What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 92
... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . Notes . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , fre- quenting the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . Notes . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , fre- quenting the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
Page 110
... Queensland ) . Notes . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . Nest . - A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from near the end ...
... Queensland ) . Notes . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . Nest . - A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from near the end ...
Page 119
... Queensland and northern New South Wales . Notes . Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . Nest . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . Eggs . - Usually three , pale greyish - white ...
... Queensland and northern New South Wales . Notes . Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . Nest . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . Eggs . - Usually three , pale greyish - white ...
Common terms and phrases
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