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Aussie Bird Count

Aussie Bird Count registrations now open!

  • Birdlife Australia

  • Tuesday, 27 August 2024

Registrations are open now for BirdLife Australia's annual Aussie Bird Count.

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Regent Honeyeater Release 2022

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Wednesday, 30 November 2022
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Following on from successful releases in New South Wales over the past two years, 50 additional Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeaters have just been released
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Rose Robins

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Tuesday, 29 November 2022
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5 things you may or may not know about the Rose Robin
Bird of the month

Red-backed Fairy-wren

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Tuesday, 29 November 2022
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Every month we spotlight a different Australian bird. Find out more about the Red-backed Fairy-wren.
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More Black Swans killed in Tasmania

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Tuesday, 29 November 2022
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‘Property Protection Permits’ — Tasmania’s loophole which allows people to kill native wildlife — has reared its ugly head again.
Australian Birdlife magazine

The Pelican Puzzle

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Thursday, 24 November 2022
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Back-to-back years of La Niña rains have created ideal breeding conditions for the Australian Pelican, a much-loved bird we know surprisingly little about.
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A Whipbird has been rediscovered in Victoria

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Tuesday, 22 November 2022
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A subspecies of Western Whipbird, known as the Mallee or White-bellied Whipbird, has been rediscovered in Victoria for the first time in decades.
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Volunteer stories: John Saw

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Saturday, 1 October 2022
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John Saw, a Birds on Farms volunteer, has been surveying and watching birds for years, recently reaching 600 different species.
Australian Birdlife magazine

Paradigm Swift

  • Birdlife Australia
  • Wednesday, 2 March 2022
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BirdLife Australia’s Beau Meney introduces Swift Parrot Search, a new monitoring approach that will help us keep tabs on this highly threatened species.