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Pacific black duck

Pacific black duck Anas superciliosa

Type
Water bird – Duck family
Food
Omnivorous – plant material (stems, shoots, leaves, seeds, roots and other aquatic vegetation), and small crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic insects.
Habitat
Freshwater (urban and natural areas), and intertidal mudflats.

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Australasian swamphen

Australasian swamphen Porphyrio melanotus

Type
Water bird – Rail family
Food
Omnivorous – plant material (stems, shoots, leaves, seeds, roots and other aquatic vegetation), insects and small animals (including frogs, other bird eggs).
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands, swamps, marshes and waterways (urban and natural areas), and sometimes feed in open pasture and roadside verges.

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Common bronzewing

Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera

Type
Ground dwelling bird – Pigeon family
Food
Herbivorous – seeds and other plant material.
Habitat
Across nearly every habitat type (urban and natural areas), except barren areas and dense rainforests.

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Laughing kookaburra

Laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

Type
Terrestrial, arboreal bird – Kingfisher family
Food
Carnivorous – insects, crustaceans, worms and other smalls animals
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats (urban and natural areas), prefer treed habitats.

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Wedge-tailed eagle

Wedge-tailed eagle (Mibunn) Aquila audax

Type
Birds of prey – Eagle family
Food
Carnivorous – mostly carrion (roadkill and carcasses), and live prey (including mammals and reptiles).
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats, prefer forested and open country areas.

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Blue-faced honeyeater

Blue-faced honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis

Type
Passerine – Honeyeater family
Food
Omnivorous – nectar, fruit, insects and other invertebrates.
Habitat
Open forests, woodlands, mangroves, parks and gardens (urban and natural areas), particularly near water.

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Tawny frogmouth

Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Type
Nocturnal – Frogmouth family
Food
Carnivorous – insects and other invertebrates, and small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats (urban and natural areas), prefer open woodlands and forests.

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Glossy black-cockatoo

Glossy black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

Type
Terrestrial, arboreal bird – Cockatoo family
Food
Herbivores – specialist feeders that almost exclusively eat seeds in the cones of she-oak trees.
Habitat
Open woodlands and forests, dominated by she-oaks.

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Australian magpie

Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen

Type
Passerine – Butcherbird family
Food
Omnivorous – insects and other invertebrates, and small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds. Occasionally fruit and seeds.
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats (urban and natural areas), prefer open areas with nearby trees.

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Little black cormorant

Little black cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Type
Water bird – Cormorant and Shag family
Food
Carnivorous – fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands and waterways, occasionally sheltered coastal areas.

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Rainbow lorikeet

Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus

Type
Terrestrial, arboreal bird – Parrot family
Food
Omnivorous – specialised feeders on nectar and pollen from flowering plants (frugivores, nectarivores). Occasionally fruits, seeds and insects.
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats (urban and natural areas), prefer treed habitats.

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Superb fairywren

Superb fairywren Malurus cyaneus

Type
Passerine – Fairywren family
Food
Insectivorous – insects and other small invertebrates. Occasionally small fruits and seeds.
Habitat
Across a wide variety of habitats (urban and natural areas) with dense understory vegetation.

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