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Night Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/ornithology/ornithology-collection-night-parrot/The Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, is a rather undistinguished looking bird: plump, medium-sized and mottled with yellowish green and dark brown.
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Finding dead birds
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/donations/finding-dead-birds/The Australian Museum welcomes donations by the public of birds found dead. This is a major source of specimen acquisition by the Museum.
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Eyrean Grasswren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/ornithology-collection-eyrean-grasswren/The Eyrean Grasswren, Amytornis goyderi, was until the late 1970s known only from specimens collected in 1874 at Macumba River, north-west of Lake Eyre, South 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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Modern birds
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/modern-birds/It is clear to us today what is a bird and what is not - as feathers make it difficult to confuse them with any other living animal. Many other features – such as wishbones and specialised joints in the wings – are also unique. We place birds in a major group called Aves.
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Birds conversation starters
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/cs-birds/Have you ever danced like a bird? Use our Birds conversation starters for fun suggestions and prompts for how to engage with this exhibition.
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World’s oldest fossil of the magpie family discovered in Queensland
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-worlds-oldest-fossil-of-the-magpie-family-discovered-in-north-western-queensland/A new genus and species of a songbird related to magpies and currawongs sheds light on the evolution of these birds in Australia.
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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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The quest for the Dwarf-Kingfisher
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-quest-for-the-dwarf-kingfisher/If a kingfisher is caught in a net, does it reside in the forest?
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How the urban bird gets the worm
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-the-urban-bird-gets-the-worm/Despite their proven predilection for carbohydrates, when the weather changes so does the diet of inner-city ibis.
