What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 131
... NOTES . Also called Black - banded White - face . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds ...
... NOTES . Also called Black - banded White - face . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds ...
Page 171
... call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh chattering notes . Food : insects , pollen , and nectar . NEST . An open , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft plant ...
... call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh chattering notes . Food : insects , pollen , and nectar . NEST . An open , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft plant ...
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... NOTES . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting the margins of swamps , lagoons , and streams . It is nomadic , although odd pairs will remain in a district throughout the year . The call - note of this species resembles " Keerk ...
... NOTES . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting the margins of swamps , lagoons , and streams . It is nomadic , although odd pairs will remain in a district throughout the year . The call - note of this species resembles " Keerk ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES Streams and SwamPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley No preview available - 1931 |
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York Cape York Peninsula cobwebs composed of dried composed of sticks cup-shaped structure DISTRIBUTION dome-shaped structure dried grasses eastern EGGS eucalypts feet Female Food freckled frequenting chiefly Gould ground Guinea habits and economy herbage hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvæ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits nectar NEST north-western Australia northern Australia Northern Queensland Northern Territory NOTES numbers October to January 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 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