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Hooded Plover population of Yalgorup National Park: steep declines and other insights from a 30-year dataset

Posted: 14/05/2026
Author(s): Bill Russell, Sonia Sanchez-Gomez and Marcus Singor
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.65319/HVKD7820

The Western Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus tregellasi is a threatened shorebird inhabiting southwestern Australia and has received limited research attention compared with the eastern subspecies. We analysed a 30-year dataset (1996-2024) from Yalgorup National Park, a stronghold of the western subspecies, to assess local population trends, flocking behaviour, breeding activity and movements. The findings show […]

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BANDING PROJECT REPORT No. 11 – Bournda, New South Wales

Posted: 13/11/2025
Author(s): Adam Fawcett, Elisabeth Larsen and James M Shields

Avian research at Bournda commenced in May 2005 and was initiated when a local landholder raised concerns about Bell Miner associated dieback (BMAD) impacting his property and adjacent areas. This research was part of a broader study seeking to gain a better understanding of BMAD through the active management and removal of Bell Miners Manorina […]

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Response of Eastern Barn Owls Tyto alba delicatula to changes in prey abundance in north-western Victoria

Posted: 22/10/2025
Author(s): John G. McLaughlin and S.J.S. Debus

The diet of the Eastern Barn Owl Tyto alba delicatula, and the owls’ response to changes in its prey population, were studied by JGM in north-western Victoria in 1987-88 by owl pellet analysis, owl population survey and live-trapping of House Mice Mus musculus. The owls preyed almost entirely on House Mice (96%, n = 867 […]

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Band recoveries and sightings of Yellow-billed Spoonbill and Royal Spoonbill in Australia

Posted: 14/10/2025
Author(s): Kim Lowe

Two species of spoonbill occur in Australia. The movement ecology of the Yellow-billed Spoonbill is poorly known, whereas the movement of Royal Spoonbill in Australia is better known, particularly from a recent satellite telemetry study of individuals captured in the Murray Darling Basin. Additional data on the movement of Yellow-billed Spoonbill and Royal Spoonbill (particularly […]

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Gang-gang Cockatoo breeding in relation to altitude, latitude and long-term and concurrent temperature and rainfall, across parts of the ACT, NSW and Victoria

Posted: 14/10/2025
Author(s): Mulvaney et al.

Rising temperatures are a factor linked to Gang-gang decline. A large citizen science effort over three years recorded the number of fledglings raised and the timing of fledging for 85 nesting events from 11 regions across southeast Australia. The timing of fledging was related to altitude, but not latitude, at the nest site location, with […]

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