The Australian magpie has swooped to victory as the most common bird sighted throughout Australia’s backyards, parks and ...

More than 64,000 enthusiastic twitchers took place in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count, counting and recording 5.27 million birds.

Australia is home to one-sixth of the world’s parrot population. Nearly 60 species of parrot call the country home, thanks to ...

A new study in Queensland reveals that city-dwelling male great bowerbirds are using human items to impress females.

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. The study is published in the ...

With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia. It is best to admire these human-sized birdies—and ...

The sun was sinking over the Mary River floodplain when the noise finally settled. Thousands of plumed whistling-ducks had dropped into the billabongs, brolgas drifted across the glowing horizon, and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Birds in Australia face an onslaught from both feral and domestic cats, ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change. Known as ...

When the avian uprising inevitably occurs, humans will be wise to defect immediately to the Bird Army. A new study suggests that certain species of birds in Australia have figured out a way to spread ...