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Budgerigar
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Since its introduction into captivity, the Budgerigar (or 'budgie') has been bred into a variety of colour forms, including pure white, blue, yellow, mauve, olive and grey. These colour morphs would not survive in the wild.

Brown-headed Honeyeater
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The Brown-headed Honeyeater prefers the lightest-coloured hairs for its nest, choosing white rather than brown hairs from piebald (two-tone) ponies and cattle, and ignoring all-brown animals.

Brown Goshawk
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Brown Goshawks hunt for starlings and house sparrows by flying low over towns and suburban areas in the evenings, when these birds are returning to their roosts.

Blue-winged Kookaburra
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Blue-winged Kookaburra family groups are often larger than those of the Laughing Kookaburra, with up to 12 members.

Blue-faced Honeyeater
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The Blue-faced Honeyeater is one of the first birds heard calling in the morning, often calling 30 minutes before sunrise.

Blue-billed Duck
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The tail of the Blue-billed Duck is usually held flat on the water, However, during courtship, or when alarmed, it is held fully erect.

Black-shouldered Kite
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Male Black-shouldered Kites feed females in mid-air during courtship. The female flips upside-down and accepts the food from the male, while the two birds are locked briefly together in flight with their feet holding the prey.

Black-chinned Honeyeater
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When choosing hair or fur to make its nest the Black-chinned Honeyeater tends to choose pale colours, plucking the white or cream hairs from cattle and horses (and even from a cat), as well as wool from sheep.

Beautiful Firetail
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When breeding, Beautiful Firetails search for food in pairs. They scuttle around on the ground and are sometimes mistaken for mice as they rustle through the undergrowth.

Bar-tailed Godwit
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Bar-tailed Godwits are the world record holders for non-stop flight: they have been recorded travelling 11,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in only 8 days, flying at an average of more than 50km/h.