What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 65
... uttered ; in addition it has a succession of sweet and high - pitched call- notes . Nest . Similar to that of the Northern Shrike - tit . Before building , these birds break the green bark with their strong bills ; the sun then causes ...
... uttered ; in addition it has a succession of sweet and high - pitched call- notes . Nest . Similar to that of the Northern Shrike - tit . Before building , these birds break the green bark with their strong bills ; the sun then causes ...
Page 76
... uttered intermittently throughout the day . Food : large insects , small lizards , fish , and crabs . The female does not possess the white nuchal collar , the colour of the head taking its place . Nest . - A hollowed - out cavity in a ...
... uttered intermittently throughout the day . Food : large insects , small lizards , fish , and crabs . The female does not possess the white nuchal collar , the colour of the head taking its place . Nest . - A hollowed - out cavity in a ...
Page 120
... uttered , especi- ally when alarmed . It is friendly and will visit homesteads and eat any scraps of food left about . Nest . - Composed of fur , hair , and fine feathers . Placed in a hollow limb or the trunk of a tree , often in a ...
... uttered , especi- ally when alarmed . It is friendly and will visit homesteads and eat any scraps of food left about . Nest . - Composed of fur , hair , and fine feathers . Placed in a hollow limb or the trunk of a tree , often in a ...
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