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Bird-killing poisons to be pulled from Australian shelves

Birdlife Australia
Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Australia is now closer than ever to banning dangerous rodenticides, following two huge recent announcements.

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Regent Honeyeater Release 2022

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Following on from successful releases in New South Wales over the past two years, 50 additional Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeaters have just been released

5 things

Rose Robins

Birdlife Australia
Tuesday, 29 November 2022

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

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

‘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

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

A subspecies of Western Whipbird, known as the Mallee or White-bellied Whipbird, has been rediscovered in Victoria for the first time in decades.

Volunteer stories

Volunteer stories: John Saw

Birdlife Australia
Saturday, 1 October 2022

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

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