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White-fronted Tern
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-fronted-tern/Striata is from the Modern Latin word striatus for streaked or striped. The scientific name for the White-fronted Tern comes from the barred upperparts of the juveniles' plumage. The White-fronted Tern has grey back and wings with white everywhere else except a black cap.
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White-headed Pigeon
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-headed-pigeon/The White-headed Pigeon prefers to feed in the introduced tree species Camphor Laurel. It is a large pigeon with a distinctive white head, neck and breast, which sometimes have an orange or greyish wash.
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White-throated Gerygone
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-throated-gerygone/The White-throated Gerygone is a very small grey brown bird made distinctive with its bright yellow underparts and a white-tipped tail.
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White-throated Treecreeper
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-throated-treecreeper/The White-throated Treecreeper is dark brown, with a distinctive white throat and chest, and white streaks on its flanks, edged with black. Its diet consists mainly of ants.
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Yellow Thornbill
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/yellow-thornbill/The Yellow Thornbill is found in open forests, woodlands and shrub lands throughout mainland eastern Australia. The average size is 10cm and it can be identified by its greenish-olive coloured back and white streaked cheeks and ears.
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Yellow-faced Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/yellow-faced-honeyeater/When migrating, the Yellow-faced Honeyeater can be seen in large flocks, with several thousand birds passing every hour in some places.
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Western Australian Giant Sauropod
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/western-australian-giant-sauropod/The Giant Sauropod left footprints that are up to 1.5m wide, and scientists have estimated it was more than 45m long - perhaps bigger than any other dinosaur on Earth.
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Woolungasaurus
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/woolungasaurus/Woolungasaurus may have given birth to live young in the water, or it may have lumbered out of the water to lay its eggs on the land, like marine turtles do today.
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Tingamarra
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/tingamarra/Tingamarra was a small ground-dwelling mammal that ate insects and fruit.
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Tingamarra Soft-shelled Turtle
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/tingamarra-soft-shelled-turtle/Living relatives of the Tingamarra Soft-shelled Turtle spend much of their time underwater, wedged between logs or rocks and patiently waiting for their prey.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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