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... ( Cape York ) . Notes . Also called White - lored Flycatcher . Usually in pairs , fre- quenting the dense scrubs . Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher . Nest . Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher . Eggs . - Two , whitish , spotted ...
... ( Cape York ) . Notes . Also called White - lored Flycatcher . Usually in pairs , fre- quenting the dense scrubs . Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher . Nest . Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher . Eggs . - Two , whitish , spotted ...
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... ( Cape York Peninsula ) ; also occurs from Timor to New Guinea . Notes . Very little has been recorded of the habits of this Parrot , except that it frequents the scrub fringing the banks of rivers , and that its call and flight differ ...
... ( Cape York Peninsula ) ; also occurs from Timor to New Guinea . Notes . Very little has been recorded of the habits of this Parrot , except that it frequents the scrub fringing the banks of rivers , and that its call and flight differ ...
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... Cape York ) , and King Island . Notes . Also called Banks's Black Cockatoo and Banksian Black Cockatoo . Usually in ... ( Cape York district only ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . Notes . Also called Cape York Cockatoo ...
... Cape York ) , and King Island . Notes . Also called Banks's Black Cockatoo and Banksian Black Cockatoo . Usually in ... ( Cape York district only ) ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . Notes . Also called Cape York Cockatoo ...
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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