What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... place fresh leaves , usually from one particular kind of tree . As the leaves wither they are removed and fresh ones added . The birds assemble at these playgrounds to display and gambol . Usually old - established playgrounds are ...
... place fresh leaves , usually from one particular kind of tree . As the leaves wither they are removed and fresh ones added . The birds assemble at these playgrounds to display and gambol . Usually old - established playgrounds are ...
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... Usually situated near the ground in thick undergrowth . EGGS . Two , pale brownish , with dark purplish - brown ... Placed a few feet from the ground in a scrubby tree . EGGS . Usually three , faint reddish - brown , with a zone of ...
... Usually situated near the ground in thick undergrowth . EGGS . Two , pale brownish , with dark purplish - brown ... Placed a few feet from the ground in a scrubby tree . EGGS . Usually three , faint reddish - brown , with a zone of ...
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... Usually placed in a small bush or tree , up to 15 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Two or three , pale ... placed on its side , composed of thin dried and green grasses and a few leaves ; lined with fine grass and a few feathers or ...
... Usually placed in a small bush or tree , up to 15 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Two or three , pale ... placed on its side , composed of thin dried and green grasses and a few leaves ; lined with fine grass and a few feathers or ...
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