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Australian bird of the year 2023

December 2023

  • Australia year in review 2023
    Australia's 2023 in review: the stories that shook the nation – video

    From the dramatic referendum vote to Matilda's World Cup mania, here's a look back at (nearly) everything that happened in 2023, in just six minutes

6 October 2023

  • The final 10 contenders for the 2023 Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year.

    Bird of the year 2023 result: swift parrot crowned winner of Australia’s favourite bird poll – as it happened

    The moment has arrived – and the swift parrot has taken the crown for 2023 after the votes for the final 10 candidates
  • Firstddogonthemoon First Dog on the Moon illustration for Australian Bird of the Year 2023 voting page. Vote for your favourite in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

    Australian bird of the year 2023: final top 10 ranking

    From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. See where the votes landed in the 2023 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

    • Swift parrot named 2023 Australian bird of the year winner

    • And the winner is ... swift parrot announced as the 2023 Australian bird of the year – video

    • Voted for bird of the year? Now make your avian affection really count

      Sean Dooley

5 October 2023

  • The poster

    Australian bird of the year 2023: free downloadable poster

  • Composite of the final 10 contenders for 2023 bird of the year.

    The 2023 Australian bird of the year is …

4 October 2023

  • A guineafowl

    The case of Strange Bird: how did an African guineafowl end up living wild on a Sydney street?

  • Australian Bush Turkey or Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) in profile

    ‘So ugly it’s beautiful’: Australian politicians reveal their picks for bird of the year

  • Independent senator says this should be the year of the 'incredible' cockatoo that sounds like a squeaky door

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    David Pocock backs #TeamGangGang for bird of the year 2023 – video

  • A humble campaign ad from one of Australia's critically endangered birds

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    Why you should vote swift parrot as bird of the year (according to a swift parrot) – video

3 October 2023

  • A Mukarrthippi grasswren, nominated by the CSIRO as one Australia's most endangered birds

    The mukarrthippi grasswren may be Australia’s rarest bird and I am obsessed with it

    Virginia Merange
    It’s believed there are fewer than 20 of these ‘little birds of the spinifex’ – and their future hangs in the balance
  • Nick Evershed

    Datablog
    Can the swift parrot knock the tawny frogmouth off its perch? What the numbers say about Australia’s bird of the year poll

    Nick Evershed
    We’re nearing the end of the eliminations and getting to the business end of the voting now. Who will get their beak in front when it counts?

  • The laughing kookaburra assumes it has your vote for bird of the year – video

    One of Australia's most iconic birds feels like it should've have to ask for your vote, but it's doing it anyway

2 October 2023

  • A weebill speaks: vote for us as your bird of the year – video

    We might be small in stature and often unnoticed but we deserve your support. Here's why

1 October 2023

  • Swift parrot on Bruny Island

    ‘Watching extinction in real time’: conservationists losing hope for Australia’s swift parrot if logging continues

    Experts predict there will be fewer than 100 individuals of the species by 2031 as the rate of decline in population grows faster

September 2023

  • File photo of a galah

    An injured galah taught me that what makes something beautiful is also what makes it fragile

    Natasha May
    Perhaps it’s naive not to imagine that all of life itself is about accepting the fragility of how easily things break
  • First Dog on the Moon

    First Dog on the Moon
    Is this Australia’s most trusting bird? No wonder it is endangered

    First Dog on the Moon
    I shall lay my eggs here on this beach where they have been safe for thousands of years
  • First Dog on the Moon illustration for the 2023 bird of the year poll

    Full Story
    Newsroom edition: a bird call to action – Full Story podcast

    Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and national news editor Patrick Keneally about why voting for your favourite bird can help protect native species
About 40 results for Australian bird of the year 2023
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