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Black-chinned Honeyeater
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When choosing hair or fur to make its nest the Black-chinned Honeyeater tends to choose pale colours, plucking the white or cream hairs from cattle and horses (and even from a cat), as well as wool from sheep.

Australian King-Parrot
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Although King-Parrots appear distinctly red and green to humans, when viewed under ultraviolet light, some feathers on the wings appear with a prominent yellow glow. Many birds have four types of cone in their retina, (compared to only three in humans) and see into the ultraviolet wavelengths.

Crested Bellbird
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The nests of Crested Bellbirds often have live, hairy caterpillars placed around the rim. It has been suggested that the adults gather them as a food storage for the sitting bird or as a defence for the nest.

Australian Shelduck
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Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.

White-browed Babbler
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White-browed Babblers build communal roosting nests of twigs and sticks, usually in dead or partly living trees. They participate in activities such as dust-bathing, preening and feeding as a group.

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
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The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is the only lorikeet with an all-green head combined with a red beak.

Bell Miner
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Bell Miners are strongly associated with psyllid (tiny insects that feed on leaves) infestations in gum trees Eucalyptus (causing the disease called 'dieback') and may even actively farm psyllids as a food source.

Masked Owl
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The Masked Owl is Australia's largest Tyto owl.

Beautiful Firetail
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When breeding, Beautiful Firetails search for food in pairs. They scuttle around on the ground and are sometimes mistaken for mice as they rustle through the undergrowth.

Barking Owl
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The Barking Owl is named for its harsh 'barking' call but can also make a much louder, wailing cry, which has given rise to another name, the 'screaming-woman bird'.