What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... South Australia , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called Striated Diamond - bird . Usually in pairs ; similar in habits ... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , central Australia , and western and north - western Australia . Notes ...
... South Australia , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called Striated Diamond - bird . Usually in pairs ; similar in habits ... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , central Australia , and western and north - western Australia . Notes ...
Page 151
... South Australia , and Western Australia . Notes . Also called Grass - parrot and Elegant Grass - parrot . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting the grass - lands , often out on the plains away from trees , barren sandy belts ...
... South Australia , and Western Australia . Notes . Also called Grass - parrot and Elegant Grass - parrot . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting the grass - lands , often out on the plains away from trees , barren sandy belts ...
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... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , south - western Australia , and Tasmania . Notes . According to seasons , in pairs or small parties ; inhabits swampy heath - lands . It is very shy , keeping to the rank undergrowth ...
... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , south - western Australia , and Tasmania . Notes . According to seasons , in pairs or small parties ; inhabits swampy heath - lands . It is very shy , keeping to the rank undergrowth ...
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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