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Portrait of a cute kookaburra by the beach

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Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia. They grow between 28 and 47 cm in length and weigh around 300g

Kookaburra sitting on tree branch, background with copy space, full frame horizontal composition

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at nest hole in gum tree

Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They have a loud distinctive call that has become synonomous with Australia.

Juvenile Australian native Laughing Kookaburra

the yellow spoonbill is perched on a tree branch

Black-crowned night heron on Maui, Hawaii

The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts.

Gannets on Bempton cliffs, Flamborough Head

vedanthangal bird sanctuary tamil nadu india pelicans storks nesting

Juvenile White Ibis resting on a park bench in the morning sun.

Blue beach in Otoque, a island in Panamá.

An Australian Sea eagle swooping down to catch a fish from the ocean

Large group of white herons wade in a shallow creek in the Delta area of Arkansas. Trees surround area.

Guinea fowl standing on a branch of a dead tree on the savannah in the Okavango National Park in Botswana

Bay of Fires Conservation Area is a popular tourist destination in Tasmania

A bare throated tiger heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum, in Costa Rica

Stork bird sitting in a dead tree with clear blue sky background, outback Australia

Jabiru Stork, in wetland environment, La Estrella Marsh, Formosa Province, Argentina.

Cute Australian bird Noisy Miner on the Bottlebrush Tree with red flowers. Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Classic Australian kookaburra in afternoon light with the beach blurred in the background

A close up of a colourful Australian Rainbow lorikeet sitting on a branch.

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