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Swift Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/swift-parrot/The Swift Parrot migrates between Tasmania and the Australian mainland each year to breed.
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Tasmanian Native-hen
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tasmanian-native-hen/The Tasmanian Native-hen was widespread on the Australian mainland until about 4700 years ago when it became extinct, possibly through predation by newly arrived Dingo and increasing aridity of the continent.
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Tasmanian Scrubwren
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tasmanian-scrubwren/The Tasmanian Scrubwren is known as the alarm bird of the Tasmanian scrub, as it is the first to signal danger.
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Tasmanian Thornbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tasmanian-thornbill/Reverend Thomas J. Ewing (d.1876) for whom this bird is named was the headmaster of the Queen's Orphan Schools, Tasmania. John Gould (who first described the bird) stayed with Rev. Ewing during his visit to Tasmania in 1838-39.
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Torresian Crow
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/torresian-crow/The Torresian Crow shuffles its wings when landing at a perch.
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Turquoise Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/turquoise-parrot/Up until the 1890s the Turquoise Parrot was widely found throughout New South Wales and the Sydney region, however experienced a significant decline by the early 1900s.
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White-eared Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-eared-honeyeater/The White-eared Honeyeater is renowned for its habit of collecting hair from people's heads to line its nest. It is a medium-sized honeyeater with a strong bill, olive-green above with lighter green underparts.
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White-naped Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-naped-honeyeater/The White-naped Honeyeater is a small honeyeater with a short, slender bill. It is endemic to eastern and south-eastern mainland Australia, from northern Queensland to eastern South Australia, with a race in south-western Australia.
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White-necked Heron
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-necked-heron/Like other herons, the White-necked Heron has a special hinge mechanism at the sixth vertebra that allows them to rapidly extend their folded neck and so catch unwary prey.
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White-plumed Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-plumed-honeyeater/The White-plumed Honeyeater is one of the first birds to call in the morning and the last to call in the evening. It is a medium-sized honeyeater with a slightly down-curved bill and distinctive white neck-plume, giving the bird its name.
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