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FANTAIL |
Australian bird |
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KOOKABURRA |
Australian bird |
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MAGPIE |
Australian bird |
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MOPOKE |
Australian bird |
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RATITE |
Australian bird |
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EMU |
Australian bird |
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ROSELLA |
A brightly-coloured Australian bird |
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BLOODBIRD |
An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); --
so called from the bright red color of the male bird. |
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EMU WREN |
A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus),
having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers. |
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REDTHROAT |
A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus
brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red. |
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WEDGEBILL |
An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma
cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like
the earth of the plains where it lives. |
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WAYBUNG |
An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus)
noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season.
It is black with a white patch on each wing. |
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BOWER BIRD |
An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus /
holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers
or playhouses of twigs ... |
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CASSICAN |
An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the
starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and
suspended nest; the ... |
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THUNDERBIRD |
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala
gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow,
and has a black cre... |
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QUAIL |
Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several
allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail
(C. communis), the... |
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LYRE BIRD |
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail
feathers very long ... |