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Small Songbirds Down Under

on August 23, 2022

This week, we head to the coasts of Australia, looking for small songbirds.

Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird
Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Learn more about bristlebirds as Professor Barry Mins studies kinds that may have been on the Ark.

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Across

  • 2. They prefer to live in denser vegetation with at least some ______ height.
  • 4. These birds tend to be _____ enough to flee fire-threatened areas.
  • 5. They love to eat ____ and beetles but will eat most insects.
  • 7. These birds are ___________.
  • 8. Recolonization after a fire depends on how long it takes for the _______ to become suitable for them.

Down

  • 1. They also eat other terrestrial _____________.
  • 3. This week’s kind is the Dasyornithidae—the ___________ kind.
  • 5. These small songbirds can be found in _________.
  • 6. This kind is threatened by Australia’s susceptibility to ________.
  • 9. There are only _____ species in this kind.

Word Bank

  • Ants
  • Australia
  • Bristlebird
  • Canopy
  • Habitat
  • Invertebrates
  • Smart
  • Territorial
  • Three
  • Wildfire
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