Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year – live
Follow live as we announce the winner of the 2025 Australian bird of the yearTawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winnerMore Australian bird of the year contentDownload your free official 2025 bird of the year posterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeads up: the livestream ceremony is just a few minutes away from launch! You’ll be able to watch it here on the Guardian blog, as well as on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Links to come very shortly …Top 10 spotlight: the bush stone-curlewDopey, anxious and adorable. They never seem to be in a sensible location, or quite sure of how they got there. And they scream like banshees. Continue reading...
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Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatooMore Australian bird of the year contentDownload your free official 2025 bird of the year posterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe tawny frogmouth has been named Australia’s 2025 bird of the year, after taking second place in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll three times running.More than 310,000 votes were cast after polling opened on 6 October and the tawny led the charge from the start, despite being hotly and persistently pursued by two cockatoos: the Baudin’s black cockatoo and the ever-popular gang-gang.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...
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