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Cape Barren Goose
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The Cape Barren Goose is able to drink salty or brackish water, allowing many of them to remain on offshore islands all year round.

Black Currawong
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The Black Currawong was widely eaten in the early days of European settlement in Tasmania and said to be quite tasty.

Black Kite
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The Black Kite is the most abundant raptor (bird of prey) in the world.

Crimson Chat
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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'.

Yellow-throated Scrubwren
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The Yellow-throated Scrubwren has been called the Blacknest-bird, for its habit of using black roots to build its domed nest.

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.

Bourke's Parrot
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Another name for Bourke's Parrot is 'Night Parrot', as it will fly into watering places at night. However it is not to be confused with the real, and extremely rare, Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis.

Yellow Wattlebird
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The Yellow Wattlebird is Australia's largest honeyeater with the very distinctive yellow-orange wattles on the sides of the head.

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.

Grey Shrike-thrush
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/grey-shrike-thrush-colluricincla-harmonica/

Grey Shrike-thrush pairs mate for life and maintain breeding territories of up to 10 hectares.