What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... LARGEST BIRDS ( EXCLUDING SEA - BIRDS ) FOREST - FREQUENTING BIRDS II BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS PAGE Frontispiece 10 III BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 16 IV BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 24 V NOCTURNAL BIRDS VI ...
... LARGEST BIRDS ( EXCLUDING SEA - BIRDS ) FOREST - FREQUENTING BIRDS II BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS PAGE Frontispiece 10 III BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 16 IV BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 24 V NOCTURNAL BIRDS VI ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. the big scrubs of the mainland and many islands off the coast . It is very similar in habits and call - notes to the Paradise Rifle - bird . Food : native fruits and ... BIG SCRUBS 11.
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. the big scrubs of the mainland and many islands off the coast . It is very similar in habits and call - notes to the Paradise Rifle - bird . Food : native fruits and ... BIG SCRUBS 11.
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... scrubs , more especially those of the ranges ; it is shy , preferring the seclusion of the thickets ; its call - note resembles " Peee- ee - pooooo " ; other notes have a sharp , crack - like ending . Food : insects of ... BIG SCRUBS 29.
... scrubs , more especially those of the ranges ; it is shy , preferring the seclusion of the thickets ; its call - note resembles " Peee- ee - pooooo " ; other notes have a sharp , crack - like ending . Food : insects of ... BIG SCRUBS 29.
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