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Bar-tailed Godwit WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica
Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales11

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

Barking Owl WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Barking Owl

Ninox connivens
Strigidae Strigiformes Easy Observed
KnownFamiliar
Weight80
Locales5

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

Barn Owl WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Barn Owl

Tyto javanica
Tytonidae Strigiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

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

Barn Swallow Morhaf Aljanee / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica
Hirundinidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Barred Cuckoo-shrike Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Barred Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina lineata
Campephagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

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

Bassian Thrush

Zoothera lunulata
Turdidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

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

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo

Zanda baudinii
Cacatuidae Psittaciformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

South-west WA

Beach Stone-curlew WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Beach Stone-curlew

Esacus magnirostris
Burhinidae Charadriiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

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

No photo

Beautiful Firetail

Stagonopleura bella
Estrildidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

No photo

Bell Miner

Manorina melanophrys
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Black Bittern WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Black Bittern

Ixobrychus flavicollis
Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

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

Black Butcherbird Black_butcherbird_on_treestump.JPG: Magnus Kjaergaard derivative work: Berichard (talk) / CC BY 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi
Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Cape York, Top End, Wet Tropics

Black Currawong Elbert Alias / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Currawong

Strepera fuliginosa
Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Tasmania

Black Falcon JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Falcon

Falco subniger
Falconidae Falconiformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

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

Black Grasswren Robert Clayton / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Grasswren

Amytornis housei
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Kimberley

Black Honeyeater JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Honeyeater

Sugomel nigrum
Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Black Kite WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Black Kite

Milvus migrans
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Iconic Observed
KnownWell known
Weight100
Locales16

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

Black Noddy patrickkavanagh / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Noddy

Anous minutus
Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Black Swan WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Black Swan

Cygnus atratus
Anatidae Anseriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales6

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

Black-backed Butcherbird gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black-backed Butcherbird

Cracticus mentalis
Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Top End

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Fregetta tropica
Oceanitidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, Tasmania, Victoria

Black-breasted Button-quail Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black-breasted Button-quail

Turnix melanogaster
Turnicidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland

Black-breasted Buzzard WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Black-breasted Buzzard

Hamirostra melanosternon
Accipitridae Accipitriformes Medium Observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales16

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

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

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris
Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

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