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Conference Abstracts: 2008 ‘Threatened Birds and Threatening Processes”
Posted: 16/04/2021LONGEVITY OF THE CRESTED TERNS Terna bergii lN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Posted: 16/04/2021Recoveries of alive and dead Crested Terns Terna bergii, banded as chicks at the colonies on Stonywell Hallway, Troubridge and Penguin lslands in South Australia have shown that birds can survive as long as 32 years. Although most birds were breeding between 4-18 years old, several breeding birds of 19-29 years were also captured.
Read MoreA POSSIBLE TERRITORIAL AND NESTING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PIED AND GREY BUTCHERBIRDS Cracticu nigrogularis and C. torquatus AND THE YELLOW-THROATED MINER Manorina flavigula
Posted: 16/04/2021This study demonstrated that Yellow-throated Miners Manorina flavigula arc aggressive birds that exclude other species of birds from their territories. However, they did not exclude Grey Butcherbirds Cracticus torquatus or Pied Butcherbirds C. nigrogularis from two widely separated sites in Western Australia. Concurrently active nests of Yellow-throated Miners and Pied Butcherbirds were found within 10-30 […]
Read MoreBook Review: The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010
Posted: 16/04/2021Seabird Islands: No. 25/1 – Grasshopper Island, New South Wales
Posted: 16/04/2021Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa monitoring, population trends and species suitability as an indicator of environmental changes
Posted: 16/04/2021A comparison of historical counts and those made during this study, of the Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa nesting populations of the northernmost region of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suggest that numbers have remained stable or increased slightly over the last 20 years. The reliability of monitoring D. spilorrhoa abundance accurately has been confirmed and […]
Read MorePhases and duration of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster breeding season in South Australia and the implications for habitat management
Posted: 16/04/2021With courtship and nest repair behaviours commencing in early May and late fledging events in early January, the endangered White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster population in South Australia exhibits a variable and protracted breeding season. Analysis of events in 75 active territories spanning 21 breeding seasons, showed the majority of egg-laying occurred in July (64.0%), with […]
Read MoreMovements of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor banded at Rabbit Island and the Seal Island Group, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
Posted: 16/04/2021Between 1979 and 2002, 5044 Little Penguins Eudyptula minor were banded (4796 adults, 248 chicks) at Rabbit Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Recoveries of dead banded birds and recaptures away from the island of banded adult and fl edging birds made up to June 2009 are reviewed: mention is also made of results obtained from banding […]
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