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Fairy-wrens teach babies password call for food
Unhatched fairy-wrens learn a unique call so they can be identified by their mother, research says.
Tag: birds of australia
Wildlife
Gallery: Australia’s cockatoos
Leila Jeffreys’ portraits of Australian cockatoos bring out their cheeky, unique personalities.
Wildlife
The faces of Australia’s cockatoos
Leila Jeffreys’ portraits of Australian cockatoos bring out their cheeky, unique personalities.
Wildlife
Boom time for migratory birds in Australia
A few wet years have brought tens of thousands of migratory birds to NSW wetlands.
Wildlife
Bird calls drowned out by city noise
Australian songbirds are battling to be heard above noisy urban areas.
News
Eagle-eyes needed to spot rare regent parrots
The call is out for bird spotters to ID the habitats of endangered regent parrots in Australia’s southern and eastern states.
News
Eagle-eyes needed to spot rare regent parrots
The call is out for bird spotters to ID the habitats of endangered regent parrots in Australia’s southern and eastern states.
Reader Photos
Reader photo: father fairy-wren
A fairy-wren dad and the two kids are the subjects of this week’s reader photo from Alison O’Halloran.
Wildlife
Cockatoos causing trouble in Blue Mountains
Sulphur-crested cockatoos are booming in the Blue Mountains of NSW, pushing out more timid native birds.
News
Aussie wetlands vitally important, says study
The largest survey ever conducted of Autralian wetlands reveals the most important habitats for waterbirds.