Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
by Stephanie Convery from Environment | The Guardian on (#70SMA)
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin's black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo
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The 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.
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