Birds of Prey
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Falcons
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Australian Hobby
(Falco longipennis)
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The Australian Hobby is smaller than the related Peregrine Falcon. It is dark slate-blue above with dark head. It has white or creamy brown forehead, throat and side of the neck. The underside is rufous brown. The bill is blue-grey with black tip.... Read more >
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Nankeen Kestrel
(Falco cenchroides)
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The Nankeen Kestrel is a small hawk. The upper parts are mostly rufous, with some dark streaking. The wings are tipped with black. The underside are pale buff, streaked with black Read more >
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Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
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The Peregrine Falcon is a well-known bird of prey. It is slate-blue above with dark mottling, and creamy buff below with fine black bars. The upper chest is whitish with no dark bars. The top of the head and cheeks is very dark.. The bill is grey... Read more >
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Raptors
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
(Aquila audax)
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The Wedge-tailed Eagle is a large brown eagle with long-feathered legs and a diamond or wedge shaped tail. The tail shape is prominent when seen soaring. It flies with slow powerful wing beats, and soars and circles at great heights. Read more >
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Crested Hawk
(Aviceda subcristata)
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The Crested Kite is a medium-sized, long-tailed hawk with a prominent crest. The only Australian hawk with a crest. Read more >
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Black-shouldered Kite
(Elanus notatus)
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The Black-shouldered Kite is pale grey above, with a white head, underside and tail. The shoulders are black., and the wings have black tips. It has a red eye and yellow nostrils, legs and feet. It is often seen hovering with feet hanging down. Read more >
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White-breasted Sea-Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
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The White-breasted Sea-Eagle is a large white eagle with grey-brown wings, White and grey underside, with wedge-shaped white tail seen in flight. Immatures are dark brown streaked and spotted light brown. Read more >
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Brahminy Kite
(Haliastur indus)
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The Brahminy Kite is a medium sized bird of prey. It is reddish brown with white head and breast. The tail is short with white tip. The eye is dark and the bill is yellow and hooked. Often soaring over beaches, estuaries and mudflats. Read more >
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Whistling Kite
(Haliastur sphenurus)
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The Whistling Kite is a medium sized bird of prey. It has light brown head and underparts, with pale streaks, and dark sandy-brown wings with paler undersides Read more >
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Black-breasted Kite
(Hamirostra melanosternon)
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The Black-breasted Kite is a large dark bird with short, square-tipped tail. This bird is unusual in that it uses stones as a tool to crack Emu eggs. Read more >
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Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
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The Osprey has a brown back with white head and belly. The only Australian bird of prey with dark line through the eye. the young have streaking across the chest. Read more >
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