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Tawny Frogmouth family Scientific name: Podargus strigoides
Dutch name: Uilnachtzwaluw
English name: Tawny Frogmouth
Place: Perth, western Australia
Date: 12 Dec 2007
Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008, 11:45
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Scientific name: Gavicalis fasciogularis
Dutch name: Mangrovehoningeter
English name: Mangrove Honeyeater
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 09 Sep 2007
Posted: Sun 07 Oct 2007, 10:23
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Scientific name: Erythrogonys cinctus
Dutch name: Roodknieplevier
English name: Red-kneed Dotterel
Place: Queensland, Australia
Date: 05 Oct 2007
Posted: Sat 06 Oct 2007, 13:25
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Resident and common Australian wader. With long fine legs this is a pretty and graceful bird. Widespread on coastal or inland waterways, lagoons, swamps, estuaries and saltlakes Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus
Dutch name: Steltkluut
English name: Black-winged Stilt
Place: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: 11 Mar 2007
Posted: Fri 11 May 2007, 14:00
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Scientific name: Ninox strenua
Dutch name: Grote Valkuil
English name: Powerful Owl
Place: Slaughter Falls, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: 05 May 2007
Posted: Sun 06 May 2007, 11:45
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This mainly green Lorikeet feeds on the nectar and pollen on native plants such as eucalypts, melaleucas and the grevillea pictured.  Often with Rainbow Lorikeets. Scientific name: Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Dutch name: Schubbenlori
English name: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Place: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: 21 Oct 2006
Posted: Sun 18 Mar 2007, 9:20
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Well known Heron in Australia. Usually solitary or pairs but sometimes in larger numbers. Found on the coast and inland areas near water. Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae
Dutch name: Witwangreiger
English name: White-faced Heron
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 07 Nov 2006
Posted: Sat 17 Mar 2007, 3:42
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Common and widespread waterbird. In Australia there is just one race australis. Can occur in small numbers or when conditions are right may appear in an area in thousands. Scientific name: Fulica atra
Dutch name: Meerkoet
English name: Eurasian Coot
Place: Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Date: 13 Nov 2006
Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2007, 6:05
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The Wandering Albatross is a very large Albatross that breeds in Antractica and can be found right across the southern oceans of Australia. Often rests on the ocean - in flight a magnificent sight with a wing span up to 3.5 metres. Scientific name: Diomedea exulans
Dutch name: Grote Albatros
English name: Wandering Albatross
Place: Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia
Date: 25 Feb 2006
Posted: Wed 14 Mar 2007, 19:29
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The Satin Bowerbird favours rainforest and other wet forested areas. The male bird, shown here builds a bower to attract the female, and decorates the bower with mainly blue articles it finds. Scientific name: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Dutch name: Satijnblauwe Prieelvogel
English name: Satin Bowerbird
Place: Lamington National Park, South East Queensland, Australia
Date: 12 Dec 2006
Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2007, 13:03
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This beautifully plumaged Australian Lorikeet is well known and common. These two birds are feeding on a native Banksia. Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus
Dutch name: Lori van de Blauwe Bergen
English name: Rainbow Lorikeet
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 30 Oct 2006
Posted: Thu 08 Mar 2007, 11:12
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A pretty Honeyeater found in forest, woodland and heaths and distributed on the eastern seaboard of Australia from Queensland to Victoria. Scientific name: Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Dutch name: Zwarthalshoningvogel
English name: Eastern Spinebill
Place: Lamington National Park, Queensland
Date: 30 Nov 2006
Posted: Wed 07 Mar 2007, 13:23
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Common and well known Australian bird famous for its cackling laughter like call. A kingfisher. Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae
Dutch name: Kookaburra
English name: Laughing Kookaburra
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 25 Jul 2006
Posted: Tue 06 Mar 2007, 11:47
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The other Australian Kookaburra found in the more northern areas of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. More colourful than the Laughing Kookaburra and with a more raucous, almost demonic call. Scientific name: Dacelo leachii
Dutch name: Blauwvleugelkookaburra
English name: Blue-winged Kookaburra
Place: Gayndah, Central Queensland, Australia
Date: 14 Oct 2005
Posted: Tue 06 Mar 2007, 11:44
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Scientific name: Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Dutch name: Schubbenlori
English name: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Place: Brisbane, australia
Date: 25 Oct 2006
Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2007, 6:02
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The native Australian Swan, and one of our best known birds. The only black swan in the world. Is found in suitable shallow waters, lakes, ponds, estuaries and flooded pastures throughout Australia. Scientific name: Cygnus atratus
Dutch name: Zwarte Zwaan
English name: Black Swan
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 14 Oct 2006
Posted: Wed 28 Feb 2007, 11:33
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just one more and final fairy-wren shot. This is an immature female taken in the early morning. Scientific name: Malurus cyaneus
Dutch name: Ornaatelfje
English name: Superb Fairywren
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 14 Sep 2007
Posted: Fri 23 Feb 2007, 12:31
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The Comb-crested Jacana is an appealing bird that is found commonly on suitable ponds and lagoons in the Brisbane area. Scientific name: Irediparra gallinacea
Dutch name: Australische Jacana
English name: Comb-crested Jacana
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 17 Nov 2006
Posted: Fri 23 Feb 2007, 12:21
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Scientific name: Alectura lathami
Dutch name: Boskalkoen
English name: Australian Brushturkey
Place: Lamington National Park, Queensland
Date: 12 Sep 2006
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007, 13:12
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Hovers when feeding and has audible wing beating like a Hummingbird. they frequent forests, woodland, gardens and wherever there are nectar bearing blossoms. Scientific name: Acanthorynchus tenuirostris
Dutch name: -
English name: Eastern Spinebill
Place: Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Date: 12 Sep 2006
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007, 13:06
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