Derivation
Pö'-mat-o-stom'-us - Gk, poma (pomatos), lid; Gk, stoma, mouth: halli - Major Harold W. Hall, Australian financier and philanthropist
Habitat
Mainly dense mulga shrubland with grassy layer, including spinifex. In small, active, groups of up to fifteen and less often up to twenty-five.
Hall's Babbler (Pomatostomus halli) [XC287034]
by id from Bowra Station, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia (call, song)
Hall's Babbler (Pomatostomus halli) [XC287031]
by Marc Anderson from Bowra Station, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia (call)
Nest
Bulky, dome, with a side entrance near the top, composed of sticks and twigs, thickly lined with grass, fur and plant-down, usually well-concealed in a bush.
Eggs (Guide)
1 or 2; creamy brown with fine hair-lines of dark brown, mostly at the larger end; oval; about 18 x 24 mm. Incubation: by female.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in more than 10 days.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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