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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
In the eucalypt forests and pine plantations of Southeast Australia, yellow-tailed black cockatoos call with long-carrying wailing cries as they fly slowly over the...
Tasmanian Thornbill: A Gem of Temperate Rainforests
Habitat: The Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) is found in temperate rainforests and wet sclerophyll shrubberies in Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait. However,...
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)
Green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) is a large species that is often regarded as a pest in Tasmania. It is not uncommon to see them...
Slaty-backed thornbill (Acanthiza robustirostris)
Family: The slaty-backed thornbill (Acanthiza robustirostris) belongs to the family Acanthizidae in the order Passeriformes.
Identification: Both adult sexes are similar. The upper parts are...
Black Honeyeater (Certhionyx niger)
There are several species of honeyeaters in the meliphagid family, including the black honeyeater (Certhionyx niger).
Black honeyeaters measure between 100 and 120 millimeters in...
Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)
Eastern Bristlebirds (Dasyornis brachypterus) live and nest under dense heath and tussock undergrowth, moving through it like rats and feeding mainly on the floor....