What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 65
... call is frequently uttered ; in addition it has a succession of sweet and high - pitched call- notes . Nest ... note , a single " Ko " or " Koo , " very softly uttered . Another description is a plaintive whistling note like a faint ...
... call is frequently uttered ; in addition it has a succession of sweet and high - pitched call- notes . Nest ... note , a single " Ko " or " Koo , " very softly uttered . Another description is a plaintive whistling note like a faint ...
Page 131
... Notes . Also called Black - banded White - face . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds ...
... Notes . Also called Black - banded White - face . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds ...
Page 171
... call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh chattering notes . Food : insects , pollen , and nectar . Nest . - An open , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft ...
... call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh chattering notes . Food : insects , pollen , and nectar . Nest . - An open , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft ...
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