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Treading Lightly
For the love of Mallee
Move slowly and quietly in this specialist Australian arid habitat and you might be rewarded by seeing one of the world’s rarest birds.
Move slowly and quietly in this specialist Australian arid habitat and you might be rewarded by seeing one of the world’s rarest birds.
The malleefowl is one of Australia’s only ground-dwelling birds. Here, watch a chick emerge from a nest.