Print fact sheet - Ducks
Pekin and Saxony: friendly, placid. Indian Runner: excitable, timid The Pekin is an attractive, large white duck. The plumage may show a tinge of cream or yellow. They weigh 3.5-4kg (about 8-9lb) with yellow or reddish-orange bill and legs. They ... [... more]
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Great Cormorant
The Great Cormorant is the largest of the Australian cormorants (70 - 90 cm) and is one of the largest in the world. It is almost entirely black in plumage, apart from a white and yellow chin and a small white patch on each thigh (absent in ... [... more]
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Short-tailed Shearwater
The Short-tailed Shearwater is completely dark brown in plumage, although the underwing occasionally has traces of white in the centre. The tail is rounded and, when in flight, the dark grey feet trail slightly behind. The body length is 40 - 43 ... [... more]
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Southern Boobook
The Southern Boobook is the smallest (28 - 36 cm) and most common owl in Australia. It is identified by its plumage, which is dark chocolate-brown above and rufous-brown below, heavily streaked and spotted with white. The Southern Boobook is the ... [... more]
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Crested Pigeon
The Crested Pigeon is a stocky pigeon with a conspicuous thin black crest. Most of the plumage is grey-brown, becoming more pink on the underparts. The wings are barred with black, and are decorated with glossy green and purple patches. The ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Factsheets: Silvereye
The Silvereye is a small (9.5cm - 12cm) bird with a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the eye, and belongs to a group of birds collectively known as white-eyes. The Silvereye shows interesting plumage variations across its range. The grey ... [... more]
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Spangled Drongo
The Spangled Drongo measures 28cm - 33cm. It has glossy black plumage, with iridescent blue-green spots (spangles) and blood red eyes. Sexes are similar, but the female is slightly smaller. Occasional white spotting can be seen on the upper wings ... [... more]
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Biziura lobata
The male Musk Duck is the largest of Australia's ducks (up to 73 cm) and has a powerful build. The female is 47 to 60 cm. Both male and female Musk Ducks are sooty-brown in plumage, with paler brown barring on the body and fine spots of the ... [... more]
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Australian White Ibis
The Australian White Ibis is identified by its almost entirely white body plumage and black head and neck. The head is featherless and its black bill is long and down-curved. The Australian White Ibis is identified by its almost entirely white ... [... more]
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Brown Falcon
The Brown Falcon is a small to medium-sized raptor (bird of prey). Birds range in size from 41 to 50 cm, with the female larger than the male. The Brown Falcon has a range of plumage colours, from very dark brown to light brown above and ... [... more]
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Black-necked Stork/Jabiru
The Black-necked Stork, or Jabiru, is the only stork found in Australia. Standing at a height of 129 - 137 cm, with black and white body plumage, glossy dark green and purple neck and massive black bill, it is easily distinguished from all other ... [... more]
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Pallid Cuckoo
The Pallid Cuckoo is easily identified by its grey plumage, which is darker on the wings and back, and its broadly barred black and white undertail. The bill is brown, the legs and feet are grey-brown, and there is a bright yellow ring around the ... [... more]
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