What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Northern Australia , from Kimberley ( north - western Australia ) to Port Denison ( northern Queensland ) and the islands of Torres Strait ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called White Nutmeg Pigeon . A ...
... Northern Australia , from Kimberley ( north - western Australia ) to Port Denison ( northern Queensland ) and the islands of Torres Strait ; also occurs in the Aru Islands and New Guinea . NOTES . Also called White Nutmeg Pigeon . A ...
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... northern , and eastern Australia to as far south as north - eastern New South Wales . NOTES . Also called Macleay's Kingfisher , Bush Kingfisher , and Blue Kingfisher . It is a stationary species in northern Australia ; arrives in north ...
... northern , and eastern Australia to as far south as north - eastern New South Wales . NOTES . Also called Macleay's Kingfisher , Bush Kingfisher , and Blue Kingfisher . It is a stationary species in northern Australia ; arrives in north ...
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... northern Australia . NOTES . Usually in flocks , frequenting the flowering eucalypts and melaleucas . It appears to be nomadic in habits , and resembles the Musk Lorikeet in its flight and call - notes . Food : nectar and flowers . NEST ...
... northern Australia . NOTES . Usually in flocks , frequenting the flowering eucalypts and melaleucas . It appears to be nomadic in habits , and resembles the Musk Lorikeet in its flight and call - notes . Food : nectar and flowers . NEST ...
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