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Barking Owl
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/barking-owl/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'.
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Australian Shelduck
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-shelduck/Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.
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Striated Heron
https://dev.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.
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Striated Thornbill
https://dev.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.
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Tasmanian Thornbill
https://dev.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.
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World’s oldest fossil of the magpie family discovered in Queensland
https://dev.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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How the urban bird gets the worm
https://dev.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.
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The quest for the Dwarf-Kingfisher
https://dev.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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Miner stocks continue to rise, closing out small consumers
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-miner-stocks-continue-to-rise/A large-scale research collaboration has discovered why the native Noisy Miner now dominates bird communities in eastern Australia.
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Fowl Play: Raising chickens a human right or health risk?
https://dev.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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RELICS
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