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Species By Family

Australian Babblers
Australian Babblers
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Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise
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Bulbuls
Bulbuls
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Chough and Apostlebird
Chough and Apostlebird
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Crakes, Rails and Swamphens
Crakes, Rails and Swamphens
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Cuckoos
Cuckoos
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Ducks, Geese and Swans
Ducks, Geese and Swans
gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight), plump (flying close together)
Fairy-wrens, Emu-wrens and Grasswrens
Fairy-wrens, Emu-wrens and Grasswrens
herd, chime
Frigatebirds
Frigatebirds
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Grebes
Grebes
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Honeyeaters and Chats
Honeyeaters and Chats
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Kingfishers
Kingfishers
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Lyrebirds
Lyrebirds
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Monarch and Flycatchers
Monarch and Flycatchers
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Old World Finches
Old World Finches
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Owlet Nightjars
Owlet Nightjars
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Parrots, Lorikeets and Rosellas
Parrots, Lorikeets and Rosellas
company, pandemonium
Pheasants and Quail
Pheasants and Quail
bevy, covey, drift
Plovers, Dotterel and Lapwings
Plovers, Dotterel and Lapwings
congregation, stand, wing
Scrub-birds
Scrub-birds
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Skuas and Jaegers
Skuas and Jaegers
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Stilts and Avocets
Stilts and Avocets
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Swallows and Martins
Swallows and Martins
flight, gulp
Treecreepers
Treecreepers
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Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
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Australian Robins
Australian Robins
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Boatbills
Boatbills
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Buntings
Buntings
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Cisticolas
Cisticolas
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Cranes
Cranes
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Darter
Darter
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Eagles, Kites, Goshawks
Eagles, Kites, Goshawks
boil, cast, kettle, lease
Falcons
Falcons
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Frogmouths
Frogmouths
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Gulls, Terns and Noddies
Gulls, Terns and Noddies
colony
Hoopoes
Hoopoes
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Larks
Larks
bevy, exaltation
Magpie Goose
Magpie Goose
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New World Quail
New World Quail
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Old world flycatchers
Old world flycatchers
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Oystercatchers
Oystercatchers
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Pelican
Pelican
squadron, scoop, pod
Pigeons and Doves
Pigeons and Doves
kit
Pratincoles
Pratincoles
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Shrikes
Shrikes
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Snipe, Sandpipers, Godwits, Curlew, Stints and Phalaropes
Snipe, Sandpipers, Godwits, Curlew, Stints and Phalaropes
walk, whisp
Stone-curlews
Stone-curlews
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Swifts and Swiftlets
Swifts and Swiftlets
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Tropicbirds
Tropicbirds
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Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes and allies
Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes and allies
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Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
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Bowerbirds and Catbirds
Bowerbirds and Catbirds
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Bustards
Bustards
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Cockatoos and Corellas
Cockatoos and Corellas
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Crows and Ravens
Crows and Ravens
congress, unkindness
Default
Default
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Eared Nightjars
Eared Nightjars
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Fantails
Fantails
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Gannets and Boobies
Gannets and Boobies
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Hawk-Owls
Hawk-Owls
parliament, stare, wisdom
Ibis and Spoonbills
Ibis and Spoonbills
colony
Leaf Warblers
Leaf Warblers
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Masked Owls
Masked Owls
parliament, stare, wisdom
Nightjars
Nightjars
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Orioles and Figbirds
Orioles and Figbirds
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Painted Snipe
Painted Snipe
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Penguins
Penguins
colony, waddle, rookery (on land), raft (at sea)
Pipits and Wagtails
Pipits and Wagtails
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Reed-Warblers
Reed-Warblers
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Shriketits
Shriketits
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Southern Storm-Petrels
Southern Storm-Petrels
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Storks
Storks
mustering, phalanx (migrating)
Thornbills and Gerygones
Thornbills and Gerygones
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True Babblers
True Babblers
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Woodswallows, Currawongs, Butcherbirds and Magpie
Woodswallows, Currawongs, Butcherbirds and Magpie
charm, congregation, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering
Bee-eaters
Bee-eaters
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Bristlebirds
Bristlebirds
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Button-quail
Button-quail
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Cormorants and Shags
Cormorants and Shags
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Cuckoo-shrikes and Trillers
Cuckoo-shrikes and Trillers
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Drongos
Drongos
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Emus and Cassowaries
Emus and Cassowaries
mob
Flowerpeckers
Flowerpeckers
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Grassbirds
Grassbirds
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Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
seige, sedge
Jacanas
Jacanas
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Logrunners
Logrunners
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Megapodes
Megapodes
gang, rafter, gobble, posse, raffle
Northern Storm-Petrels
Northern Storm-Petrels
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Osprey
Osprey
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Pardalotes
Pardalotes
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Petrels and Shearwaters
Petrels and Shearwaters
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Pittas
Pittas
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Rollers
Rollers
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Sittellas
Sittellas
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Starlings
Starlings
chattering, cloud, congregation, murmuration, clattering
Sunbirds
Sunbirds
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Thrushes
Thrushes
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Weaver Finches
Weaver Finches
charm
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