What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 27
... Distribution . - Northern Territory and northern Queensland . Notes . Usually in pairs , frequenting the margins of scrubs ; it is similar in habits to the Yellow Robin , but much shyer . Food : insects . Nest . - A cup - shaped ...
... Distribution . - Northern Territory and northern Queensland . Notes . Usually in pairs , frequenting the margins of scrubs ; it is similar in habits to the Yellow Robin , but much shyer . Food : insects . Nest . - A cup - shaped ...
Page 35
... Northern Boobook Owl Ninox ocellata Bonaparte o - cell - a ' - ta - L . , ocellatus , marked with little eyes ( spotted ) . Distribution . - North - western Australia and northern Queensland ; also occurs in New Guinea . Notes . Also ...
... Northern Boobook Owl Ninox ocellata Bonaparte o - cell - a ' - ta - L . , ocellatus , marked with little eyes ( spotted ) . Distribution . - North - western Australia and northern Queensland ; also occurs in New Guinea . Notes . Also ...
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... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Usually in flocks ... Queensland and eastern New South Wales . Notes . Usually in flocks ... Distribution . - North - western Australia , Northern Territory , and the Gulf of ...
... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Usually in flocks ... Queensland and eastern New South Wales . Notes . Usually in flocks ... Distribution . - North - western Australia , Northern Territory , and the Gulf of ...
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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