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2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards open now

Birdlife Australia
Friday, 24 May 2024

Calling all photographers! The BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are back in 2024 – and entries are now open!

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Birds to look out for in August

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 1 August 2024

Find out more about birds to see around Australia in August, including Double-banded Plovers, Tree Martins, Eastern Koels and Channel-billed Cuckoos.

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It’s magpie swooping season once again

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Magpie's swooping - Why they do it and how to avoid it

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2024 Indigenous Grant for Bird Research and Conservation

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 10 July 2024

And the winner is... the Dhimurru Aboriginal Rangers

Bird of the month

July bird of the month: Shy Albatross

Birdlife Australia
Sunday, 7 July 2024

Your July bird of the month is the Shy Albatross! Here are 5 things you may or may not know about Australia's only endemic albatross species.

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BirdLife Australia in the media: June

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 4 July 2024

Find out more about our bird conservation work around the country with our monthly multimedia round-up.

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2024 World Seabird Day

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Today we are celebrating World Seabird Day. Seabirds are one of the world’s most threatened groups of birds, with over half of all species experiencing populati

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Birds to look out for in July

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Find out more about birds to look out for around Australia this month

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Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater sightings spark hope

Birdlife Australia
Monday, 1 July 2024

Our team has found the largest winter flock since 2011.

Australian Birdlife magazine

Funeral Rites

Birdlife Australia
Sunday, 30 June 2024

Once known as the ‘Funeral Cockatoo’, could the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo be heading towards its own funeral?