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Waterbirds were monitored at approximately three-week intervals from June 1979 through May 1987 at Minden Dam, south-east Queensland. Thirty-four species were observed, 3 to 19 species in each count. Mean counts were highest for Dusky Moorhen, followed by Eurasian Coot, Little Black Cormorant, Pacific Black Duck, Cattle Egret and Australasian Grebe. These species, except the […]

Observations on seasonal variation in the presence of the Torresian Imperial-Pigeon in Darwin, Northern Territory, indicate that numbers are highest between September and April. The diet in a suburban environment is dominated by a few plant species, of which the Carpentaria palm Is the most important.

Python and Monitor Lizard predators.

Detailed descriptions of the juvenile, immature and adult plumages are given based on information from captive birds and museum specimens. Young birds can be sexed by the wing coverts over the patagium, which are black in males and black with buff or white tips in females.

Wing and head/bill measurements of 415 White-cheeked Honeyeaters Phylidonyris nigra taken at initial capture and again at subsequent retraps are compared to establish growth patterns. A plumage sequence from juvenile to adult is presented. Moult records are examined to ascertain the role moult plays in the division of age classes into the three age groups […]

36 species recorded, most vulnerable were Australian Magpie and Galah

Increase of diversity of insectivorous guilds compared with control area at 8 months post-fire. Increase of diversity of insectivorous guilds compared with control area at 8 months post-fire. Members of the New South Wales Field Ornithologist‚s Club counted the number of species and individual birds in Weddin State Forest and Weddin Mountain National Park, parts […]