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06/05/2022

Queensland Parliament welcomes all visitors. Find out how to visit the public gallery, take a tour or learn about parliament at one of our educational programs here.

The Green Catbird is a large, stout green bird, spotted white, with a dusky crown, nape and face and a white bill. The e...
12/01/2021

The Green Catbird is a large, stout green bird, spotted white, with a dusky crown, nape and face and a white bill. The eye is red. Juveniles are duller in colour.

When you see Rainbow Bee-eaters on the powerline, it a must stop and photograph moment!
27/11/2020

When you see Rainbow Bee-eaters on the powerline, it a must stop and photograph moment!

The Pheasant Coucal is a large, long-tailed, pheasant-like cuckoo which occurs in northern and eastern Australia, as wel...
20/01/2020

The Pheasant Coucal is a large, long-tailed, pheasant-like cuckoo which occurs in northern and eastern Australia, as well as southern New Guinea and Timor-Leste. Unlike most species of cuckoos, the Pheasant Coucal builds its own nest, a shallow platform of sticks and grass, into which it lays between two and five white eggs. The young coucals are fed by both sexes, but the male parent does most of the feeding, providing the nestlings with small vertebrates, such as frogs, and grasshoppers and other insects.

‘Blue-Winged Kookaburra’
19/01/2020

‘Blue-Winged Kookaburra’

One of the more spectacular species of fruit-dove in Australia, the Wompoo Fruit-Dove has largely-green upper parts, whi...
19/01/2020

One of the more spectacular species of fruit-dove in Australia, the Wompoo Fruit-Dove has largely-green upper parts, while its breast is plum-purple, and the belly and underwings are canary yellow. Despite this bright coloration, Wompoo Fruit-Doves are often overlooked as they forage on fruit among the leaves high in the canopy of tropical and subtropical rainforests. Often the first sign that they are there is the sound of fruit falling onto the forest floor below. Another tell-tale sign is their call, a distinctive ‘wompoo’, which gives the bird its name.

‘Dusky Honeyeater’
19/01/2020

‘Dusky Honeyeater’

‘Blue-winged Kookaburra’
18/01/2020

‘Blue-winged Kookaburra’

The Dollarbird gets its unusual name because it has a large, prominent white spot on each wing, visible when the bird is...
18/01/2020

The Dollarbird gets its unusual name because it has a large, prominent white spot on each wing, visible when the bird is in flight; these spots were considered to resemble silver dollars. Dollarbirds are often seen flying around in forests and woodlands, especially near wetlands, especially where bare branches extend above the forest canopy or over water. They launch from these perches in pursuit of flying insects, which are grabbed in the bill and brought back to the perch, where they are eaten.

With its long legs and oversized feet, at first glance the Comb-crested Jacana appears particularly ungainly. However, a...
14/12/2019

With its long legs and oversized feet, at first glance the Comb-crested Jacana appears particularly ungainly. However, anyone who has watched one nimbly picking its way across precarious platforms of floating aquatic vegetation would disagree. Similarly, those strangely elongated appendages would seem to render any attempts at long-distance movements problematical. Again, this is incorrect. Although there is no evidence that Jacanas undertake large-scale seasonal movements, some individual birds are capable of making long-distance flights, as odd birds occasionally turn up in the most unexpected places.

‘Black Kite’
14/12/2019

‘Black Kite’

In their natural habitat, Black Kites are spectacular, soaring effortlessly in the wind, their long forked tails constan...
14/12/2019

In their natural habitat, Black Kites are spectacular, soaring effortlessly in the wind, their long forked tails constantly twisting to manoeuvre the bird while searching for food on the ground below, or skilfully catching insects on the wing. They are readily attracted to any fire, and great numbers may be seen wheeling about in the smoke, looking ahead of the fire-front to find small creatures fleeing the flames, or picking up the burnt remains of those that did not escape.

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