What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 17
... twigs . Generally placed high up from the ground in the leafy branches of a scrub tree , or in a mangrove tree . Usually the egg can be easily seen from beneath the nest . EGG . Pure white . Breeding - season : October to February . 4 ...
... twigs . Generally placed high up from the ground in the leafy branches of a scrub tree , or in a mangrove tree . Usually the egg can be easily seen from beneath the nest . EGG . Pure white . Breeding - season : October to February . 4 ...
Page 19
... twigs and broad leaves ; lined with twigs and dead wiry stems of climbing plants . Usually placed near the top of a bushy sapling or small tree in dense scrub , at heights up to 20 feet from the ground . EGGS . Usually two , rarely ...
... twigs and broad leaves ; lined with twigs and dead wiry stems of climbing plants . Usually placed near the top of a bushy sapling or small tree in dense scrub , at heights up to 20 feet from the ground . EGGS . Usually two , rarely ...
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... twigs , in fact so compact are the walls of the bower that they can be moved en masse . The decorations used about the bowers are mostly bunches of green berries . This species is an excellent mimic . Food : seeds , and native fruits ...
... twigs , in fact so compact are the walls of the bower that they can be moved en masse . The decorations used about the bowers are mostly bunches of green berries . This species is an excellent mimic . Food : seeds , and native fruits ...
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