What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Notes . Also called Ashy - fronted Robin ; usually in pairs , frequent- ing the densely timbered ranges ; it is seldom seen at any great height from the ground . Similar in habits ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Notes . Also called Ashy - fronted Robin ; usually in pairs , frequent- ing the densely timbered ranges ; it is seldom seen at any great height from the ground . Similar in habits ...
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... 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 ...
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... Notes . Also called Fulvous - fronted Honey - eater . Usually in pairs or small parties , inhabiting heath and dwarf scrub - lands . Its song , which is somewhat mournful , commences with a single note slowly drawn out , followed by a ...
... Notes . Also called Fulvous - fronted Honey - eater . Usually in pairs or small parties , inhabiting heath and dwarf scrub - lands . Its song , which is somewhat mournful , commences with a single note slowly drawn out , followed by a ...
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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