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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

10,000 Birds

One of the birds most likely to have been heard about in recent years is the Night Parrot. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865. Preface,p.xxiv.

Species 176