Australia. Guide to Australia

‘Birds’

Multicolor or rainbow loriket ( Trichoglossus haematodus) - A bird of the family Popugaeva, lives in the North and East Australia and the island Tasmania.

The length of multi-colored or rainbow near the loriketa 30 Centimeters, wingspan of about 17 centimeters, and weighs about a bird 130 Gram.

Stained multicolor loriketa very bright and varied, bird's head is bluish-purple, orange beak, front of the neck and abdomen dark blue, neck-shoulder yellow, red breast, the sides of the orange, and the wings, back and upper tail are dark green. eyes of the male multicolor loriketa bright red, and female - orange-red.

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Kukushechya iglonogaya Owl ( Ninox novaeseelandiae) - Is the smallest type of owls Australia, living in the woods,deserts and national parks, -the most common type of owls distributed throughout Australia.

The length of the owl kukushechnoy iglonogoy 28 before 36 Centimeters. Owl plumage on the upper side dark brown, and on the lower side of the reddish-brown with white spots and stripes, big owl eyes, yellow.

Kukushechya iglonogaya Owl – night-bird, hunts mainly at night or at dawn, but in cloudy or overcast conditions as the owl is active during daylight hours. Food consists of insects, owls, small birds, rodents and lizards.

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Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) - Birds of prey hawk family,inhabiting the plains and the mountains across Australia and the island Tasmania.

Wedge-tailed eagle in length reaches from 85 centimeters to 1 метра,wingspan of up to 2,5 метра. Females are usually laMetersan eagle klinohvostnogo males,the weight of the 4 до 5 килограмм, Males weigh between lighter and 3 до 4 кbeforeо�Kilogram

Wedge-tailed eagles are skilled hunters, their main prey - rabbits, which are about 30-70 % wedge-tailed eagle's diet. Wedge-tailed eagles, also prey on lizards, small birds, In rare cases, attacks on lambs and do not disdain carrion and.

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