G'day Syd, I would certainly have to say that I can't think of any
area where you'd find an alberts lyrebird that would not suit a scrub
turkey - ie the range of alberts is entirely a subset of that of scrub
turkeys. Perhaps the same might also be said for logrunners, another
rainforest floor scratcher in SEQ.
Regards, Laurie.
On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Syd Curtis wrote:
I would be grateful for any birding-aus advice on two questions I have
received from Dr Milewski of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African
Ornithology:
1) Does the brush turkey, Alectura lathami, anywhere coexist with
lyrebirds,
or do megapodes and lyrebirds tend to be ecologically separated?
2) Does the brush turkey attract hanger-on birds, such as Sericornis
and
Petroica, in the way lyrebirds do when they scratch litter and rake
soil?
From my own experience, I have advised Dr Milewski that most Albert's
Lyrebird habitat also has Scrub Turkeys. And I have suggested that at
least some of the northern Superb Lyrebird areas would also have the
megapode. From personal experience I know that in Washpool NP there
are
Superb Lyrebirds in rainforest, and the park is within the general
range of
the turkey.
Further advice re Superbs and turkeys co-existing, or not, would
appreciated.
I cannot answer question 2.
My observations lead me to consider that scrub turkeys feed mainly by
raking
the leaf litter, but they do not dig into the soil as do Albert's
Lyrebirds.
Confirmation or otherwise of this would also be appreciated.
TIA
Syd
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