Australasian Figbird

Sphecotheres vieilloti

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The Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti) is a conspicuous medium-sized passerine bird native to a wide range of wooded habitats in northern and eastern Australia, southern Papua New Guinea, and the Kai Islands in Indonesia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of S. viridis, then simply referred to as the Figbird (a name still commonly used in Australia, where the Australasian Figbird is the only figbird). It is common in large parts of its range, and occurs...

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