What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 88
... small flocks , frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird , difficult to flush , relying on its protective coloration to render it inconspicuous . If flushed , it rises with a whirr , but only flies a short ...
... small flocks , frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird , difficult to flush , relying on its protective coloration to render it inconspicuous . If flushed , it rises with a whirr , but only flies a short ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. NOTES . Also called Queen Alexandra's Parakeet , Alexandra Parrot , Alexandrine Parrot , and Princess of Wales ' Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks ; appears to be ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. NOTES . Also called Queen Alexandra's Parakeet , Alexandra Parrot , Alexandrine Parrot , and Princess of Wales ' Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks ; appears to be ...
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... small flocks , flying over the open spaces of the coastal ranges , the tops of the scrub , or about the precipitous sides of rocky ridges . Occurs commonly at Dunk Island , the only recorded breeding - place of the species , where it ...
... small flocks , flying over the open spaces of the coastal ranges , the tops of the scrub , or about the precipitous sides of rocky ridges . Occurs commonly at Dunk Island , the only recorded breeding - place of the species , where it ...
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