What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 42
... Ground - bird and Chestnut- backed Ground - thrush . Usually in pairs or family parties . It is shy and local in habits ; when flushed it rises with a " whirr , " flies a short distance , and alights on the ground or on a low limb of a ...
... Ground - bird and Chestnut- backed Ground - thrush . Usually in pairs or family parties . It is shy and local in habits ; when flushed it rises with a " whirr , " flies a short distance , and alights on the ground or on a low limb of a ...
Page 90
... ground , and when flushed , rarely perches in a tree , but mostly alights on the ground , after rapidly flying a short distance . Its call is a low mournful " Coo , " gener- ally uttered towards evening . Food : seeds of grasses and ...
... ground , and when flushed , rarely perches in a tree , but mostly alights on the ground , after rapidly flying a short distance . Its call is a low mournful " Coo , " gener- ally uttered towards evening . Food : seeds of grasses and ...
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... ground or among the undergrowth with great rapidity . Has a melodious song and is a wonderful mimic . Food : insects of various kinds , procured on the ground or in the vegetation . Nest . A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance ...
... ground or among the undergrowth with great rapidity . Has a melodious song and is a wonderful mimic . Food : insects of various kinds , procured on the ground or in the vegetation . Nest . A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance ...
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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