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Birds

Discover the most common birds spotted in Ku-ring-gai and join the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count in October. Read the report here(PDF, 3MB).

Australian king parrot

Australian king parrot

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Brush turkey

Brush turkey

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Channel-billed cuckoo

Channel-billed cuckoo

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Crimson rosella

Crimson rosella

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Eastern koel

Eastern koel

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Eastern spinebill

Eastern spinebill

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Eastern spinebill

Eastern spinebill

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Eastern whipbird

Eastern whipbird

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Eastern yellow robin (© Sue Ellen Smith)

Eastern yellow robin (© Sue Ellen Smith)

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Eurasian coot

Eurasian coot

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Galah

Galah

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Laughing kookaburra

Laughing kookaburra

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Magpie

Magpie

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New Holland honeyeater

New Holland honeyeater

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Pacific Baza (© Bob trlin)

Pacific Baza (© Bob trlin)

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Powerful owl

Powerful owl

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Rainbow lorikeet

Rainbow lorikeet

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Rainbow lorikeet pair

Rainbow lorikeet pair

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Satin bowerbird

Satin bowerbird

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Spotted pardalote

Spotted pardalote

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Sulphur crested cockatoo

Sulphur crested cockatoo

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Superb fairy wren

Superb fairy wren

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Superb lyrebird

Superb lyrebird

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Tawny frogmouths (© Phillip Grimm)

Tawny frogmouths (© Phillip Grimm)

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Variegated fairy-wren

Variegated fairy-wren

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Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

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Boobook owl, Ninox boobook

Boobook owl, Ninox boobook

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