The 2017 Guardian/Birdlife Australia poll was a fight to death between the ibis and magpie. In this year’s vote, will attention stay focused on the common urban birds or will it turn to one of the threatened species on the list: the western ground parrot, the eastern curlew, the black-throated finch or Carnaby’s black cockatoo? If your favourite is not included in the shortlist of 50, you can add it. The first round of voting is open until 8 November. The second round will be a runoff between the top 10 and final winner will be announced on 15 November
• Photographs and descriptions courtesy of Sean Dooley and Birdlife Australia
