The suburban bird community of Townsville revisited: changes over 16 years
| Posted: |
17/12/2014 |
| Category: |
Issue 4
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| Author(s): |
Darryl Jones and Jo Wieneke |
The suburban avifauna of Townsville, north Queensland had been studied during the wet and dry seasons of 1980-81. In 1996-97, the sites and methods used in the earlier study were repeated with the aim of assessing changes in the bird community of this tropical city. No significant differences in species richness or the numbers of individuals were found to have occurred in the 16 years between the two studies. There were, however, significant increases in the numbers of individuals detected for eight species (including Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata and Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis) and significant decreases in numbers of two introduced species (House Sparrow
Passer domesticus and Nutmeg Mannikin
Lonchura punctulata).
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