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Diversity and same-sex pairings in birds
https://australian.museum/inside-out/pride-light/birds/Discover the fascinating world of avian diversity, including birds that display same-sex behaviour in the wild. Explore the complex social dynamics and behaviours of these feathered creatures and learn about their unique adaptations and relationships.
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Robins showing their true colours
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/robins-showing-their-true-colours/Some Eastern Yellow Robins are brighter than others, but are they just drifting?
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The quest for the Dwarf-Kingfisher
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-quest-for-the-dwarf-kingfisher/If a kingfisher is caught in a net, does it reside in the forest?
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Generalists are the most urban-tolerant birds
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/generalists-most-urban-tolerant/We used a novel method, integrating large datasets, to identify the ‘urbanness’ of Australian birds
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Bats, birds and bones: a view to a kill
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bats-birds-and-bones-a-view-to-a-kill/Songbird fossils from Queensland reveal the diet of an ancient population of the carnivorous Ghost Bat.
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Feathers of the Gods: Is it a Bird?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/feathers-gods-bird/Is it a bat? Is it a plane? If you are an air traveller, you probably have more to do with museums, especially ours, than you think!
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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/red-tailed-black-cockatoo-calyptorhynchus-banksii/This is the first cockatoo to be illustrated by Sydney Parkinson, Joseph Banks' draughtsman on the Endeavour, while the Endeavour was being repaired in the Endeavour River.
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Powerful Owl
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/powerful-owl/The Powerful Owl is Australia's largest owl.
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Laughing Kookaburra
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/laughing-kookaburra/The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call. The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay away.
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Emu
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/emu/The name 'emu' is not an Aboriginal word. It may have been derived from an Arabic word for large bird and later adopted by early Portuguese explorers and applied to cassowaries in eastern Indonesia. The term was then transferred to the Emu by early European explorers to Australia.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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