What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 208
... generally , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called Cackling Hawk . Usually singly or in pairs , fre- quenting open and lightly timbered country . It is generally seen flying over open spaces , or perched upon telegraph posts and wires or ...
... generally , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called Cackling Hawk . Usually singly or in pairs , fre- quenting open and lightly timbered country . It is generally seen flying over open spaces , or perched upon telegraph posts and wires or ...
Page 209
... Usually singly or in pairs , occasionally in flocks , frequenting open and lightly timbered country of the inland areas . It is similar in habits and economy to the Black - shouldered Kite . In central and western Queensland this ...
... Usually singly or in pairs , occasionally in flocks , frequenting open and lightly timbered country of the inland areas . It is similar in habits and economy to the Black - shouldered Kite . In central and western Queensland this ...
Page 210
... generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs from the Celebes to New Guinea . Notes . Also called Spotted Swamp - hawk and Jardine's Harrier . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open country generally . It is mostly observed flying ...
... generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs from the Celebes to New Guinea . Notes . Also called Spotted Swamp - hawk and Jardine's Harrier . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open country generally . It is mostly observed flying ...
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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