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What facilitates urban colonisation by Crested Pigeons Ochyphaps lophotes?


Author(s): Sarah Mulhall and Alan Lill

The Crested Pigeon’s Ochyphaps lophotes range expansion in south-east Australia has encompassed urban areas, but its urban ecology is insuffi ciently known to allow identifi cation of factors facilitating urban colonisation. In 2008, we documented its autumn/winter habitat use and foraging ecology and that of potentially competing Feral Pigeons Columba livia and Spotted Turtle-Doves Streptopelia […]

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Parental time-budgets and breeding behaviour of the Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides in northern New South Wales


Author(s): S. J. S. Debus

The breeding behaviour and parental time-budgets of a pair of Little Eagles Hieraaetus morphnoides were studied throughout 115 hours of observation from nest-building to fl edging at Armidale, on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, in spring–summer 2009. Supplementary observations were conducted on three other nearby pairs, and the breeding productivity of nine local […]

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Photographic identification of bands confirms age of breeding Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus latirostris


Author(s): Denis A. Saunders, Rick Dawson and Peter Mawson

In September 2009, three banded female Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus latirostris were identifi ed at their nest sites by reading their leg bands. They had been banded as part of a 40-year study of the biology of a black cockatoo population at Coomallo Creek in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia. Two techniques were employed […]

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