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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Josh Nicholas

Australian bird of the year 2025: craft your own origami bird with this simple guide

Origami pigeons sitting on an outstretched arm
Guardian Australia’s step-by-step guide to making origami birds. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Australian bird of the year is almost here. Australia is host to hundreds of different species. There are so many ways to celebrate and enjoy this abundance of wildlife – become a birder and go looking in your neighbourhood, colour in one of these lovely colouring sheets, or make yourself an origami bird.

All you need is a bit of paper. You can easily turn an A4 sheet into square paper suitable for origami with a couple of folds and some scissors. If you have access to a printer, Bush Heritage Australia also has some wonderful templates of swift parrots and Carnaby’s cockatoos that you can print and follow the guides.

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