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Australian bird of the year (2019)
April 2021
Researchers find frogmouth is world’s most Instagrammable bird
A study of likes on the photo-sharing app has (perhaps surprisingly) deemed the Australian and south-east Asian native ‘most aesthetically appealing’
Published:
30 Apr 2021
Researchers find frogmouth is world’s most Instagrammable bird
November 2019
Bird of the year: black-throated finch triumphs in 2019 poll – as it happened
The final votes in the Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll have been counted and the results are in
Published:
14 Nov 2019
Bird of the year: black-throated finch triumphs in 2019 poll – as it happened
Black-throated finch wins 2019 bird of the year with tawny frogmouth second
Published:
14 Nov 2019
Black-throated finch wins 2019 bird of the year with tawny frogmouth second
Australian bird of the year 2019: vote now for your favourite
Published:
13 Nov 2019
Australian bird of the year 2019: vote now for your favourite
Bin chickens carve a warm spot in Australia's heart even as they raid and thieve
Sean Dooley
Published:
13 Nov 2019
Published:
13 Nov 2019
Bin chickens carve a warm spot in Australia's heart even as they raid and thieve
Why I'm voting No 1 superb fairy-wren and you should too
Holly Parsons
Published:
13 Nov 2019
Published:
13 Nov 2019
Why I'm voting No 1 superb fairy-wren and you should too
Adani mine could snuff out black-throated finch’s last chances of survival
Published:
11 Nov 2019
Adani mine could snuff out black-throated finch’s last chances of survival
The Crunch
Voter fraud detected in Guardian's Australian bird of the year poll
Published:
10 Nov 2019
Voter fraud detected in Guardian's Australian bird of the year poll
Bird of the year 2019: galah misses out as top 10 announced for run-off vote – as it happened
Published:
7 Nov 2019
Bird of the year 2019: galah misses out as top 10 announced for run-off vote – as it happened
Magpies pick me up and sweep me away into family memories
Anna Sublet
Published:
7 Nov 2019
Published:
7 Nov 2019
Magpies pick me up and sweep me away into family memories
Bird of the year: Anthony Albanese, Josh Frydenberg, Larissa Waters, Barnaby Joyce and others cast their vote
Published:
6 Nov 2019
Bird of the year: Anthony Albanese, Josh Frydenberg, Larissa Waters, Barnaby Joyce and others cast their vote
Swoop to conquer: a lifelong phobia of low-flying birds has left me with no illusions about who's boss
Brigid Delaney
Published:
6 Nov 2019
Published:
6 Nov 2019
Swoop to conquer: a lifelong phobia of low-flying birds has left me with no illusions about who's boss
Who's a clever cockie? Why everyone should vote for the sulphur-crested cockatoo
Published:
5 Nov 2019
Who's a clever cockie? Why everyone should vote for the sulphur-crested cockatoo
Flying green gems of the outback: budgies are Australia's most misunderstood birds
Barry Traill
Published:
5 Nov 2019
Published:
5 Nov 2019
Flying green gems of the outback: budgies are Australia's most misunderstood birds
The Crunch
The other race that stops the nation: watch contenders jostle for a top 10 spot in bird of the year
Published:
4 Nov 2019
The other race that stops the nation: watch contenders jostle for a top 10 spot in bird of the year
Australia has all the tools to protect its birds from extinction – but it is failing
Published:
4 Nov 2019
Australia has all the tools to protect its birds from extinction – but it is failing
Warrior, trickster, messenger, god: the raven is the best of all birds
Van Badham
Published:
3 Nov 2019
Published:
3 Nov 2019
Warrior, trickster, messenger, god: the raven is the best of all birds
Why I'm voting No 1 regent honeyeater in the Australian bird of the year poll
Andrew Stafford
Published:
3 Nov 2019
Published:
3 Nov 2019
Why I'm voting No 1 regent honeyeater in the Australian bird of the year poll
On the trail of Australia's naughtiest cockatoo – video
On the trail of Australia's naughtiest cockatoo – video
Clever, cheeky, screechy cockatoos: in search of Australia's naughtiest bird
Published:
2 Nov 2019
Clever, cheeky, screechy cockatoos: in search of Australia's naughtiest bird
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Black-throated finch wins 2019 bird of the year with tawny frogmouth second