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Southern Cassowary
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-cassowary/

The Southern Cassowary is often heard long before the bird is seen, with its rumbling calls usually given in response to the sight of potential danger.

Masked Owl
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The Masked Owl is Australia's largest Tyto owl.

White-browed Babbler
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White-browed Babblers build communal roosting nests of twigs and sticks, usually in dead or partly living trees. They participate in activities such as dust-bathing, preening and feeding as a group.

Black Swan
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The Black Swan is the only entirely black-coloured swan in the world.

Black Kite
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The Black Kite is the most abundant raptor (bird of prey) in the world.

Barking Owl
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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'.

Australian Shelduck
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Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.

Striated Heron
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The Striated Heron is a small, squat water bird with short legs, a black crown and a small, drooping crest.

Striated Thornbill
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The Striated Thornbill is a medium-sized thornbill with greenish upperparts, an orange-brown cap, streaked distinctively with white and off-white to cream underparts, heavily streaked on chin, throat and breast.

Tasmanian Thornbill
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Reverend Thomas J. Ewing (d.1876) for whom this bird is named was the headmaster of the Queen's Orphan Schools, Tasmania. John Gould (who first described the bird) stayed with Rev. Ewing during his visit to Tasmania in 1838-39.