What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 87
... Spinifex Pigeon . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open stony country studded with low , scrubby bushes and spinifex . It is remarkably tame and difficult to flush from the ground . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants ...
... Spinifex Pigeon . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open stony country studded with low , scrubby bushes and spinifex . It is remarkably tame and difficult to flush from the ground . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants ...
Page 156
... spinifex country , and shrubby samphire flats . It is nocturnal in habits , seeking cover in rocky caves and tussocks of spinifex during the day , venturing out to drink at the nearest water at dusk , and to feed on the seeds of ...
... spinifex country , and shrubby samphire flats . It is nocturnal in habits , seeking cover in rocky caves and tussocks of spinifex during the day , venturing out to drink at the nearest water at dusk , and to feed on the seeds of ...
Page 179
... spinifex country ; the male has a pleasing song , long sustained , also a clear , liquid , musical call - note , “ Tū - tū - tū ” . The female has rufous patches on sides of the breast . NEST . Cup - shaped , composed of dried spinifex ...
... spinifex country ; the male has a pleasing song , long sustained , also a clear , liquid , musical call - note , “ Tū - tū - tū ” . The female has rufous patches on sides of the breast . NEST . Cup - shaped , composed of dried spinifex ...
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