What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... hollow in a tree ; such a hollow is also used as a nesting - place . It also frequents as resting - places , wool ... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Three to seven , dull white , oval in form . Breeding - season ...
... hollow in a tree ; such a hollow is also used as a nesting - place . It also frequents as resting - places , wool ... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Three to seven , dull white , oval in form . Breeding - season ...
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... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . Two or three , white and rounded . Breeding - season : October to January . 14. Red Boobook Owl Ninox lurida De Vis lu ' - rid - a - L . , luridus , red . Distribution . - North ...
... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . Two or three , white and rounded . Breeding - season : October to January . 14. Red Boobook Owl Ninox lurida De Vis lu ' - rid - a - L . , luridus , red . Distribution . - North ...
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... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : July to December . 19. Port Lincoln Parrot Barnardius zonarius Shaw zō - nā ' - ri - us - L . , zonarius , banded . Distribution . - From ...
... Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : July to December . 19. Port Lincoln Parrot Barnardius zonarius Shaw zō - nā ' - ri - us - L . , zonarius , banded . Distribution . - From ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES STREAMS AND SWAMPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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 Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses 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