Australian Field Ornithology is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original papers on a broad spectrum of topics relating to Australasian ornithology, including ecology, behaviour and history of individual species and groups.
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Current Issue

Vol 43 (2026)

Table of Contents

Articles

Nesting biology of the Wet Tropics endemic Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis
Clifford B. Frith, Dawn W. Frith
pp. 53-59
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Studies of ibises in Victoria, III: Sexual dimorphism, sex ratio, breeding season, reproductive success, mating patterns, site fidelity, movements and survival of Australian White Ibis at three locations in southern Victoria
Kim W. Lowe
pp. 38-52
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Ship-assisted displacement of a Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and vagrant birds of subantarctic Macquarie Island
Milan Sojitra, Jaslyn Allnutt, Helen Achurch
pp. 31-37
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First description and photograph of the juvenile plumage of the New Britain Goshawk Tachyspiza princeps
Thierry Quelennec, Marianne Quelennec
pp. 29-30
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A regular commensal foraging interaction between cranes and raptors on the Gulf Plains of north-western Queensland
John D.A. Grant
pp. 26-28
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A Laughing Kookaburra assists in raising Blue-winged Kookaburras’ offspring
Clifford B. Frith, Mary-Anne Addington, Martin B. Willis
pp. 24-25
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Agonistic behaviour of the Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata towards an elapid snake
Matthew Mo, Scott Beno, Bel Manria
pp. 22-23
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Waterbirds and other birds of the Arcoona Lakes, arid South Australia, 2022–2023
Robert J. Dugand, Genevieve L.T. Hayes
pp. 1-21
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