What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... South Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . Also called Striated Diamond - bird . Usually in pairs ; similar in habits ... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , central Australia , and western and north- western Australia . NOTES ...
... South Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . Also called Striated Diamond - bird . Usually in pairs ; similar in habits ... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , central Australia , and western and north- western Australia . NOTES ...
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... South Australia and Western Australia . NOTES . Also called Rock Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks , chiefly frequenting the islands off the coast , and swampy situations of the coastal areas . Its flight is swift and erratic ...
... South Australia and Western Australia . NOTES . Also called Rock Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks , chiefly frequenting the islands off the coast , and swampy situations of the coastal areas . Its flight is swift and erratic ...
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... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , south - western Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . According to seasons , in pairs or small parties ; inhabits swampy heath - lands . It is very shy , keeping to the rank undergrowth ...
... South Wales , Vic- toria , South Australia , south - western Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . According to seasons , in pairs or small parties ; inhabits swampy heath - lands . It is very shy , keeping to the rank undergrowth ...
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