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Collared Sparrowhawk
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/collared-sparrowhawk/Collared Sparrowhawks rely on trees or tall shrubs for cover to ambush their prey, darting out to catch small birds. At other times they sit quietly and are very easily overlooked.
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Brown Thornbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/brown-thornbill/The Brown Thornbill will respond to humans imitating its calls.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/wedge-tailed-eagle/The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's largest living bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world.
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Splendid Fairy-wren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/splendid-fairy-wren/The nest of the Splendid Fairy-wren is so small that the female's long tail is bent during incubation.
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Speckled Warbler
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/speckled-warbler/The eggs of the Speckled Warbler are a glossy red-brown, leading to unusual local names such as 'Chocolate Bird' and 'Blood Tit'.
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Spangled Drongo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/spangled-drongo/Glossy black with iridescent blue-green spots, red eye and a long forked, “fish-like” tail.
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Southern Emu-wren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-emu-wren/The emu-wrens are named for their six wispy, emu-like tail feathers.
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Southern Cassowary
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-cassowary/The Southern Cassowary is often heard long before the bird is seen, with its rumbling calls usually given in response to the sight of potential danger.
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Red-winged Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/red-winged-parrot-aprosmictus-erythropterus/The courtship display of the Red-winged Parrot is very colourful: the male circles the favoured female, then lowers his wings to expose the blue patch on his lower back, which is usually hidden. He holds his feathers close to his body and contracts his pupils.
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Red Wattlebird
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/red-wattlebird-anthochaera-carunculata/The Red Wattlebird is the second largest honeyeater in Australia (the Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird is the largest). They can display domineering and often aggressive behaviour towards other birds intruding on their territory.
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