Australia. Guide to Australia

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Great White Egret ( Ardea alba) - A large wading bird of the family tsaplevyh, living on the banks of rivers, lakes and wetlands across Australia.

Great Egret fairly large bird, the height of the 94 до 104 Centimeters,weight of adult birds from 900 до 1100 Gram, a wingspan before30-145 cm.

Great white heron plumage all white, yellow beak, long and straight, feet long, dark gray and a short wedge-shaped tail. Heron long neck, S-shaped, so the bird can quickly pull or draw a neck. Tuft on his head a great white heron, which occurs in other species of herons, no.

Smooth flight heron, at about 28-51 kilometers per hour, overland great white egret moves slowly, stretching his neck in search of food. Heron hunts either alone or in groups,during the day and at dusk, , and after dark get in groups with other herons and seeks refuge.

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The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck ) - A bird of the family pelikanovyh, living on the sea and river shores,marshes and coastal islands across Australia.

Australian Pelican - the largest flying bird of Australia, wingspan of the pelican 2,5 до 3,4 Metres away,вес - от 5 до 6beforeounds,length of the bird's body 1,6 — 1,9 Meters,length of the beak 40-50 Centimeters.

An important role in feeding the pelican's beak is sensitive to the throat sac, which accommodates 9-13 liters of water. Australian pelican never uses the throat pouch for food storage, it is used as a trapping network and a capacity for short-term retention of food. At the time when something falls out of the food in the bag to the pelican, He closes his beak, and clutching to his chest, that allows you to remove water from the beak of a bird, and transfer production to the position, suitable for swallowing.

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Black swan ( Cygnus atratus) - The bird kind of swans, family of ducks, roams across Australia and the island Tasmania.

Black swan, Unlike many water birds and other species of swans is not a migratory bird and lives in shallow ponds with fresh water, and outside the mating season can be found near the shores of rivers.

Despite the fact that a black swan is not a migratory bird, Nevertheless, he is very mobile and even small disturbances in his usual habitation, could push him to change the seat, However, new location is usually located within 100 km from the old. Black Swans spend their entire lives in the same general region where they were born and grew up, responsive to changes in water level, and in dry years, a lot of swans collected on the coasts of Australia.

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