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The grey currawong usually swallows prey whole, [37] although one bird was observed impaling a rodent on a stick and eating parts of it, in the manner of a butcherbird. [53] A field study on road ecology in southwestern Australia revealed that the grey currawong is unusual in inhabiting cleared areas adjacent to roads. However, it was not ...
Treehoppers, due to their unusual appearance, have long interested naturalists. They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum , expanded into often fantastic shapes that enhance their camouflage or mimicry , often resembling plant thorns (thus the commonly used name of "thorn bugs" for a number of treehopper species).
The brown treecreeper is semi-terrestrial and can live in more open woodland habitats, [1] but is still sensitive to the loss of its habitat. [3] The Australasian treecreepers are essentially non-migratory, although there are distinct differences in the dispersal of young birds after fledging, especially between the two genera.
Currawongs are dominant birds that can drive off other species, especially when settling around an area used or inhabited by people. [16] They have been known to migrate to towns and cities during the winter. [18] Birds congregate in loose flocks. [16] The female builds the nest and incubates the young alone, although both parents feed them.
The grey-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae. They are found in Australia and New Guinea ( Indonesia and Papua New Guinea ). Its habitats include tropical and subtropical dry broadlife forests, tropical moist lowland forests, shrublands , and savannas .
The female is dark grey above, with a white throat, light grey underparts, and just a touch of pinkish-red under the tail. The eyes, bill, and legs are black; the bill is just over a centimetre long, slender, slightly down-curved and sharply pointed. Immature birds are similar to the female, but have an orange-pink bill instead of black. [3]
Great Gray Owls don’t build their own nests—rather, they take over the nests of other birds like goshawks, or nest in manmade areas like barn eaves or the tops of broken trees, as seen here.
The breeding behaviour of the New Holland honeyeater has been relatively well documented. In southern and eastern Australia, breeding commonly occurs during autumn and spring, although certain coastal populations may breed at any time of the year given suitable conditions, including sufficient food and absence of adverse weather.