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Miner stocks continue to rise, closing out small consumers
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-miner-stocks-continue-to-rise/A large-scale research collaboration has discovered why the native Noisy Miner now dominates bird communities in eastern Australia.
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Ornithology
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/ornithology/Ornithology is the branch of zoology devoted to studying birds. Around 10,000 species of bird inhabit the world, ranging from tiny hummingbirds up to huge ostriches. The Australian Museum's Ornithology Collection contains a wide cross-section of these fascinating animals.
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Fowl Play: Raising chickens a human right or health risk?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fowl-play-raising-chickens-a-human-right-or-health-risk/Is raising chooks a basic human right or a potential health and sanitation risk? Should raising chickens in cities be permitted or not?
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Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/scaly-breasted-lorikeet/The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is the only lorikeet with an all-green head combined with a red beak.
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Pheasant Coucal
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/pheasant-coucal/The Pheasant Coucal is the only Australian cuckoo to build its own nest. It also lives and nests on the ground, unlike other cuckoos.
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Gouldian Finch
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/gouldian-finch/The Gouldian Finch is the only grassfinch that nests exclusively in tree hollows or holes in termite mounds.
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Freckled Duck
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/freckled-duck/During the breeding season, the male Freckled Duck's bill becomes crimson at the base.
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Diamond Firetail
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/diamond-firetail/During courtship, the male Diamond Firetail holds a long piece of green grass in his bill, then flies to a branch where he sits near the female and begins to bob up and down. When she approaches, he twists his neck around and opens his bill just like young begging for food.
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Crimson Chat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/crimson-chat/When a potential predator approaches the nest of a Crimson Chat, one or both parents will fake an injury on the ground in a distraction display to draw the predator away. It is also known as a 'rodent-run'.
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Eastern Shrike-tit
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/eastern-shrike-tit/Eastern Shrike-tits may be heard tearing at the bark of trees, looking for insects to eat.
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