What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... islands of Torres Strait ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called White Nutmeg Pigeon . A migrant , arriving in flocks in Australia during September or October ; after breeding it departs at the end of March ...
... islands of Torres Strait ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called White Nutmeg Pigeon . A migrant , arriving in flocks in Australia during September or October ; after breeding it departs at the end of March ...
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... Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called Tricoloured Rail . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting the dense tropical scrubs bordering creeks or on the sides of stony ridges . It appears to be migratory , arriving in northern ...
... Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called Tricoloured Rail . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting the dense tropical scrubs bordering creeks or on the sides of stony ridges . It appears to be migratory , arriving in northern ...
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... islands off the south - eastern coast of Tasmania , on Auckland and Chatham Islands , and in New Zealand . NEST . A ... Aru Islands and northern Australia . NOTES . This species is much shyer than the other species of Terns , otherwise ...
... islands off the south - eastern coast of Tasmania , on Auckland and Chatham Islands , and in New Zealand . NEST . A ... Aru Islands and northern Australia . NOTES . This species is much shyer than the other species of Terns , otherwise ...
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 Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks cup-shaped structure DISTRIBUTION dome-shaped structure dried grasses eastern EGGS eucalypts feet Female Food freckled frequenting chiefly Gould grey ground Guinea habits and economy herbage 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 north-western Australia northern Australia Northern Queensland Northern Territory NOTES numbers October to January pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants pure white 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 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