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Australian Pratincole
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-pratincole/The Australian Pratincole is also known as 'Roadrunner'. On the ground, it is like a plover, running and darting along on its long legs catching insects. However, in flight it is more like a tern, flying elegantly with long, narrow wings.
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Australian Magpie
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-magpie/Magies are one of Australia's most highly-regarded songbirds. They have a wide varierty of calls, many of which are complex, and their pitch may vary over up to four octaves.
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Australian Bustard
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-bustard/If there is a plague of mice or grasshoppers, Australian Bustards will gorge themselves on the plentiful food supply.
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Bluefin Leatherjacket, Thamnaconus degeni (Regan, 1903)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/bluefin-leatherjacket/Bluefin Leatherjacket, Thamnaconus degeni (Regan, 1903)
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Apostlebird
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/apostlebird/Medium-sized, dark grey, short strong black bill, black legs.
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Trischalis aureoplagiata (Rothschild, 1913)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/trischalis-aureoplagiata/Trischalis aureoplagiata (Rothschild, 1913)
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Spotted Pardalote
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/spotted-pardalote/The Spotted Pardalote is sometimes known as the "Headache Bird" because of the continuous "sleep-may-be" call it gives during the breeding season.
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Silver Gull
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/silver-gull/The Silver Gull has become a successful scavenger, readily pestering humans for handouts of scraps, pilfering from unattended food containers or searching for human refuse at tips.
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Royal Spoonbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/royal-spoonbill-platalea-regia/The Royal Spoonbill can feed faster and on larger prey than the Yellow-billed Spoonbill, as it has a shorter, broader bill with more papillae (touch receptors) inside the spoon.
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Rockwarbler
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/rockwarbler/Small, dark brown-grey bird, white throat, black tail.
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