Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • 2009

Bird name: Black Swan
Latin: Cygnus atratus
Other:
Family: Anatidae • Swans

The Black Swan - endemic to Australia - but seen here in Nice.
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Photo copyright: TH/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Darwin Australia

Bird name: Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Latin: Megapodius reinwardt
Other:
Family: Megapodiidae • Scrubfowl

This presumed Orange-footed Scrubfowl, seen in Darwin, has found a large grub to eat.

Orange-footed Scrubfowl are mound-builders or incubator birds. As with other megapodes, they do not sit on their eggs to incubate them but bury them in a mound to keep them warm. The chick breaks out of its egg with its claws and tunnels up through the mound to the surface.More photos...

Photo copyright: TH/monacoeye • Australia • 2008

Bird name: Torresian Imperial Pigeon
Latin: Ducula spilorrhoa
Other:
Family: Columbidae • Pigeons

These Torresian Imperial Pigeons were photographed in Perth, Australia - not their usual habitat. Presumably they are therefore either escaped or captive - one appears to have been ringed. They are endemic to the northern, tropical regions of Australia. Thanks to Tania for sending them in.More photos...