Scientific name Erythrotriorchis radiatus
  • Bird type Birds of prey, Threatened species
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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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Peregrine falcon in flight, grey, feathers at 12pm and 6pm. Bird facing left. Ocean in background

Peregrine Falcon

  • Scientific name Falco peregrinus
  • Bird type Birds of prey
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