What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 103
... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia , from Napier Broome Bay ( north - western Australia ) to Inkerman ( Queensland ) and eastern Queens- land to Mackay . Notes . Usually in flocks , frequenting the paper - bark ( Melaleuca ) ...
... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia , from Napier Broome Bay ( north - western Australia ) to Inkerman ( Queensland ) and eastern Queens- land to Mackay . Notes . Usually in flocks , frequenting the paper - bark ( Melaleuca ) ...
Page 198
... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . - Notes . Also called Painted Finch and Purple - breasted Finch . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country , dry ridges where spinifex flourishes , or grass - lands bordering ...
... Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . - Notes . Also called Painted Finch and Purple - breasted Finch . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country , dry ridges where spinifex flourishes , or grass - lands bordering ...
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... Distribution . - Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans , from Madagascar and the Mauritius to the Galapagos Islands , and from the Bonin and Hawaiian Islands to Australia and the Kermadec Islands . Notes . Also called Red - tailed Bos'n ...
... Distribution . - Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans , from Madagascar and the Mauritius to the Galapagos Islands , and from the Bonin and Hawaiian Islands to Australia and the Kermadec Islands . Notes . Also called Red - tailed Bos'n ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES STREAMS AND SWAMPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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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.-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 large north-western Australia 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