What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 153
... called Blue - faced Lorilet or Fig Parrot . Usually in small flocks , inhabiting the big scrubs and forest country . It is generally observed in fruit - bearing trees , chiefly native figs , being at all times remarkably quiet . Mostly ...
... called Blue - faced Lorilet or Fig Parrot . Usually in small flocks , inhabiting the big scrubs and forest country . It is generally observed in fruit - bearing trees , chiefly native figs , being at all times remarkably quiet . Mostly ...
Page 198
... called Spotted - sided Finch , Diamond Firetail , and Java Sparrow . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting open spaces and grass - lands . It is an attractive bird and passes most of its time on the ground , where it feeds on ...
... called Spotted - sided Finch , Diamond Firetail , and Java Sparrow . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting open spaces and grass - lands . It is an attractive bird and passes most of its time on the ground , where it feeds on ...
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... called Parson Finch and Black - throat . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting grass - lands bordering watercourses and open coun- try . It is very similar in habits to the Masked Finch . Food : seeds of grasses and other plants ...
... called Parson Finch and Black - throat . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting grass - lands bordering watercourses and open coun- try . It is very similar in habits to the Masked Finch . Food : seeds of grasses and other plants ...
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