apostle bird

The apostle bird is a bird found in Australia, often seen in small flocks. It is described as a loud-voiced, gray, crowlike bird with brown wings and black legs and bill. The term can also refer to a babbler, specifically the gray-crowned babbler.1

Birds, in general, are warm-blooded vertebrates with feathers and wings, and they lay hard-shelled eggs. Their evolutionary relationships are complex, with modern bird groups rapidly emerging in the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. Birds exhibit diverse behaviors, including intricate nesting, incubation, and feeding habits, with many species displaying learned behaviors like birdsong.2345