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Great Cormorant
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The Great Cormorant is the largest of the Australian cormorants and is one of the largest in the world.

Gouldian Finch
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The Gouldian Finch is the only grassfinch that nests exclusively in tree hollows or holes in termite mounds.

Glossy Black-Cockatoo
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Large dull black body, bulbous bill, red tail panels.

Galah
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The name Galah comes from the Yuwaalaraay language word “gilaa”. In Australia, we call people galahs if they are acting silly or do something foolish. The Yuwaalaraay language area extends across north west NSW on the Barwon River into south west Queensland along the Culgoa and Balonne Rivers.

Freckled Duck
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During the breeding season, the male Freckled Duck's bill becomes crimson at the base.

Flame Robin
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Flame Robins are the only robins to form flocks in winter.

Emu
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The name 'emu' is not an Aboriginal word. It may have been derived from an Arabic word for large bird and later adopted by early Portuguese explorers and applied to cassowaries in eastern Indonesia. The term was then transferred to the Emu by early European explorers to Australia.

Eastern Whipbird
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Black head and breast, white patch on side of face, olive-green with a long tail.

Eastern Spinebill
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The Eastern Spinebill sometimes hovers like a hummingbird when feeding on the nectar from flowers. Most Australian honeyeaters feed on flowers from a perched position.

Dollarbird
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Dark brown body, blue-green wings and back, short orange red bill.