What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 145
... food . It is generally seen on the ground searching for food , and , when disturbed , usually flies to a dead tree . It has a pleasant chattering note . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants . The female is duller in colouring ...
... food . It is generally seen on the ground searching for food , and , when disturbed , usually flies to a dead tree . It has a pleasant chattering note . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants . The female is duller in colouring ...
Page 168
... food on the ground . Food : insects and worms . NEST . A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , composed of bark , leaves , and grass ; lined with feathers . Usually placed close to the ground in a scrubby bush . EGGS . Three ...
... food on the ground . Food : insects and worms . NEST . A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , composed of bark , leaves , and grass ; lined with feathers . Usually placed close to the ground in a scrubby bush . EGGS . Three ...
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... food in the shallow weed - covered swamps , showing a preference for large swampy areas , where it can keep far out from the margins . Food : small fish , aquatic insects , and molluscs . In breeding plumage an adult has the nuchal ...
... food in the shallow weed - covered swamps , showing a preference for large swampy areas , where it can keep far out from the margins . Food : small fish , aquatic insects , and molluscs . In breeding plumage an adult has the nuchal ...
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