Australian Bird of the Year information

Australian Bird of the Year is a biennial poll organised by The Guardian Australia and BirdLife Australia. Members of the public are invited to vote for...

Bird of the Year (Māori: Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau) is an annual election-based competition run by New Zealand conservation organisation Forest & Bird...

The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand...

Australia and its offshore islands and territories have 898 recorded bird species as of 2014. Of the recorded birds, 165 are considered vagrant or accidental...

The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It...

with seeds. The superb fairywren was named 'Australian Bird of the Year' for 2021, after a survey conducted by Birdlife Australia saw the species narrowly...

In December 2017, the ibis placed second in Guardian Australia's inaugural Bird of the Year poll, after leading for much of the voting period. In April...

Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, Field Guide To Australian Birds by Michael Morcombe, and The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 9th edition by Graham...

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (/ˈeɪviːz/), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of...

With the merger, BirdLife Australia became the Australian national partner organisation of BirdLife International, a role hitherto performed by Birds Australia...

A lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds that compose the genus Menura, and the family Menuridae. They are most notable...

A big year is a personal challenge or an informal competition among birders who attempt to identify as many species of birds as possible by sight or sound...

The Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the scrub turkey or bush turkey, is a common...

Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's...

Australian Bight to the south, in one of the least populated places on the Australian continent. It was established in 1977 by Birds Australia in the...

Elephant birds are extinct flightless birds belonging to the order Aepyornithiformes that were native to the island of Madagascar. They are thought to...

The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...

The Atlas of Australian Birds is a major ongoing database project initiated and managed by BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists...

Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. There is debate within the scientific community over whether some talking parrots also have...

The Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) is a passerine corvid bird native to Australia. Measuring 46–53 centimetres (18–21 in) in length, it has an all-black...

Blackbird". Birds in Backyards. Australian Museum. Retrieved 30 December 2007. "Blackbird". Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. 16 December...

kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites: flightless birds without a keel on their...

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals...

(2009). "Indigenous Bird Names of the Hunter Region of New South Wales". Australian Museum. Sydney, New South Wales. Archived from the original on 17 October...

Drinking birds, also known as insatiable birdies, dunking birds, drinky birds, water birds, or dipping birds are toy heat engines that mimic the motions of a...

roles in the post-apocalyptic thriller film Bird Box as Olympia, the film Skin (2018) as Julie, the Netflix series Unbelievable as Amber, and the BBC One/Stan/HBO...