What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia

Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note Cape York cobwebs composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.—Australia Distribution.—Northern Queensland Distribution.—Tropical dried grasses dull Eggs.—Four Eggs.—Three or four Eggs.—Two or three eucalypts feet Female Food forked Gould ground Guinea habits and economy hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvae Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits nest Nest.—A Nest.—A depression Nest.—An open Nest.—In a hollow Northern Territory Notes.—Also called Notes.—Usually in pairs numbers pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants 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