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===Australian Bushwalk=== The Australia Bushwalk opened in its current setup in 1997, and takes visitors on a journey through the Australian landscape where they can see: {{Div col |colwidth=20em}} * [[Bush stone-curlew]] * [[Emu]] * [[Koala]] * [[Red kangaroo]] * [[Short-beaked echidna]] * [[Tammar wallaby]] * [[Tasmanian devil]] * [[Western brush wallaby]] * [[Western grey kangaroo]] {{Div col end}} {{Gallery |align=centre |width=213 |height=160 |mode=packed |File:Bush_stone-curlew_(Burhinus_grallarius)_in_Perth_Zoo,_September_2021_01.jpg |Bush stone-curlew in Bushwalk exhibit }} {{Clear}} A specially designed exhibit in this area visitors can access on a slight detour is the 'Numbats Under Threat' exhibit, which showcases the endangered Western Australian marsupial and several other species in both the large main enclosure and the walkthrough exhibit fronting the entrance. The species in this area are: {{Div col |colwidth=20em}} * [[Numbat]] * [[Quokka]] * [[Rufous whistler]] * [[Splendid fairy-wren]] {{Div col end}} {{Gallery |align=centre |width=180 |height=160 |mode=packed |Perth_zoo.jpeg |Red kangaroo female with her teenage joey at the zoo |Perth_Zoo_(6316133).jpg |Koala at the zoo |Eating_Wallaby.jpg |Western brush wallaby at the zoo |Numbat_Full_Standing.jpg |Numbat at the zoo <!-- |Dingo_Perth_Zoo_SMC_Sept_2005.jpg |Dingo at the zoo --> }} {{Clear}} Another detour takes visitors to the 'Western Australian Black Cockatoo' exhibit aviaries, planted with cockatoo food trees<ref name="zoo_australia"/><ref name="zoo_cockatoos"/> and home to: {{Div col |colwidth=20em}} * [[Baudin's cockatoo]] * [[Carnaby's black cockatoo]] * [[Red-tailed black cockatoo|Forest red-tailed black cockatoo]] {{Div col end}} {{Gallery |align=centre |width=213 |height=160 |mode=packed |File:Purple-crowned_lorikeet_(Glossopsitta_porphyrocephala)_eating_fruit_in_Perth_Zoo,_February_2021_14.jpg |Purple-crowned lorikeets at the zoo }} {{Clear}} A walk-in aviary is located close in the 'Australian Bushwalk' area of the zoo and is home to: {{Div col |colwidth=20em}} * [[Black-winged stilt]] * [[Brush bronzewing]] * [[Elegant parrot]] * [[Purple-crowned lorikeet]] {{Div col end}} {{Gallery |align=centre |width=213 |height=160 |mode=packed |File:Black-necked_stork_(Ephippiorhynchus_asiaticus)_in_Perth_Zoo,_February_2021_05.jpg |Black-necked stork in Wetlands walkthrough exhibit |File:Glossy_ibis_(Plegadis_falcinellus)_in_Perth_Zoo,_September_2021_03.jpg |[[Glossy ibis]] in the Australian Wetlands habitat at the zoo }} {{Clear}}
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