What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 137
... called Black - tailed Parrot , Rock Pebbler , Smoker , Mar- lock Parakeet , and Mountain Parrot . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting scrub - lands and timber bordering watercourses . It is very similar to the Superb Parrot ...
... called Black - tailed Parrot , Rock Pebbler , Smoker , Mar- lock Parakeet , and Mountain Parrot . Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting scrub - lands and timber bordering watercourses . It is very similar to the Superb Parrot ...
Page 153
... called Blue - faced Lorilet or Fig Parrot . Usually in small flocks , inhabiting the big scrubs and forest country . It is generally observed in fruit - bearing trees , chiefly native figs , being at all times remarkably quiet . Mostly ...
... called Blue - faced Lorilet or Fig Parrot . Usually in small flocks , inhabiting the big scrubs and forest country . It is generally observed in fruit - bearing trees , chiefly native figs , being at all times remarkably quiet . Mostly ...
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... called Whistling Duck and Tree - duck . Usually in flocks , frequenting chiefly streams , lakes , or lagoons of the inland districts . Most of its food is procured out on the plains , which it visits at night resorting to streams and ...
... called Whistling Duck and Tree - duck . Usually in flocks , frequenting chiefly streams , lakes , or lagoons of the inland districts . Most of its food is procured out on the plains , which it visits at night resorting to streams and ...
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 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