What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Nest . - A large , bowl - shaped structure , composed of mud reinforced with grass ; lined with fur , dried grasses ... nest , while two females may lay in the same nest . Eggs . - Five to seven , sometimes nine , pale creamy - white ...
... Nest . - A large , bowl - shaped structure , composed of mud reinforced with grass ; lined with fur , dried grasses ... nest , while two females may lay in the same nest . Eggs . - Five to seven , sometimes nine , pale creamy - white ...
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... Nest . A compact , pear - shaped structure with a hooded entrance near the top , and a tail - piece ; composed of palm - fibre and bark , held together with spiders ' webs and lichen ; lined with soft materials . The nest of this ...
... Nest . A compact , pear - shaped structure with a hooded entrance near the top , and a tail - piece ; composed of palm - fibre and bark , held together with spiders ' webs and lichen ; lined with soft materials . The nest of this ...
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... Nest . A depression in the ground . Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter ...
... Nest . A depression in the ground . Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter ...
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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