What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 92
... Northern Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . Notes . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , fre- quenting the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects ...
... Northern Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . Notes . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , fre- quenting the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects ...
Page 110
... ( northern Queensland ) . Notes . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . Nest . - A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from ...
... ( northern Queensland ) . Notes . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . Nest . - A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from ...
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... Northern Territory and northern Queensland ; also occurs in the Aru Islands . Notes . Inhabits the mangroves and paper - bark tree swamps ; it is an active bird , constantly flitting from branch to branch and taking ir- regular flights ...
... Northern Territory and northern Queensland ; also occurs in the Aru Islands . Notes . Inhabits the mangroves and paper - bark tree swamps ; it is an active bird , constantly flitting from branch to branch and taking ir- regular flights ...
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