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Barn Owl
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Subspecies of the Barn Owl are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica.

Pied Butcherbird
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A medium-sized black and white bird with a black hood, dark brown eye, black throat and a long, hooked, grey and black bill.

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.

Superb Lyrebird
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The Superb Lyrebird looks like a large brown pheasant.

Spotted Pardalote
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The Spotted Pardalote is sometimes known as the "Headache Bird" because of the continuous "sleep-may-be" call it gives during the breeding season.

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.

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.

Striated Pardalote
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Pardalotes generally feed in the canopies of tall eucalypts, making them difficult to see.

Swift Parrot
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The Swift Parrot migrates between Tasmania and the Australian mainland each year to breed.

Willie Wagtail
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The Willie Wagtail is often found in the company of cattle and sheep. They either run behind the moving animal snatching insects as they are disturbed, or sit on the animal's back, darting off to capture a flying insect and then returning to its mobile perch.