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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

10,000 Birds

When I read the description of the Mulga Parrot on a pet website, I first thought it was an advertisement for Thai mail-order brides: “The exotic appearance of the Mulga Parrot might be what attracts you first, but it’s their personality that will win you over” ( source ). Female below.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). Market prices have tracked demand: in 1987 birds retailed for $ 14, rising to $ 44 in 2014 and $ 99 in 2016.” Of course, there should be a photo of a vulture here, not of a Crested Serpent-eagle.