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Black Kite
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The Black Kite is the most abundant raptor (bird of prey) in the world.

Beach Stone-curlew
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Beach Stone-Curlews feed mostly on crabs, hammering them open and sometimes washing them before swallowing.

Bassian Thrush
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If a Bassian Thrush is disturbed it often runs a short distance and then freezes, relying for defence on the camouflage of its mottled plumage against the leaf-litter of the forest floor.

Barn Owl
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Subspecies of the Barn Owl are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica.

Barking Owl
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The Barking Owl is named for its harsh 'barking' call but can also make a much louder, wailing cry, which has given rise to another name, the 'screaming-woman bird'.

Banded Lapwing
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The Banded Lapwing uses foot-tapping to disturb insects from cover, running to catch anything that moves.

Azure Kingfisher
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The Azure Kingfisher nests in a burrow dug out of a river bank.

Australian Shelduck
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Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.

Australian Ringneck
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In Western Australia, these parrots are known as Twenty Eights, from the contact call - a whistled 'twen-ty-eight' - of Australian Ringnecks in the forests of the south-west.

Australian Brush-turkey
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Australian Brush-turkey chicks hatch fully feathered and can fly within a few hours.