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General Information
 Description:
There are many types of Australian Friarbirds like the Little Friarbird and
Noisy Friarbird. The species seen at our school has a big eye and a bump on
its beak, with a big tail so is probably the Noisy Friarbird. It has no
feathers on its head which is black and a large lump on top of its bill. The
back is fawn to brown and the wings and tail are mid grey with a whit tip.
Its lower throat and upper breast are silvery, and the lower breast to under
its tail are pale fawn. It has red eyes with dusky grey feet. Young birds
neck and back are mottled grey with white on the edge of their shoulders,
back and sides of neck. Young birds do not have an obvious bump and their
eyes are more brown than red.
Habitat:
The Friarbird lives in open forests and woodlands and swamp woodland.
They are found in coastal regions from Cape York to Eastern Victoria, and
are also found in New Guinea.
Food:
Friarbirds eat nectar, soft fruits,
seeds and insects (cicada's, grasshoppers, etc) They will also take
nestlings of other birds.
Breeding:
Friarbirds breed from July to February. Their nest is a large, deep open cup
of stringbark interwoven with grasses, cobwebs, and cloth etc 1.5-17 metres
off the ground. They may lay two lots of eggs in a season.
Reference: Information -
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