What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 273
... colour , and distribution . Breeding - season : September to December ( north - eastern Australia ) . 24. Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Linné fus - ca ' - ta - L . , fuscatus , darkened . DISTRIBUTION . The coast of mid - western to ...
... colour , and distribution . Breeding - season : September to December ( north - eastern Australia ) . 24. Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Linné fus - ca ' - ta - L . , fuscatus , darkened . DISTRIBUTION . The coast of mid - western to ...
Page 274
... colour and markings , a common type being dull white uniformly covered with dots , freckles , spots , and a few irregular - shaped blotches of reddish - purple and faint underlying markings of dull purplish - grey . Breeding - season ...
... colour and markings , a common type being dull white uniformly covered with dots , freckles , spots , and a few irregular - shaped blotches of reddish - purple and faint underlying markings of dull purplish - grey . Breeding - season ...
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... colour and distribution of the markings , a common type being pale green or brown , uniformly spotted and blotched ... colour or brownish - white , covered with irregular - shaped spots , blotches , and short streaks of blackish - brown ...
... colour and distribution of the markings , a common type being pale green or brown , uniformly spotted and blotched ... colour or brownish - white , covered with irregular - shaped spots , blotches , and short streaks of blackish - brown ...
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