Martin & Oz Birders
re Gilbert's Whistlers
Have you checked the NSW NPWS document "Endangered Fauna of WQestern New South
Wales" 1995 plus updates for the infomation that you need, there are two pages
devoted to the species.
Alan Morris
NSWFOC Records Officer
Martin O'Brien wrote:
> From: Martin on 19/08/99 01:36 PM
>
> To:
> cc:
> Subject: RFI - Gilberts Whistler status in se Australia
>
> Another request for details of a woodland bird species in se Australia
> - Gilbert's Whistler -
>
> I am interested in list members opinions on evidence and possible reasons
> of decline in breeding and sight records for Gilbert's Whistler in south
> east Australia, particularly Victoria. I am making an assessment of the
> conservation and breeding status of this taxon and threats affecting its
> long term conservation in the state. The Atlas data suggests that
> Gilbert's Whistlers have in fact become extinct in some Victorian
> localities. Any records of such occurrences are keenly sought.
>
> I invite observers to contact me directly with any observations of these
> species which have NOT already been forwarded to the Atlas of Victorian
> Wildlife or the new Atlas of Australian Birds. If you have noted the
> species in the past and found it now absent or noticably declined from the
> same locality I am keen to hear from you (dates, locality and numbers if
> possible).
>
> If you have any older relatives who lived in rural Victoria and may
> remember the bird when they were children, please ask them what they
> remember and whether the species is now gone from where they saw it. The
> information is to be used to assess the population size and whether the
> species has declined in se Australia.
>
> All advice greatfully received and pers. comms. acknowledged.
>
> Martin O'Brien
> Executive Scientific Officer - Scientific Advisory Committee
> Parks Flora and Fauna Division
> Department of Natural Resources and Environment
> 4/250 Victoria Pde.,
> East Melbourne 3002
> AUSTRALIA
>
> Tel: 9412 4567
> Fax: 9412 4586
> (prefixes: Interstate 03 International 613)
> email:
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> Environment at:
> http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/conserv/biodiver.htm
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