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Little Egret nominate subspecies Egretta garzetta garzetta on mainland Australia

Posted: 25/06/2017
Category: Corella
Author(s): Micha V. Jackson, Mat Gilfedder and Peter M. Kyne

The Little Egret Egretta garzetta is widespread across Eurasia, Africa and Australasia. Global subspecific taxonomy has been problematic and remains somewhat unresolved. Marchant and Higgins recognised two subspecies: the nominate E. g. garzetta (widespread in Eurasia east to Japan, and Africa) and E. g. nigripes (range encompassing parts of Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, […]

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Implications of radio-tracking for the survival of Masked Lapwing chicks

Posted: 30/05/2017
Category: Corella
Author(s): Daniel Lees, Craig D. H. Sherman, Grainne S. Maguire, Peter Dann and Michael A. Weston

Monitoring survival of free-living, precocial avian young is difficult. Perhaps the most promising method available is a combination of radio-tracking and frequent investigator brood visits. The aim of this study was to determine if the process of radio-tracking negatively impacts chick survival by comparing survival of tagged chicks with that of their untagged siblings. We […]

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Extreme dietary switching: widespread consumption of meat by Rainbow Lorikeets at garden bird feeders in Australia

Posted: 12/05/2017
Category: Corella
Author(s): Rhiann Gillanders, Monica Awasthy and Darryl N. Jones

Although wild bird feeding in Australia has a similar participation rate to that of North America and the United Kingdom, many of the species visiting feeding stations are carnivorous and are attracted by the provision of meat products. Whilst numerous species utilising feeders in Australia, including Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, consume seed mixes, a 2015 […]

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A comparison of the diets of the Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris and Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides in the Canberra region

Posted: 02/05/2017
Category: Corella
Author(s): Leah R. Tsang, A. B. Rose, Esteban J. Fuentes, Jerry Olsen, Susan Trost, Paul G. McDonald

We compare for the first time the diets of sympatric populations of the Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris and Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Diets of the two species were documented by collecting prey remains (pellets, orts and remains) from nest sites between December 2002 and July 2008. The kite’s diet […]

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Recoveries of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor flipper-banded at colonies in western Victoria

Posted: 20/04/2017
Category: Corella
Author(s): F. I. Norman, P. Dann, P. Du Guesclin, D. Drynan and D. Sutherland

Between 1971 and 2008, 3773 Little Penguins Eudyptula minor were flipper-banded at 20 colonies (and other sites) in western Victoria from Lorne in the east to Portland in the west. Most of these (2351; 62.3%) were at Port Campbell, with a further 949 (25.1%) at Middle Island, near Warrnambool. In general, bandings were of nestlings […]

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