Pelican Bone

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 also the heaviest of all the flying birds in Australia, and it is a treat to see them take off with ease from sitting in the water. In Broome, their story is immortalised by the renowned Nyikina artist Butcher Joe Nangan, whose Pelican nurlu features dancers wearing long straw headdresses that mirror the large pelican beaks.

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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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Bustard 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...

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...