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Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti

Australasian Figbirds are a member of the Old-world Oriole family. They have a loud and repetitive "piow, piow, piow" call. In this region of Australia, this is the subspecies vieilloti, sometimes known as the "Green Figbird".
 

Australasian Figbird

1: Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney, 01/09/2009.