Since recovering from an accident, this wild, young, black-necked stork has struck up a rare and remarkable relationship with a couple managing a conservation property in Far North Queensland.
Budgies are in abundance in the Red Centre this year thanks to good rainfall over the summer.
If magpies told ghost stories, it would be about the channel-billed cuckoo. If one of these pterodactyl-like birds has a magpie’s nest in their sights, it’s game over.
We’ve never seen a colour mutation like this before. This rainbow lorikeet really has the Aussie colours down pat.
From coast to outback, Australia is a bird-watching Mecca. Here’s where you can eye-spy our feathered friends across the country.
Work of art: the Australian Geographic 2021 Art Calendar is out now and selling fast. Don’t miss out!
The concerning figures are revealed in the world-first Threatened Bird Index, which combines over 400,000 surveys at more than 17,000 locations.
If you’re looking for an absolute alpha, a force of nature that demands to be reckoned with, look no further than Victoria’s riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae).
Meet the providence petrel, Australia’s most trusting bird.
