'Native' birds on the new $5 banknote

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'Native' birds on the new $5 banknote

To:	Neil Cheshire <>
Subject:	'Native' birds on the new $5 banknote
From:	John Tongue <>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:12:50 +0000

Only the one bird species depicted (Eastern Spinebill), though they do get it 
spectacularly wrong.

John Tongue
Devonport, Tas.


> On 12 Apr 2016, at 4:56 PM, Neil Cheshire <> wrote:
>
> Interesting design for the new Australian $5 banknote - two 'native' birds 
> are featured both of which appear to be new to science as they do not 
> resemble any known native species!
>
> How could a design get to this stage with such obvious mistakes?
>
> The banknote can be seen at 'The Guardian' on line.
>
> Neil Cheshire
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