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CHANGES WITH TIME OF DAY IN THE SPECIES AND NUMBERS OF BIRDS SEEN IN WANDOO WOODLAND
Posted: 12/09/2021Birds in four 2 ha portions of a 200 ha Wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo woodland were censused either in the first two hours or second two hours after sunrise. Many (39 percent) of the species were recorded in only one of the two time periods, while the numbers of half of the species also differed between […]
Read MoreSOME LIFE HISTORY COMPARISONS OF SMALL LEAF-GLEANING BIRD SPECIES OF SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
Posted: 12/09/2021Breeding biology, longevity and dispersal are compared for six species of thornbills Acanthiza, three gerygones Gerygone, two pardalotes Pardalotus and the Weebill Smicrornis from south-eastern Australia. The pardalotes and two thornbills (Buff-rumped and Chestnut-rumped) lay relatively large clutches and have the highest nesting success. Incubation and fledging periods are longest for the pardalotes. The breeding […]
Read MoreBROWN HONEYEATERS Lichmera indistincta AT A BANDING STATION IN SOUTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND
Posted: 12/09/2021Brown Honeyeaters Lichmera indistincta were studied at a banding station near Beerburrum. south-eastern Queensland, between 1971 and 1987. This species was most plentiful between May and September, and major influxes of juveniles occurred in the spring of some years. Comparitively few birds were retrapped in later years and the two oldest birds known were last […]
Read MoreRecovery Round-up Notes
Posted: 11/09/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 13 – Issue 2
Posted: 11/09/2021MOVEMENT OF LEAST FRIGATEBIRDS FROM THE PACIFIC TO THE INDIAN OCEAN
Posted: 11/09/2021NUMBERS OF BREEDING SEABIRDS ON PELSAERT ISLAND, HOUTMAN ABROLHOS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Posted: 11/09/2021In December 1986, we visited Pelsaert Island, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, and estimated 49 000 occupied breeding burrows of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus, 76 000 current nests of the Common Noddy Anous stolidus and 30 000 current nests of the Lesser Noddy A. tenuirostris. It was not possible to count the Sooty Tern Sterna […]
Read MoreErratum: Volume 13 – Issue 2
Posted: 11/09/2021Please note the following corrections to Corella Vol. 12, No. 3, October 1988. Page 89: Include at top of page: “SEABIRD ISLANDS No. 189” Back Cover: Under “Contents” alter No. 187 (Ben Island) to read No. 189. Alter Forrest and Penguin Islands to read No. 187 and No. 188 respectively.
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