New research insights from North Queensland – From cassowaries and kookaburras to hornbills and squatter pigeons, Don Franklin’s latest roundup highlights rare discoveries, new species records, and fascinating bird behaviour across northern Australia.

This compilation features a particularly high percentage of articles produced by local ornithologists, and includes four published in Australian Field Ornithology; two in the North Queensland Naturalist; and two in Emu; along with four other journals or magazines.

Don Franklin | Guest Contributor Australian Swiftlet Australian Swiftlet in flight. Photo by Scott Ritchie. “The Australian Swiftlet (...