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A wild Australian little penguin returning to its burrow to feed its chicks on Bruny Island. 14 species recorded [7 extant native, 7 vagrant] Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Only one species, the Australian little penguin, breeds on the Australian ...
The tawny frogmouth was first described in 1801 by the English naturalist John Latham. [4] Its specific epithet is derived from Latin strix 'owl' and oides 'form'. Tawny frogmouths belong to the frogmouth genus Podargus, which includes the two other species of frogmouths found within Australia, the marbled frogmouth and the Papuan frogmouth. [5]
This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic islands. Australian call-ups are based on the List of Australian birds.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
The Australian representative team of footballers who played a series of test matches of international rules football against Irish sides in the late 1960s adopted the nickname "The Galahs" after a disparaging reference to their uniform. [21] Angry Birds includes a pink bird named Stella that is intended to be based on a galah. [citation needed]
Reliable records of the bird have been few and far between, with efforts to locate the species proving fruitless after an authenticated report from 1912. [ 7 ] In 1979, ornithologist Shane Parker from the South Australian Museum spotted an apparent flock of the birds in the far north of South Australia . [ 15 ]
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