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FIDELITY TO BREEDING-SITE IN FOUR MIGRATORY SPECIES NEAR ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES


Author(s): HARRY L. BELL and HUGH A. FORD

Rufous Whistlers Pachycephala rufiventris and Leaden Flycatchers Myiagra rubecula are breeding visitors to the area. Some individuals return to the same territory in successive years. Yellow-faced Honeyeaters Lichenostomus chrysops and Silvereyes Zosterops lateralis are common passage migrants and winter visitors. Both have small breeding populations near Armidale and remain within, or return to, the same […]

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POPULATION OF THE SILVER GULL Larus novaehollandiae ON THE CAPRICORN AND BUNKER ISLANDS, GREAT BARRIER REEF


Author(s): T. A. WALKER

Silver Gulls were censused from January 1983 to March 1985 on the Capricorn and Bunker Islands. Gulls moved between the islands, congregating at sites where food scraps and people were most abundant. Such sites were permanent, as at Heron Island, or temporary when campers and fishermen were present at other islands. On winter days up […]

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MOULT BY THE GALAH Cacatua roseicapilla IN THE WHEATBELT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA


Author(s): IAN ROWLEY

Primary moult by the Galah in the Western Australian wheatbelt extended over 155 to 1 85 days in 1972. Immature nonbreeding birds started earlier (October) and took longer (185 days) than adults. Breeding birds started to moult in November after most progeny were feathered but before they had fledged. Females took less time to moult […]

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