What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... ( Cape York ) . Notes . Also called White - lored Flycatcher . Usually in pairs , fre- quenting the dense scrubs . Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher . Nest . Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher . Eggs . - Two , whitish , spotted ...
... ( Cape York ) . Notes . Also called White - lored Flycatcher . Usually in pairs , fre- quenting the dense scrubs . Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher . Nest . Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher . Eggs . - Two , whitish , spotted ...
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... Cape York ) , and King Island . Notes . Also called Banks's Black Cockatoo and Banksian Black Cockatoo . Usually in ... ( Cape York district only ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . L Notes . Also called Cape York Cockatoo ...
... Cape York ) , and King Island . Notes . Also called Banks's Black Cockatoo and Banksian Black Cockatoo . Usually in ... ( Cape York district only ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . L Notes . Also called Cape York Cockatoo ...
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... ( Cape York ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . Notes . Also called Saw - billed Kingfisher . The New Guinea form is a mangrove - dwelling species , whilst the Cape York form usually inhabits the scrub and open forest ...
... ( Cape York ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . Notes . Also called Saw - billed Kingfisher . The New Guinea form is a mangrove - dwelling species , whilst the Cape York form usually inhabits the scrub and open forest ...
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses dull eastern Eggs Eggs.-Four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly frequenting open Gould ground Guinea habits and economy hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvæ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits Nest Nest.-A Nest.-A large north-western Australia northern Queensland Northern Territory Notes numbers pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants purplish-brown purplish-grey Queensland reddish-brown rootlets scrub-lands seeds of grasses September to December Silver-eye similar in habits small flocks South Australia South Wales southern Australia species spinifex spotted and blotched strips of bark swamps Tasmania Temminck tree twigs underlying markings Usually in flocks Usually in pairs Usually placed Usually singly uttered Western Australia Zealand