What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... forked horizontal or upright forked branch of a leafy tree , up to 30 feet from the ground . Eggs . Two or three , white , covered , sometimes more at the larger end , with reddish and lavender spots . Breeding - season : November to ...
... forked horizontal or upright forked branch of a leafy tree , up to 30 feet from the ground . Eggs . Two or three , white , covered , sometimes more at the larger end , with reddish and lavender spots . Breeding - season : November to ...
Page 55
... forked branch of a tall tree , generally in inaccessible positions . Eggs . Two to four , usually three , varying from pale brown to pale vinous - brown , faintly freckled , blotched , or streaked with darker shades of the ground colour ...
... forked branch of a tall tree , generally in inaccessible positions . Eggs . Two to four , usually three , varying from pale brown to pale vinous - brown , faintly freckled , blotched , or streaked with darker shades of the ground colour ...
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... forked branch of a tree , up to 50 feet from the ground . Eggs . Two , pinkish - white , marked all over with small spots of bright brownish - red , which are thicker towards the larger end , where small splashes of pale purple occur ...
... forked branch of a tree , up to 50 feet from the ground . Eggs . Two , pinkish - white , marked all over with small spots of bright brownish - red , which are thicker towards the larger end , where small splashes of pale purple occur ...
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