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... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Fawn - bellied Owl and Marbled Owl . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open forests and scrubs , chiefly in the neighbourhood of watercourses . It is similar in habits to the Boobook Owl . Food ...
... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Fawn - bellied Owl and Marbled Owl . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open forests and scrubs , chiefly in the neighbourhood of watercourses . It is similar in habits to the Boobook Owl . Food ...
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... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Saw - billed Kingfisher . The New Guinea form is a mangrove - dwelling species , whilst the Cape York form usually inhabits the scrub and open forest - lands . It has a mournful trilling call , ascending the ...
... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Saw - billed Kingfisher . The New Guinea form is a mangrove - dwelling species , whilst the Cape York form usually inhabits the scrub and open forest - lands . It has a mournful trilling call , ascending the ...
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... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Slate - breasted Rail , Short - toed Rail , and Pectoral Rail . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting swamps and the reed- lined margins of streams . It is exceedingly shy and retiring in habits , and ...
... Guinea . NOTES . Also called Slate - breasted Rail , Short - toed Rail , and Pectoral Rail . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting swamps and the reed- lined margins of streams . It is exceedingly shy and retiring in habits , and ...
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 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