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World’s oldest fossil of the magpie family discovered in Queensland
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-worlds-oldest-fossil-of-the-magpie-family-discovered-in-north-western-queensland/A new genus and species of a songbird related to magpies and currawongs sheds light on the evolution of these birds in Australia.
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Finding dead birds
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/donations/finding-dead-birds/The Australian Museum welcomes donations by the public of birds found dead. This is a major source of specimen acquisition by the Museum.
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Night Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/ornithology/ornithology-collection-night-parrot/The Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, is a rather undistinguished looking bird: plump, medium-sized and mottled with yellowish green and dark brown.
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Eyrean Grasswren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/ornithology-collection-eyrean-grasswren/The Eyrean Grasswren, Amytornis goyderi, was until the late 1970s known only from specimens collected in 1874 at Macumba River, north-west of Lake Eyre, South Australia.
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Black Swan
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/black-swan/The Black Swan is the only entirely black-coloured swan in the world.
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White-browed Babbler
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-browed-babbler/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.
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Splendid Fairy-wren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/splendid-fairy-wren/The nest of the Splendid Fairy-wren is so small that the female's long tail is bent during incubation.
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Southern Emu-wren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-emu-wren/The emu-wrens are named for their six wispy, emu-like tail feathers.
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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.
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Masked Owl
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/masked-owl/The Masked Owl is Australia's largest Tyto owl.
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