News Perched in the ‘tree of life’: new study redefines understanding of all birds …of living birds. The new family tree overturns some previous ideas about bird relationships, while also revealing some new groupings. The superb lyrebird is one of the most talented songbirds….
History & Culture Budgerigars: Australia’s colourful, clever and much-loved avian gift to the world …an incredibly lucrative market during the ’50s and ’60s, with firms such as American Bird Products offering everything from moulting food, blood tonic, bird wash, bird bitters, mating food and…
News The most-counted Aussie bird of 2020? …Australian ecologists and bird-lovers, conspicuously absent in this list are small native birds. “We’re losing a lot of our smaller birds to urban areas,” says Sean, “less vegetation in gardens,…
Australian Geographic Adventure Guided vs unguided hiking: Follow the leader or go your own way? …but my feet and a daypack in the hands of guides and porters. It was the age-old mental wrestle, the question that divides hikers: to trek guided or unguided? The…
Wildlife Cats kill more than a million Australian birds a day, according to a new study …kill 272 million birds per year. Bird-kill rates are highest in arid Australia (up to 330 birds per square km per year) and on islands, where rates can vary greatly…
Science & Environment Striking out: window collisions a growing threat to our birds …9. Be part of BirdLife Australia’s Bird Strike Project, which is investigating the collision of birds with windows and cars. If you witness a bird strike record it here: birdsinbackyards….
News More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction …What went wrong? Birds are easily harmed by changes in their ecosystems. (Image credit: Dean Ingwersen/BIRDLIFE AUSTRALIA) Birds are easily harmed by changes in their ecosystems, including introduced species, habitat…
Wildlife The birds we love to hate …is for birds. BirdLife Australia’s Birds in Backyards project Birds in Backyards is a research, education and conservation program that was created in response to the loss of small native…
Wildlife Best Australian wildlife apps of 2014 …birds, mammals or frogs). Either way, there’s an app that will suit your identification needs. Gaia Guide The Gaia Guide is an online field guide that anyone can contribute to,…
Science & Environment How birds use Earth's magnetic field to navigate …Roswitha, proved beyond doubt that birds can detect magnetic fields and use them to orient themselves. These days we know that birds are not the only creatures that can do…
