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I was rather hoping not to have to get help with this, but I have no idea, so I think it might be a latin name?#
37d Mendicant offers to conserve rook, and some Aussie species (10) _R_A_B_R_S
Presumably rook=R, and could the definition be mendicant, or species? Stuck, I'm afraid.

friarbirds

By, that was quick. Many thanks. Now to sort out the clue....

So mendicants rely on donations, thus the friars... I was looking for something more like beggar, and rook is bird, not as in chess...still, had never heard of friarbirds.

I think it's mendicant = friar, offers = bids, which 'conserves' r as shorthand for rook in chess. I did a search on friarbirds - indeed an Australian species. One lives and learns!

Friarbirds have a bald head, hence the name, also known as "leatherheads". I've lived in Oz for over fifty years and don't think I've ever seen one.