I agree that John shouldn't reveal where the Blue-fronted Fig-Parrots are,
but it might make more sense if there are both Coxen's Fig-Parrots AND
Blue-fronted Fig-Parrots in the SE Qld/far north NSW area if they were
geographically separated, ie if the Blue-fronted were in the Border Ranges
and the Fig-Parrots further north were Coxen's (or vice versa).
On the other hand there's no reason why they couldn't be sympatric (the
result of a 'double-invasion' with the Blue-fronteds being the earlier
invasion and more differentiated than the later Coxen's). In this case they
would never have been in large enough numbers to out-compete each other, or
they had some sort of resource partitioning.
John Leonard
On 11/9/06, Jon Wren <> wrote:
Gooday all,
I think the most glaring inaccuracy in the media report by Phillip Hammond
in the Courier Mail is the location of the discovery.
Quote "It was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery when dedicated birdwatcher
John
Young came across a completely unknown parrot high in the canopy of a
North
Queensland rainforest"
Location wrong should be SE Qld.
Plus last night on ABC TV the Newreader refered to the bird as a
Blue-fronted Figbird. I beleive a scientific paper will be released in due
course.
What determination and commitment by John Young to discover this bird,
sleeping in the canopy of the rainforest wouldn't be my cup of tea.
Jon Wren
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