Bustard Bone

Bone

Bush Turkey

This is the leg and foot of Ardeotis australis, known locally as ‘bush turkey’. They thrive on Roebuck Plains and the pindan coastal country of the Broome area, and after man-gala the wet season, when they are fat, are a favourite of local Aboriginal people. With an Indigenous Protected Area declared over much of the plains, the Yawuru Country Managers and Yawuru rangers are ensuring that habitats for the birdlife of the whole area are well-kept and human activity monitored.

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Broome Bird Observatory

Shorebird capital of Australia

The BBO is a veritable twitcher’s paradise on beautiful Roebuck Bay, where up to 120,000 shorebirds gather every year. Once you have arrived, the first port of call is the Clive Minton Discovery...

Address:

Crab Creek Road
Broome WA 6725
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9193 5600

Email:

broome@birdlife.org.au

Open Hours

7 days 8am - 4pm; Check for wet season closures

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Pelican Bone

The Long Beak

This is the jaw bone of bilari, a species greatly respected by the Yawuru and surrounding groups. Pelecanus conspicillatus (Australian pelican), has the longest beak of any bird in the world. They are...

Bird Books

For Bird Lovers

The BBO was set up by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU, now BirdLife Australia), as a research and education facility to work for the conservation of the migratory shorebirds which...