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Brown Songlark Dominic Sherony / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Songlark

Cincloramphus cruralis
Locustellidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brown Thornbill Patrick_K59 / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Thornbill

Acanthiza pusilla
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brown Treecreeper Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Treecreeper

Climacteris picumnus
Climacteridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brown-backed Honeyeater Roger MacKertich / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Ramsayornis modestus
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brown-headed Honeyeater JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus brevirostris
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brush Bronzewing Benjamint444 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brush Bronzewing

Phaps elegans
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Brush Cuckoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Budgerigar Jim Bendon from Karratha, Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Buff-banded Rail WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Buff-banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis
Rallidae Gruiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales10

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Murray-Darling Basin,…

Buff-breasted Button-quail J. G. Keulemans, del. / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-breasted Button-quail

Turnix olivii
Turnicidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Tanysiptera sylvia
Alcedinidae Coraciiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Buff-rumped Thornbill Duncan McCaskill / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza reguloides
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Buff-sided Robin Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-sided Robin

Poecilodryas cerviniventris
Petroicidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Buller's Albatross JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buller's Albatross

Thalassarche bulleri
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Buller's Shearwater JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buller's Shearwater

Ardenna bulleri
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Bulwer's Petrel Forest & Kim Starr / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Bush stone-curlew WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Bush stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius
Burhinidae Charadriiformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Campbell Albatross Ed Dunens / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Campbell Albatross

Thalassarche impavida
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
No photo

Cape Barren Goose

Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Anatidae Anseriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Cape Petrel JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Cape Petrel

Daption capense
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Photo by: Paulweberphoto - paulweberphoto.com / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Zanda latirostris
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Carpentarian Grasswren Kym Nicolson / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Carpentarian Grasswren

Amytornis dorotheae
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales0
Caspian Tern WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales12

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Channel-billed cuckoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Channel-billed cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics