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| The Central Australia bird region includes Alice Springs and Kings Canyon as well as the Stuart Highway north and south of Alice Springs. This covers arid country as well as the steep and rocky Macdonnell Ranges and the urban area of Alice Springs. Click on Fact Sheet to open the fact sheet for a species and use the BACK button to return to this page. | |
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| Magpie-Lark (male) at Kings Canyon caravan park; often seen foraging on open ground. Fact Sheet | Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater at Kings Canyon caravan park, identified by pink beak with dark tip. Fact Sheet | |
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| Yellow-throated Miner at King Canyon Caravan Park; this is a lighter coloured variant than found in some other parts of Australia; it is a conspicuous forager around the park. Fact Sheet | ||
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| Galahs at Alice Springs. The bird in the left photograph was feeding on a grassy patch in a flock of galahs when it responded to a kite soaring overhead by raising its crest in alarm. Fact Sheet | ||
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| Travelling Australia - Birds of Central Australia - page 2 | | |
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| Red-tailed Black Cockatoo at Alice Springs; a large noisy bird seen in small groups or large flocks. Fact Sheet | Magpie at Erldunda, this is a widespread ground feeding, territorial bird. Fact Sheet | |
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| Crested Pigeon at Erldunda. Widespread, often seen pecking seed off the ground. Wings make a characteristic whistling noise taking off; lifts the tail briefly on alighting. Fact Sheet | Australian Raven at Erldunda. Fact Sheet | |
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| Peaceful Dove at Alice Springs. This quiet, unobtrusive bird is fairly common feeding on open ground but is not widely noticed. Fact Sheet | Spotted Turtle-dove at Alice Springs. An introduced bird spreading inland from coastal cities. Fact Sheet | |
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| Travelling Australia - Birds of Central Australia - page 3 | | |
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| Major Mitchell Cockatoo, this was one of a group feeding on seed beside the Stuart Highway between Alice Sprinsg and Erldunda; the raised head crest is sometimes a warning. Fact Sheet | ||
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| Pied Butcherbird at Alice Springs. This is a juvenile; the 'hood' is black in adult pied butcherbirds. Fact Sheet | Willie Wagtail at Alice Springs, a very active bird hunting insects, widespread. Fact Sheet | |
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| Grey-headed Babbler at Alice Springs; this is an active, energetic bird, often in a rapidly moving groups. Fact Sheet | Grey Shrike-thrush in Macdonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. This darker variant is also known as the Western Shrike-thrush. Fact Sheet | |
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| Travelling Australia - Birds of Central Australia - page 4 | | |
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| Wedge-tail Eagle beside the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs. Eagles can be very possessive of "their" roadkill and delay flying away when a vehicle approaches.
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| Left: Little Corella at Erldunda; usually seen in noisy groups Fact Sheet | Australian Ringneck at Erldunda; there are several differently coloured version of this species. Fact Sheet | |
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| http://www.travelling-australia.info/Infregion/Centre.html | 31 December 2010 |
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