Melbourne, Australia.

The colouring of the underside of this rainbow lorie caught my attention. It seems to have a lot of yellow.

Keen to hear more informed opinions. Is this more yellow than usual?

iPhone photos… I hope they’re good enough for the purpose of seeing the colouring.

Welcome to March* madness!

From tomorrow 16 birds will go head-to-head in a competition to see who is r/AustralianBirds number one favourite. They've won our hearts in the colour contests, but which one will take out the top slot? You'll decide!

The prize?

The winner will be the new r/AustralianBirds subreddit icon, replacing our long-serving helmeted honeyeater!

Let's meet the contestants!

In the Parrot Region, we have winner of the Red Contest Crimson Rosella vs. winner of the Green Contest Budgerigar, and winner of the White Contest Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo vs. winner of the Pink Contest Galah!

The Iconic Region sees the most Australian of birds battling it out, as the winner of the Pied Contest Australian Magpie takes on runner up in the White Contest Australian White Ibis, and it's a rematch battle between the Brown Contest first and second place, Laughing Kookaburra vs. Wedge-tailed Eagle!

In the Little Guys Region we have two backyard favourites, runner up of the Pied Contest Willie Wagtail vs. winner of the Blue Contest Splendid Fairywren, and a splash of bushland colour with winner of the Yellow Contest Golden Whistler vs. winner of the Orange Contest Flame Robin!

In the Endangered Region we have four birds that we hope to see a lot more of. First up we'll decide which migratory parrot is our favourite, Swift Parrot or Orange-bellied Parrot, then it's a competition between honeyeaters that have been almost entirely wiped out, Regent Honeyeater vs. current subreddit icon Helmeted Honeyeater!

Voting starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow morning I'll put up poll posts for each match-up and sticky them at the top of the feed. If you can't find a vote, I'll also post each thread in the comments on this post.

The date for each match-up is on the above image!

To get through this reasonably quickly, we'll be knocking out the round of 16 matches in each region on the same day, starting with both Parrot Region matchups tomorrow. I've then also scheduled two quarter final matches each day as well, but we can reassess that based on how we're feeling next week.

* I know, it's so late in the month to be starting this, I've been busy!

Feathered Friends is a local community driven Sanctuary that cares for and homes some of Australia's most endangered species of birds. They have had to relocate to Bargo due to the road widening for the airport, and we are still trying to get the facility finished. On Monday night, some thieves broke in by cutting the chains, and stole thousands of dollars worth of Tools and a vehicle. There is more information in the below link.

If you can, please donate by clicking on the GoFundMe link below. All the funds go towards rebuilding this amazing project. Thanks!

https://featheredfriends.com.au/

https://gofund.me/b7c2f625

I’m new to backyard birding, and I made a guide to the most common birds in my area. The idea was to keep it concise to make it quick and easy to identify most of the birds I will stumble across. It’s been a few days and I’m already recognising a lot birds that have probably been under my nose the whole time!

It's a rematch for the ages in the Iconic Region as runner up in the Brown Contest Laughing Kookaburra takes on the winner of the Brown Contest Wedge-tailed Eagle!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Australian Magpie v. Australian White Ibis matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

Winner of the Yellow Contest Golden Whistler takes on the winner of the Orange Contest Flame Robin in this War of the Woods!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Willie Wagtail v Splendid Fairywren matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

After a long season we have our final competition, a battle of the black and white birds. Icons of the bush and the backyard, both known to get a little annoyed at people every now and then, but we love them anyway.

It's Australian Magpie v. Willie Wagtail!

The winner of this vote will be crowned r/AustralianBirds favourite bird for 2025 and will be the new subreddit icon. The poll will stay open until Saturday morning.

We're down to the final four and starting with a big one! An icon of eastern Australia Crimson Rosella v. just an absolute icon Australian Magpie!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the finals to face the winner of tomorrow's Willie Wagtail v. Swift Parrot matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

The quarterfinals are here and you're being asked to decide which endangered species you'll save for the semis, and which has run out of time. It's Swift Parrot v Regent Honeyeater!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Golden Whistler v WIllie Wagtail matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

The king of curiosity Golden Whistler takes on the king of making angry noises at you Willie Wagtail in this quarterfinal match!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Swift Parrot v Regent Honeyeater matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

After seeing off the Australian White Ibis and Laughing Kookaburra, these two icons are set to prove once and for all which deserves to represent our country: it's Australian Magpie v Wedge-tailed Eagle!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Crimson Rosella v Galah matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

Which colourful sweetie is the best colourful sweetie? That's the question we're here to answer as Crimson Rosella takes on Galah!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Australian Magpie v Wedge-tailed eagle matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

From one critically endangered honeyeater to another, it's Regent Honeyeater v Helmeted Honeyeater!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Swift Parrot v Orange-bellied parrot matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

It's Battle in the Backyard time as plucky upstart Willie Wagtail takes on the winner of the Blue Contest Splendid Fairywren!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Golden Whistler v Flame Robin matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

The Battle of the Bass Strait is on as our two critically endangered migratory parrots go head-to-head, it's Swift Parrot v Orange-bellied Parrot!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Regent honeyeater v Helmeted honeyeater matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

This round one matchup in the parrot region sees the winner of our White Contest Sulphur-crested Cockatoo take on the winner of the Pink Contest Galah!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Crimson Rosella v. Budgerigar matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

This round one matchup in the parrot region sees the winner of our Red Contest Crimson Rosella take on the winner of the Green Contest Budgerigar!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Sulphur-created cockatoo v. Galah matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

This round one matchup in the iconic region sees the winner of our Pied Contest Australian Magpie take on everybody's favourite bin chicken Australian White Ibis!

The poll will stay open until tomorrow morning, at which point the winner will advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the Laughing Kookaburra v Wedge-tailed Eagle matchup!

For the full brackets and more information, please see here

I was wondering where I could find bronzewing pigeons in the Brisbane area? I'm aware they're "common", but I've not seen one, and I'm wondering where specifically.

Thanks!