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Bourke's Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/bourkes-parrot/Another name for Bourke's Parrot is 'Night Parrot', as it will fly into watering places at night. However it is not to be confused with the real, and extremely rare, Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis.
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Bell Miner
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/bell-miner/Bell Miners are strongly associated with psyllid (tiny insects that feed on leaves) infestations in gum trees Eucalyptus (causing the disease called 'dieback') and may even actively farm psyllids as a food source.
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Channel-billed Cuckoo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/channel-billed-cuckoo/The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the largest parasitic cuckoo in the world.
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Yellow Wattlebird
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/yellow-wattlebird/The Yellow Wattlebird is Australia's largest honeyeater with the very distinctive yellow-orange wattles on the sides of the head.
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Flexiraptor
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/flexiraptor/Flexiraptor was a long-legged bird of prey that hunted and ate small and medium-sized animals such as possums or other mammals, lizards or baby birds.
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Little hope of rescue for an endangered bird population in Sydney
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-little-hope-of-rescue-bird/An endangered population of White-fronted Chats now appears to be isolated from all others.
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Black Kite
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/black-kite/The Black Kite is the most abundant raptor (bird of prey) in the world.
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Barking Owl
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/barking-owl/The Barking Owl is named for its harsh 'barking' call but can also make a much louder, wailing cry, which has given rise to another name, the 'screaming-woman bird'.
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Australian Shelduck
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-shelduck/Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.
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Australian King-Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-king-parrot/Although King-Parrots appear distinctly red and green to humans, when viewed under ultraviolet light, some feathers on the wings appear with a prominent yellow glow. Many birds have four types of cone in their retina, (compared to only three in humans) and see into the ultraviolet wavelengths.
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