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BIRD-BANDING AND THE MIGRATION OF YELLOW-FACED AND WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATERS THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Posted: 26/09/2021Between April 1961 and June 1983, 21 540 Yellow-faced Honeyeaters Lichenostomus chrysops and 7 057 White-naped Honeyeaters Melithreptus lunatus were banded at thirty-four places in the Australian Capital Territory. The bands were provided by the Australian Bird-Banding Scheme. CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research.
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Posted: 26/09/2021THE RAPTORS OF THE BLACKALL – CONONDALE RANGES AND ADJOINING LOWLANDS, SOUTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND
Posted: 26/09/2021Twenty-eight species of raptor have been recorded from eight major vegetation types represented in the Blackall-Conondale Ranges and adjacent lowlands. Included within these twenty-eight species are nineteen residents. These raptors may be grouped according to broad vegetation preferences. Three species favour dense forests, six species open forests, six species open (largely disturbed) habitats, one species […]
Read MoreINFLUENCE OF COLOUR AND SUGAR CONCENTRATION ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF RED WATTLEBIRDS Anthochaera carunculata
Posted: 26/09/2021The foraging behaviour of a group of semi-wild Red Wattlebirds Anthochaera carunculata was examined using a series of experiments. It was found that the birds (a) had no colour preference for those colours offered; (b) could distriminate between different sugar concentrations. and (c) rapidly modified their feeding techniques to exploit new food sources. It could […]
Read MoreDISTRIBUTION AND HABITS OF KITES, Milvus migrans, Haliastur sphenurus AND H. indus IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Posted: 26/09/2021Brahminy Kites Hallastur indus are present in the highlands as well as in both northern and southern lowlands. Whistling Kites H. sphenurus are absent from the highlands whilst Black Kites Milvus migrans are inexplicably absent from the southern lowlands. Black Kites have increased in abundance, perhaps replacing Whistling Kites, and have colonized towns, where they […]
Read MoreBook Review: The Atlas of Australian Birds
Posted: 25/09/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 9 – Issue 1
Posted: 25/09/2021SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE BLUE BONNET
Posted: 25/09/2021A plumage character traditionally regarded as a subspecific character of the so-called Red-vented Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster haematorrhous actually occurs most prominently in males of eastern populations of N. haematogaster, i.e. generally, those east of 147″E. It is readily observable in the field.
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