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Common Starling

Common Starling

Description The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has...

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Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch

Description The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata [formerly Poephila guttata]),[2] is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and some areas of the...

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Tawny frogmouth

Tawny frogmouth

Description  The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to Australia that is found throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Tawny frogmouths are big-headed stocky birds often mistaken for owls due...

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Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko

Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko

Description The southern leaf-tailed gecko has two species. One, Saltuarius wyberba, lives in the granite belt of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia. They do their foraging at night on massive rock faces. They...

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Common house gecko

Common house gecko

Description The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) (not to be confused with the Mediterranean species Hemidactylus turcicus known as Mediterranean house gecko), is a native of Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Pacific house...

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Common garden skink

Common garden skink

Description The pale-flecked garden sunskink or common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti ) is a species of small common skink endemic to Australia and New Zealand Lampropholis guichenoti can grow to a maximum of 14 cm, but rarely...

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Australian Water Dragon

Australian Water Dragon

Description The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii, formerly Physignathus lesueurii [1]), which includes the eastern water dragon (I. l. lesueurii ) and the Gippsland water dragon (I. l. howittii ) subspecies, is an arboreal...

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Goannas

Goannas

Description A goanna is any of several Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus, as well as certain species from Southeast Asia. Around 30 species of goanna are known, 25 of which are found in Australia. This varied group of...

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Bluetongue Lizard

Bluetongue Lizard

Description Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family(Scincidae). They are commonly called blue-tongued lizards or simply blue-tongues in Australia. As...

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Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo

Description The pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Australia, Christmas Island,Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests...

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Golden whistler

Golden whistler

Description The Australian golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) is a species of bird found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia (except the interior and most of the north)[2] and in mountain forest in the Snow...

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Flame Robin

Flame Robin

Description The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two red-breasted...

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