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Rainbow Lorikeet
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/rainbow-lorikeet/The Rainbow Lorikeet was abundant around Sydney until the late 19th century, but was rare in Sydney between then and 1950. It is now highly abundant again across Sydney.
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Pied Oystercatcher
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/pied-oystercatcher/Oystercatchers use their long, strong bills to cut open the adductor muscles (that hold the two shell halves together) of bivalve molluscs in order to eat the soft mollusc's body inside.
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Masked Owl
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/masked-owl/The Masked Owl is Australia's largest Tyto owl.
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Little Penguin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/little-penguin-eudyptula-minor/Little Penguins can spend weeks away at sea, dozing and eating among the waves.
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Lewin's Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/lewins-honeyeater/This honeyeater is the most widespread of Australia's eastern coastal rainforests.
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Hooded Robin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/hooded-robin/Hooded Robins may have 'helpers' at their nest: other members of the group that help feed the nestlings and fledglings.
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Grey Shrike-thrush
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/grey-shrike-thrush-colluricincla-harmonica/Grey Shrike-thrush pairs mate for life and maintain breeding territories of up to 10 hectares.
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Fairy Martin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/fairy-martin/Fairy martins are the most communal of the Australian swallows.
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Eclectus Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/eclectus-parrot-eclectus-roratus/Eclectus Parrots, Eclectus roratus, are noisy and conspicuous, calling as they fly and screeching loudly when disturbed.
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Crimson Rosella
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/crimson-rosella/Crimson Rosellas are not only red, but can be yellow or orange. Yellow and red birds produce orange offspring.
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Tails from the Coasts
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