I studied the Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis from 1975 to 1986 near Moruya. N.S.W. The birds were distributed in territories of 1 to 2 hectares. A fire in 1980 did not at once reduce breeding numbers; they declined next season. Established pairs held territories while breeding. In the non-breeding season they lived in the […]
Read MoreFIDELITY TO BREEDING-SITE IN FOUR MIGRATORY SPECIES NEAR ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES
Posted: 21/09/2021Rufous 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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