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IS THE BEHAVIOUR OF MALLEEFOWL Leipoa ocellata SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY THE ATTACHMENT OF RADIO TELEMETRY EQUIPMENT?

Posted: 10/04/2021
Author(s): CHRISTOPHER COOMBES, ANDREA WILSON and REMY DEHAAN

The decline of Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata populations across Australia has necessitated field research dependent upon bird identification and location using radiotelemetry equipment. To investigate the effect of radio transmitter attachment this study analysed foraging, moving, preening and resting behaviour of captive Malleefowl with and without radio transmitters attached. Six juvenile Malleefowl were randomly allocated to […]

NEST SITE SELECTION BY THE WESTERN YELLOW ROBIN Eopsaltria griseogularis IN WANDOO WOODLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Posted: 10/04/2021
Author(s): JARRAD A. COUSIN

Nest site selection by the Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis was examined during the 2000 and 2001 breeding seasons in Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia. The average nest height measured 4.1 metres and was found in trees with an average height of 8.2 metres. Nest position generally corresponded to the basal crown height, suggesting an ‘intermediate […]

TOURISTS AND LITTLE PENGUINS Eudyptula minor AT MONTAGUE ISLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES

Posted: 10/04/2021
Author(s): PETER D. SHAUGHNESSY AND SUE V. BRIGGS

Little Penguins Eudyptula minor have been viewed by tourists at a penguin landing site (Jetty Bay) on Montague Island since 1991. Numbers of penguins coming ashore at Jetty Bay during November in the evening decreased significantly between 1994 and 1998 from approximately 250 to 66 per night, compared with no reduction in numbers coming ashore […]

Recovery Round-up: Volume 33 – Issue 1

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): Alan Leishman

Book Review: Cockatoos

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): Stephen Debus

A HIGH ALTITUDE OBSERVATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL FIRETAIL Stagonopleura bella FROM EAST GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): MARK J. ANTOS, JAMES A. FITZSIMONS and GUY DUTSON

There has been little research on the ecological requirements of the Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella, and its habitat preferences are poorly understood. On mainland Australia, the Beautiful Firetail is generally considered to be a bird of coastal regions and the lowlands. This note reports an observation of Beautiful Firetails on the Great Dividing Range at […]

THESE LEGS WERE MADE FOR WALKING – TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMB-CRESTED JACANA Irediparra gallinacea IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): ERROL R. NYE and CHRIS R. DICKMAN

The range of the Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea in New South Wales is thought to have extended southward from the north-eastern coast to near Sydney in the 1930s, and to be receding again now. We review all available atlas records, literature sources, sightings and other records to clarify the species’ distribution and status in New […]

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SUBURBAN BUSHLAND AS FORAGING HABITAT FOR THE GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): TIM ROBINSON and DAVID PAULL

An understanding of habitat suitability and utility across a given landscape is fundamental in effective threatened species management; particularly in regions where decisions are being made that cause habitat loss. This study develops the use of chewed Allocasuarina littoralis cone fragments as an index of foraging habitat suitability for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhyncus lathami, and […]

THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE WHITE-RUMPED SWIFTLET Aerodramus spodiopygius spodiopygius IN SAMOA

Posted: 09/04/2021
Author(s): MICHAEL K. TARBURTON

In the lava-tube caves of Samoa the White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus s. spodiopygius has a protracted breeding season, laying eggs every month of the year. It builds nests of vegetation and saliva that average 44.7 × 43.7 × 11.8 millimetres in size, 5.1 metres from the cave floor and 5.2 metres from their nearest neighbour. These […]

Recovery Round-up: Volume 34 – Issue 4

Posted: 02/04/2021
Author(s): Alan Leishman

OBSERVATIONS ON BREEDING IN THE BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus IN SOUTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND

Posted: 02/04/2021
Author(s): J. T. COLEMAN

Black Swans Cygnus atratus were studied in south-eastern Queensland during 2007–2008. Birds were recorded breeding throughout the year with some pairs breeding twice, three or even four times in the same year, often having two generations of cygnets on the water at the same time. Productivity in the fi rst two years of the study […]

REGENT HONEYEATERS – MAPPING THEIR MOVEMENTS THROUGH SONG

Posted: 02/04/2021
Author(s): VICKI POWYS

The endangered Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia once occurred over a wide range including South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland, but now has only three core breeding sites: at Chiltern in Victoria, at Capertee Valley in New South Wales and west of Armidale in New South Wales. Breeding also occasionally takes […]