Bird of the year 2023 result: swift parrot crowned winner of Australia’s favourite bird poll – as it happened

The final 10 contenders for the 2023 Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year. Which one will be the crowned the winner? Left to right: peregrine falcon, gang-gang cockatoo, swift parrot, laughing kookaburra, tawny frogmouth, willie wagtail, spotted pardalote, Australian magpie, Carnaby’s black-cockatoo and Gouldian finch. Follow live updates as the winner of the poll is announced. Composite: Guardian design

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Farewell for now

And with the swift parrot taking the title of 2023 Australian bird of the year, our 2023 poll has come to a close.

Thank you for manning your avian campaigns, casting your votes and tuning in. See you back here in two years for the next bird of the year poll.

We leave you now with some reading …

Lisa Cox’s coverage of the critically endangered swift parrot’s narrow win:

Sean Dooley’s reflections on Australian’s connections to our birds:

And BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count, a citizen science event curating a snapshot of our avian landscape:

Updated at 3.43am BST

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Bird of the year 2023 updated poll

The bird of the year 2023 poll has been updated with the final votes and rankings. You can take a look here:

And give CSIRO’s playlist of music to birdwatch to a listen in the meantime – looks like there are some tunes for both the celebrating and the crestfallen (though I haven’t spotted any Taylor Swift numbers for team swift parrot yet):

Fun fact: our @atlaslivingaust has more than 20,600 records of swift parrots, with records dating back to the 1860s!

If the hotly-contested vote has whetted your appetite for birdwatching, we've got the perfect playlist for you. 👇 https://t.co/guWDD8OrwD

— CSIRO (@CSIRO) October 6, 2023