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Albert's Lyre Bird
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Albert’s Lyrebird (Menura alberti) is a rare and wonderful songbird that prefers its own company, living and foraging on the ground in an exclusive area along the eastern border of Queensland and NSW. Their beautiful voices are able to mimic all sorts of creatures and sounds, even violins!
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Banksia
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Banksias come in all different shapes and sizes, with over 170 different species across Australia! Some are dense, woody shrubs (that are easy for bettongs to get stuck in) and others are tall, tall trees! They have cone shaped flowers in warm colours like yellow and orange surrounded by spikes.
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Bettong
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Bettongs are little marsupials that only live in Australia! They are about the size of a rabbit and have long tails, as long as their whole body! They have fur in gray, brown and ginger that helps them blend in with their surroundings (this is called camouflage!) Some are smaller than others as there are five different species of bettong. Rufous bettongs are the largest of all the bettong species!
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Bittern
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Australasian bitterns (Botaurus poiciloptilus) are tall, secretive birds with black, brown and white feathers that live in wet, reedy areas where they can hide and find their favourite foods like frogs, bugs, lizards and fish. They have an eerie song, but Rufous doesn’t need to worry, he is a bettong after all!
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Black Grass-dart Butterfly
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Black grass-dart butterflies (Ocybadistes knightorum) are an endangered butterfly species with vibrant yellow, brown and black patterned wings. They almost look like butterfly bees! Rufous can see their distinctive colouring as they flutter in the breeze.
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Black-tipped Spider-orchid
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A rare plant indeed, the black-tipped spider-orchid (Caladenia anthracina) is a critically endangered flower. It has a single bloom with a deep purple and white center with long, thin, white petals with black and dark red tips that look just like a spider!
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