Black-throated finch wins 2019 bird of the year with tawny frogmouth second

Highly endangered finch, which is under threat from the Adani Carmichael coalmine, harnessed support of conservationists

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The black-throated finch has been voted Australian bird of the year for 2019, beating the tawny frogmouth in a landslide.

The highly endangered finch, which is under threat from the expansion of the Adani Carmichael coalmine, was backed by a highly organised online campaign linking it to deforestation, the climate emergency and opposition to the mine.