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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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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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Welcome Swallow

  • Scientific name Hirundo neoxena
  • Bird type Bush birds, Common birds, Garden birds, Small insect eating birds, Urban birds
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Pheasant coucal, a large bird, with mottled brown feathers on back and a darker brown neck. Almost hawk like. Bird sitting on branch, looking and facing left. Tail is long.

Pheasant Coucal

  • Scientific name Centropus phasianinus
  • Bird type Bush birds, Garden birds, Urban birds
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Bird sitting on brand and looking up to the right. White belly, with red undertail. Black crest on head, little white cheek with red dot

Red-whiskered Bulbul

  • Scientific name Pycnonotus jocosus
  • Bird type Garden birds, Introduced birds, Urban birds
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Two rainbow lorikeets sitting on a branch, surrounding by green leaves. Rainbow lorikeet. Blue head, orange beak, orange upper chest, blue lower chest. The right side bird is grooming left birds head.

Rainbow Lorikeet

  • Scientific name Trichoglossus moluccanus
  • Bird type Bush birds, Common birds, Garden birds, Hollow nesters, Honeyeaters, Parrots, Urban birds
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Close up of very small thornbill. Yellow tinged front, with mottled brown all the way up to throat. Brown mottled head. Looking to the right

Striated Thornbill

  • Scientific name Acanthiza lineata
  • Bird type Small insect eating birds
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Small bird. Orange body, black head with a white throat and black collar sitting on a branch, facing sideways with its head facing to the right

Rufous Whistler

  • Scientific name Pachycephala rufiventris
  • Bird type Small insect eating birds
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White-naped Honeyeater

White-naped Honeyeater

  • Scientific name Melithreptus lunatus
  • Bird type Honeyeaters
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Swift Parrot

  • Scientific name Lathamus discolor
  • Bird type Parrots, Threatened species
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White-faced heron, a shorebird. grey in colour with a white mask and long legs. Sitting on a wooden fence, facing side on toward the right. Rich green background.

White-faced Heron

  • Scientific name Egretta novaehollandiae
  • Bird type Shorebirds and waders
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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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