LATEST BIRDING NEWS
Newsletter - Issue 47
The good news is that there appears to be very little oil left on the surface of the ocean in the Gulf. The bad news is it will be years before wildlife stocks recover and oil will still be on/in the Gulf beaches and marshes for years - if not decades - to come.
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BATV Destination Videos►Northern Territory Australia
Birding around the Globe
Learn about BATV's birding destinations, watch the latest Birding Adventures shows and catch our quest for each week's Golden Bird. All BATV shows are available NOW online.
AUSTRALIA
QUICK FACTS: 850 species recorded; 332 endemics; 13 of the 20 endemic families of Australasia and Oceana are present; 90 endangered species
SPECIALITY BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: Western Bowerbird, Great Bowerbird, Rainbow Pitta
TOURS: WINGS offers 1 tour to the Northern Territory, Australia: South Australia and the Northern Territory
BATV "IN THE KNOWS": Stay at Feathers Sanctuary in Darwin, stay at Eden at Fogg Dam, visit Uluru, go Barramundi fishing on the Daly River, visit Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, take a bicycle tour with Darwin Walking and Cycling Tours, Use Trek Larapinta as local guides for the Alice Springs area, use Guided by Nature as local guides for the Top End.
Encompassing the Red Center, Uluru (Ayer's Rock), Kakadu National Park and the "Top End", Northern Territory Australia has some of Australia's best birding. From desert to tropical monsoon forest, Northern Territory contains over half of the continent's bird species. Northern Territory Australia DESTINATION > Western Bowerbird
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Western Bowerbird
The Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata) is a species of bird in the Bowerbird family. The species is a common endemic of Australia. It has a disjunct distribution, occurring in Central Australia and the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Northern Territory Australia DESTINATION > Rainbow Pitta
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Rainbow Pitta
The Rainbow Pitta, Pitta iris, is a bird with a velvet black head and underparts, green upperparts, pale blue shoulder and olive green tail. It has a black bill, pink legs, brown eye and reddish brown streak along each side of its crown.
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