birding-aus

Re: censusing quail (VIC)

To: "Birding-aus" <>
Subject: Re: censusing quail (VIC)
From: "Greg Clancy" <>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:08:11 +1100
The people who suggested using call playback to census King Quail are on the right track.  Whether playback is necessary though can be debated.  In the early 1980's Sandy Gilmore and I carried out a survey of Ground Parrots in Yuraygir National Park, east of Grafton, North Coast NSW.  We censused by listening for calls on dusk as at that time we didn't have the luxury of playback.  We didn't hear one Ground Parrot but at virtually all of the wet heath sites suitable for Ground Parrots, we heard King Quail calling. So listening at dusk, with the optional use of playback, would appear to be the best method.  The breeding season is poorly understood for this species, according to HANZAB, but presumably males would call more frequently/reliably when breeding.
 
 
Regards
 
Greg
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Re: censusing quail (VIC), Greg Clancy <=
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU