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... Brown - backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus 11-12 cm Small brown honeyeater with obscurely barred breast , dark face with white ' moustache ' , reddish bill . Juv : duller with faint streaking on breast . Voice : rapid ' mick , mick ...
... Brown - backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus 11-12 cm Small brown honeyeater with obscurely barred breast , dark face with white ' moustache ' , reddish bill . Juv : duller with faint streaking on breast . Voice : rapid ' mick , mick ...
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... honeyeater , uniformly dusky brown with darker chin . Juv : base of bill yellow . Usually in parties or small groups ... Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta 10-11 cm Male : red honeyeater with black wings and tail and white abdomen ...
... honeyeater , uniformly dusky brown with darker chin . Juv : base of bill yellow . Usually in parties or small groups ... Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta 10-11 cm Male : red honeyeater with black wings and tail and white abdomen ...
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Peter Slater, Pat Slater, Raoul Slater. HONEYEATERS AND SUNBIRDS Green - backed Honeyeater is little known in Aust , could be confused with warbler or silvereye , has most restricted range of any Aust bird except Noisy Scrub - bird . Brown ...
Peter Slater, Pat Slater, Raoul Slater. HONEYEATERS AND SUNBIRDS Green - backed Honeyeater is little known in Aust , could be confused with warbler or silvereye , has most restricted range of any Aust bird except Noisy Scrub - bird . Brown ...
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The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds Peter Slater,Pat Slater,Raoul Slater No preview available - 2003 |
The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds Peter Slater,Pat Slater,Raoul Slater No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
Adult areas Aust Australian band bark barred belly bill birds blotched blue breast breeding brown buff bush Cape York chestnut coast colour common resident coverts crest crown dark darker dome east eastern edges extending eyebrow face feathers feeding Female flanks flight flocks forehead forest fork form race grass green grey ground head heavily hollow Honeyeater islands lacks leaves legs less lined Little longer looks loud lower mainland mainly Male mangroves migrant mottled nape narrow neck Nesting nomad non-breeding northern occur outer pale paler Parrot patch Petrel phase pink plains plumage prominent rainforest Range rufous rump Sandpiper seen short sides similar smaller sometimes south-eastern south-west southern species spotted stick streaked tail throat throughout tree uncommon underparts undertail underwing upper usually Voice western white eggs whitish wing woodland yellow