What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... place fresh leaves , usually from one particular kind of tree . As the leaves wither they are removed and fresh ones added . The birds assemble at these playgrounds to display and gambol . Usually old - established playgrounds are ...
... place fresh leaves , usually from one particular kind of tree . As the leaves wither they are removed and fresh ones added . The birds assemble at these playgrounds to display and gambol . Usually old - established playgrounds are ...
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... Usually placed in a small bush or tree , up to 15 feet or more from the ground . Eggs . Two or three , pale ... placed on its side , composed of thin dried and green grasses and a few leaves ; lined with fine grass and a few feathers or ...
... Usually placed in a small bush or tree , up to 15 feet or more from the ground . Eggs . Two or three , pale ... placed on its side , composed of thin dried and green grasses and a few leaves ; lined with fine grass and a few feathers or ...
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... usually the brown velvety down removed from the dead cones of banksias . Generally placed in a banksia or other thick bush . Eggs . Two or three , pinkish - buff , becoming darker at the larger end , spotted with dark reddish - chestnut ...
... usually the brown velvety down removed from the dead cones of banksias . Generally placed in a banksia or other thick bush . Eggs . Two or three , pinkish - buff , becoming darker at the larger end , spotted with dark reddish - chestnut ...
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