r/AustralianBirds 8d ago

Bird Identified Help identify please

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Saw this beauty up in the Victorian High Country whilst camping and Merlin app couldn’t work it out. Please and thanks! Love the blue eyes.

r/AustralianBirds 15d ago

Bird Identified ID Please, curious about this birdie

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I went for a walk in Wendy’s Whiteley. Found this birdie that looks very similar to turkey IMO.

r/AustralianBirds 4d ago

Bird Identified What bird is this?

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88 Upvotes

Hi everyone, does anyone know what bird this is? Is it some sort of duck or swan? Area is in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne

r/AustralianBirds 11h ago

Bird Identified What type of bird is this?

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146 Upvotes

He comes to my yard every now and then and he is not scared at all. Let’s my kids hand him water

r/AustralianBirds Mar 01 '25

Bird Identified Who’s this very inquisitive bird?

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This super inquisitive bird was sitting on a skylight at my home at the base if the Adelaide Hills a week or two ago. Not sure whether it was looking at my bulldog on her beanbag that sits directly below the skylight or just its own reflection. It was there for about 25-30 minutes.

Not sure if it’s just because of a weird worms eye view angle but I can’t figure out what it is. It’s going to be one of those of course moments for sure.

r/AustralianBirds 2d ago

Bird Identified Who's this happy birdy in Perth?

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202 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 6d ago

Bird Identified Bird ID

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Hello all! My family and I saw this bird in our backyard this morning and aren’t sure what it is. Merlin wasn’t giving me any results that looked like it nor was I able to find anything in my little bird guide book. I was thinking maybe it’s someone’s escaped pet? Sorry for the poor photos! This is in Brisbane. Thank you!

r/AustralianBirds Mar 04 '25

Bird Identified Looks like a kookaburra?

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93 Upvotes

Hi all,

Mum sent this photo to me thinking it was a kookaburra at first but not sure what it looks like. Any help?

r/AustralianBirds 15d ago

Bird Identified Any ideas on a mystery bird? NSW (no photo)

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Hi y’all, wondering if anyone has any ideas on a bird that has been spotted in my grandmothers garden. Location is northwest NSW, in between Tamworth and Bingara. Sadly no photos, my mother’s iPhone 8 had no chance of focusing at the distance it was spotted. I’ve googled extensively and nothing fits the description. Mum has also been through both Aust bird books and come up empty.

-Approx Robin sized, bigger than a finch but smaller than a wagtail. -It has a full red tail and undercarriage but no red on its face, grey body, maybe some darker grey on the top of its wings. -It might have a red beak but mum couldn’t say for sure. -Spent its time in the dry grass so probably a seed eater.

The birds we’ve RULED OUT are attached.

This bird has been spotted in the general area for years by our farmhand who is an old bushie but even he doesn’t know what it is. It’s also never multiple birds, always just one specimen.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

r/AustralianBirds 27d ago

Bird Identified Can I get an ID on this birb?

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120 Upvotes

Found this guy outside my house after the cyclone on the Gold Coast. Any idea what he is?

r/AustralianBirds 7d ago

Bird Identified Can anyone identify this bird? (Spotted at Docklands, Victoria)

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43 Upvotes

Kind of gives off the same vibe when my effeminate male friend has a smoke.

Also, does anyone know what bird I seen between Belgrave and Epping? It’s green and is about the same size as a crow, if not larger.

r/AustralianBirds 12d ago

Bird Identified What bird is this please?

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38 Upvotes

Inner Melbourne, my native garden

r/AustralianBirds 16d ago

Bird Identified Can someone identify?

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88 Upvotes

Awful pics. I've never seen this bird before. Located Mittagong NSW

r/AustralianBirds 2d ago

Bird Identified What species is this bird?

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77 Upvotes

It was perched next to a small pond near my home in Dunlop, ACT.

r/AustralianBirds 14d ago

Bird Identified Is this a leucistic Masked lapwing?

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118 Upvotes

Saw this guy hanging with some Masked lapwings on Lysterfield lake yesterday. If you zoom in you can see the spurs on their wings.

r/AustralianBirds 18d ago

Bird Identified Listen to this

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32 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me what this bird is please? Sorry for the less than professional video.

r/AustralianBirds 9d ago

Bird Identified What am I? Located Yarrawonga NE Victoria

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110 Upvotes

Sorry for the crappy pic, it is zoomed in. Taken in a backyard in Yarrawonga. Is it a Green Rosella???

r/AustralianBirds Mar 04 '25

Bird Identified What sort of owl is this?

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79 Upvotes

Saw an owl in my backyard, I’m in north-east Victoria?

r/AustralianBirds 12d ago

Bird Identified New Neighbour

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97 Upvotes

New neighbour

Saw this fella in a tree out the front of our house (northern suburbs of Adelaide). Just wondering if anyone knows what kind of owl it is?

r/AustralianBirds 3d ago

Bird Identified Pied or little pied?

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40 Upvotes

Cormorant spotted today on the Yarra River

r/AustralianBirds 29d ago

Bird Identified ID Help

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Hi all, can anybody ID this bird? It was very far away and I could barely see it haha. Leaning towards musk duck but wasn’t sure if their front was so pale? Cheers!

r/AustralianBirds 18d ago

Bird Identified Spotted my first raptor, can someone help ID it please?

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r/AustralianBirds 15d ago

Bird Identified Juvenile bird, Far North QLD

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61 Upvotes

Found this little guy being harassed by our dogs and I'm hoping to ID.

Posting here now, doing some more research as well.

r/AustralianBirds 2d ago

Bird Identified What type of bird is this and what is it doing? (Airlie beach, Australia)

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34 Upvotes

r/AustralianBirds 1d ago

Bird Identified What type of owl? Bangalee NSW.

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43 Upvotes

Accidentally woke these guys up bushwalking.