What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Queensland . NOTES . This species inhabits the big scrubs , and is considered rare . It keeps to the darkest and thickest growths during the day , and at dusk flies out into the open areas . Its call is " Mopoke " , often repeated ...
... Queensland . NOTES . This species inhabits the big scrubs , and is considered rare . It keeps to the darkest and thickest growths during the day , and at dusk flies out into the open areas . Its call is " Mopoke " , often repeated ...
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... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . NOTES . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , frequent- ing the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . NOTES . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , frequent- ing the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
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... 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 near the end ...
... 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 near the end ...
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