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Bourke's Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/bourkes-parrot/

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.

Published 06 July 2011

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Yellow Wattlebird
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/yellow-wattlebird/

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

Published 09 August 2018

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Splendid Fairy-wren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/splendid-fairy-wren/

The nest of the Splendid Fairy-wren is so small that the female's long tail is bent during incubation.

Published 27 May 2010

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Striated Heron
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/striated-heron/

The Striated Heron is a small, squat water bird with short legs, a black crown and a small, drooping crest.

Published 19 June 2020

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Striated Thornbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/striated-thornbill/

The Striated Thornbill is a medium-sized thornbill with greenish upperparts, an orange-brown cap, streaked distinctively with white and off-white to cream underparts, heavily streaked on chin, throat and breast.

Published 19 June 2020

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Tasmanian Thornbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tasmanian-thornbill/

Reverend Thomas J. Ewing (d.1876) for whom this bird is named was the headmaster of the Queen's Orphan Schools, Tasmania. John Gould (who first described the bird) stayed with Rev. Ewing during his visit to Tasmania in 1838-39.

Published 28 July 2023

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Black Swan
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/black-swan/

The Black Swan is the only entirely black-coloured swan in the world.

Published 20 September 2018

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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?

Published 18 December 2018

Birds kingfisher bird ornithology
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.

Published 12 April 2018

food bird ornithology
Flexiraptor
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/flexiraptor/

Flexiraptor was a long-legged bird of prey that hunted and ate small and medium-sized animals such as possums or other mammals, lizards or baby birds.

Published 17 July 2020

australia's extinct animals bird

Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs

Exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney: more than 3,000 years in the making, discover over 180 ancient Egyptian treasures.

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Wansolmoana

Experience the diverse and dynamic cultures of Pasifika peoples through stories and objects from across the region.

Permanent exhibition
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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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