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FORAGING IN THE INTERTIDAL ZONE BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE LARK Grallina cyanoleuca, MORETON BAY, QUEENSLAND
Posted: 11/08/2021Utilization of marine resources on an intertidal mudflat at Moreton Bay, Queensland, by the Australian Magpie Lark is reported. Magpie Larks represented 17 per cent of the individual birds observed in the study area at low tide and, for 90 per cent of observations, they foraged on seagrass beds, rather than bare mud or rocky […]
Read MoreRESULTS OF A PRELIMINARY HIGHLAND BIRD BANDING STUDY AT TARI GAP, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Posted: 11/08/2021Bird banding was performed in lower montane rainforest of Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, during eight weeks of each of three consecutive years, at seven netting sites. A total of 1 174 captures of 50 species were made, involving 895 individual birds. Of 279 recaptures, 228 were birds we banded and 51 were […]
Read MoreNOTES ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE REGENT HONEYEATER
Posted: 11/08/2021Two Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia nests were watched for six days before both nests disappeared. Observations on nest building, copulation, incubation, feeding, vocalizat1on and aggressive interactions with other avian species are presented. There was frequent aggression between the Regent Honeyeaters and other species of honeyeaters. lt is possible that habitat fragmentation coupled with frequent and […]
Read MoreRecovery Round-up: Volume 18 – Issue 5
Posted: 10/08/2021Bird in the Hand: GREY FANTAIL Rhipidura fuliginosa
Posted: 10/08/2021DETECTABILITY OF BIRDS THROUGH THE DAY IN SOFTWOOD SCRUB REMNANTS AND OPEN EUCALYPT FOREST ALONG ROADSIDES AT TALLEGALLA, SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND
Posted: 10/08/2021Strip transects (300 x 40 m) through softwood scrub remnants and eucalypt open-forest along roadsides in south-east Queensland were censused from sunrise to mid-afternoon to determine diurnal changes in detectability of bird species and individuals. Censuses, comprising two consecutive 40-minute surveys by two teams of 2 to 4 persons, were repeated four times on each […]
Read MoreTHE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF PALEARCTIC AND AUSTRALASIAN WADERS {Charadrii) IN COASTAL VICTORIA
Posted: 10/08/2021A survey of the distribution and numbers of waders in coastal Victoria was carried out in December, 1979. Of the 88 246 waders recorded, 97 per cent were of Palearctic origin and 3 per cent Australasian. The survey concentrated on bays, mudflats and estuaries where most Palearctic migrants are found. Relatively few Australasian waders were […]
Read MoreAGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF RED WATTLEBIRDS Anthochaera carunculata AND NOISY FRIARBIRDS Philemon corniculatus
Posted: 10/08/2021The aggressive behaviour of Red Wattlebirds and Noisy Friarbirds was quantified in a 240 ha remnant of eucalypt woodland near Armidale, New South Wales, from 1990 to 1992. Wattlebirds spent 1.8 per cent and Friarbirds 1. 7 per cent of their time in aggressive activities. Wattlebirds chased from 12 to 3.7 and Friarbirds 0.5 to […]
Read MoreTHE DAWN CHORUS IN A EUCALYPT FOREST BIRD COMMUNITY, SEASONAL SHIFTS IN TIMING AND CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES
Posted: 10/08/2021An analysis of the early morning period of maximum communal song (dawn chorus) at different times of the year in an eastern Australian eucalypt forest bird community showed the following: (1) it characteristically extended from 35-30 to 10-5 minutes before sunrise; (2) it was largely a feature of the spring breeding season; (3) not all […]
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