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Brown Songlark Dominic Sherony / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Songlark

Cincloramphus cruralis
Locustellidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Central Australia, Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queen…

Brown Thornbill Patrick_K59 / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Thornbill

Acanthiza pusilla
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Brown Treecreeper Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown Treecreeper

Climacteris picumnus
Climacteridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia, Victori…

Brown-backed Honeyeater Roger MacKertich / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Ramsayornis modestus
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Brown-headed Honeyeater JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus brevirostris
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia, Victori…

Brush Bronzewing Benjamint444 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Brush Bronzewing

Phaps elegans
Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Brush Cuckoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Budgerigar Jim Bendon from Karratha, Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus
Psittaculidae Psittaciformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Buff-banded Rail WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Buff-banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis
Rallidae Gruiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales10

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Murray-Darling Basin,…

Buff-breasted Button-quail J. G. Keulemans, del. / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-breasted Button-quail

Turnix olivii
Turnicidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Cape York

Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Tanysiptera sylvia
Alcedinidae Coraciiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Buff-rumped Thornbill Duncan McCaskill / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza reguloides
Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria

Buff-sided Robin Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buff-sided Robin

Poecilodryas cerviniventris
Petroicidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Kimberley, Top End

Buller's Albatross JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buller's Albatross

Thalassarche bulleri
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

Buller's Shearwater JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Buller's Shearwater

Ardenna bulleri
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

Bulwer's Petrel Forest & Kim Starr / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland

Bush stone-curlew WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Bush stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius
Burhinidae Charadriiformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Campbell Albatross Ed Dunens / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Campbell Albatross

Thalassarche impavida
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Tasmania, Victoria

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Cape Barren Goose

Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Anatidae Anseriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

South-east South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Cape Petrel JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Cape Petrel

Daption capense
Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Nullarbor / Southern Coast, Tasmania

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Photo by: Paulweberphoto - paulweberphoto.com / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Zanda latirostris
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

South-west WA

Carpentarian Grasswren Kym Nicolson / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Carpentarian Grasswren

Amytornis dorotheae
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Gulf Country, Top End

Caspian Tern WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales12

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Channel-billed cuckoo WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Channel-billed cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae
Cuculidae Cuculiformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics