What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 53
... brown , blackish - brown , and slate - grey markings . Breeding - season : August to December . 10. Black - winged Currawong ( Bell - magpie ) Strepera melanoptera Gould Strep ' - er - a - L . , strepere , to make a noise : mel ' - an ...
... brown , blackish - brown , and slate - grey markings . Breeding - season : August to December . 10. Black - winged Currawong ( Bell - magpie ) Strepera melanoptera Gould Strep ' - er - a - L . , strepere , to make a noise : mel ' - an ...
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... brown , uniformly spotted and blotched with umber or dark olive - brown , and faint underlying markings of dull violet- grey . Breeding - season : October to January or February ( Australia ) . 30. Pied Oyster - catcher Hæmatopus ...
... brown , uniformly spotted and blotched with umber or dark olive - brown , and faint underlying markings of dull violet- grey . Breeding - season : October to January or February ( Australia ) . 30. Pied Oyster - catcher Hæmatopus ...
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... brown ; hind - neck and sides of neck , black with white spots ; tail - feathers , blackish , all but the centre ... brown ; cheeks and underparts , white , with an incomplete black band on the chest , and washed with pale brown on the ...
... brown ; hind - neck and sides of neck , black with white spots ; tail - feathers , blackish , all but the centre ... brown ; cheeks and underparts , white , with an incomplete black band on the chest , and washed with pale brown on the ...
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