What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Bass Strait , and on the coasts of Victoria , South Australia , and Tasmania . It is similar in habits and economy to the Wedge - tailed Shearwater . In Bass Strait its eggs and young form the main support of the islanders . Also breeds ...
... Bass Strait , and on the coasts of Victoria , South Australia , and Tasmania . It is similar in habits and economy to the Wedge - tailed Shearwater . In Bass Strait its eggs and young form the main support of the islanders . Also breeds ...
Page 288
... Bass Strait , being rather rare in Western Australia , New South Wales , and Queensland . It is a true scavenger and also a notorious egg robber . Most of its food is procured from the surface of the water , and consists of fish and ...
... Bass Strait , being rather rare in Western Australia , New South Wales , and Queensland . It is a true scavenger and also a notorious egg robber . Most of its food is procured from the surface of the water , and consists of fish and ...
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... Bass Strait , xxxv , 19 , 271 Black - lored , xxxv , 21 , 272 Black - naped , xxxv , 23 , 272 Bridled , xxxv , 25 , 273 Brown - winged , xxxv , 25 , 273 Caspian , xxxv , 17 , 270 Crested , xxxv , 19 , 271 Dog , xxxv , 25 , 273 Eastern ...
... Bass Strait , xxxv , 19 , 271 Black - lored , xxxv , 21 , 272 Black - naped , xxxv , 23 , 272 Bridled , xxxv , 25 , 273 Brown - winged , xxxv , 25 , 273 Caspian , xxxv , 17 , 270 Crested , xxxv , 19 , 271 Dog , xxxv , 25 , 273 Eastern ...
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Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses Eggs Eggs.-Four Eggs.-Three or four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly 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 depression Nest.-A large Nest.-An open 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