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Community acts for South-Eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Friday, 22 August 2025
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Community action to save the endangered South-Eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
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No uplisting for Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Friday, 15 August 2025
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Despite population decline and international recognition of its critical status, the WA government has rejected a bid to uplist Baudin’s black-cockatoo.
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BirdLife Australia equipment stolen

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Monday, 4 August 2025
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Man fined, monitoring camera returned
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Birds to look out for in August

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Friday, 1 August 2025
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Find out more about birds to see around Australia in August, including Double-banded Plovers, Tree Martins, Gang-gang Cockatoos and Shining Bronze-cuckoos.
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2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards deadline extended

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Monday, 28 July 2025
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Calling all photographers! Enter the BirdLife Australia Photography Awards before 12 August
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BirdLife Australia in the media: June/July

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Thursday, 24 July 2025
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Find out more about our bird conservation work around the country with our monthly multimedia round-up.
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Wedgie risk-assessment tool developed in Tasmania

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Thursday, 24 July 2025
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the Tasmanian subspecies of the Wedge-tailed Eagle is considered threatened, being officially classified as Endangered. It’s a situation which might surprise a
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More good news for one of world's rarest birds

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Thursday, 10 July 2025
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Critically Endangered Orange-bellied Parrots have returned to the mainland in record numbers, in more good news for one of the world's rarest birds.
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Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2025

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Monday, 7 July 2025
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This NAIDOC Week (and every week) we recognise the immense contribution of Indigenous people to the knowledge and conservation of Australia's birds.