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Apostlebird

Struthidea cinerea

Photo by CataAna
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Description:

Noisy medium size birds in a group. They were jumping like sparrows looking very funny.
Apparently they are named apostle birds because they travel in groups of 12.

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Apostlebird

Struthidea cinerea

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Christiane
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Comments (3)
hookgv
They also like to use other birds disused nests. Esp. pee wee nests.
CataAna
Thank you very much Christiane and kunoir. I wish I had counted them to see if they were exactly 12 :)
kunoir
Definitely an Apostlebird

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