High ambient temperatures and humidity for at least half the year in the Darwin, Northern Territory area of Australia make field surveying by established observational techniques onerous. Therefore, to explore possible aural detection and identification of birds during field surveys, the performance of two high-quality, low-cost sound recorders, the AudioMoth and Zoom H1n Handy (H1n) […]
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Book Review – Flight of the Budgerigar: an illustrated history.
Posted: 05/12/2021Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus aggression and a discontinued predation event by a Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Posted: 05/12/2021A series of attacks on two raptor species by Grey Butcherbirds, Cracticus torquatus at Warnbro Sound and Halls Head, Western Australia is documented. In a further observation in the same area, a Grey Butcherbird was dropped, still alive and functioning, after being captured by a Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris, an event interpreted as discontinued predation. […]
Read MoreRecent Literature: Volume 1 – Issue 4
Posted: 02/11/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 1 – Issue 4
Posted: 02/11/2021Wing-tagging of Parrots
Posted: 02/11/2021Observations on Swamphens Breeding near Manjimup, W.A.
Posted: 02/11/2021Observations of a breeding pair of Swamphens, Porhpyrio porphyrio, breeding near Manjimup, 480 km south of Perth, during 1976/77 are presented. After hatching the male constructs a nursery nest (Ridpath 1971) in a tussock of grass or amongst some reeds in a situation more easily accessible to the chicks where they can be brooded at […]
Read MoreBreeding Seabirds on Statis Rock, New South Wales
Posted: 02/11/2021Unusual Sightings of the Azure Kingfisher
Posted: 02/11/2021Sightings of the Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus have been made in the Darling Range area 30-40 km east of Perth, W.A. Sightings have occurred over late winter/early summer in 1973 and 1974 and in October and November of 1976. Should these observations be verified by others and the species be seen more regularly in future […]
Read MoreRed-chested and Little Button-quail in the Mudgee District of New South Wales
Posted: 02/11/2021The status or the Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax and Little Button-quail T. velox at Cooyal in the Mudgee District of New South Wales is given. The Red-chested Button-quail is an uncommon breeding resident of pasture land and crops whose numbers increase dramatically in years of favourable conditions. The Little Button-quail is an uncommon but regular […]
Read MoreA Note on the Female Plumage of the Leaden Flycatcher
Posted: 02/11/2021Attention is drawn to a generally overlooked phase of the female plumage of the Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula showing distinct white external edging and white tips to tail feathers. The range of the Broad-billed Flycatcher M. ruficollis on the eastern coast of Queensland requires definition. Satin Flycatchers M. cyanoleuca in the Queensland Museum collection are […]
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