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Southern Limit of the Pheasant Coucal

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Subject: Southern Limit of the Pheasant Coucal
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:10:26 +1030
Were you there Peter ??

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I remember seeing a record of a Pheasant Coucal in Drysdale on the 
Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria. I think this was from the early 1900's.


Peter





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>From what I can see the most southern records in BAs Birdata (Atlas of
Australian Birds) are a couple of birds seen near Sussex Inlet near
Jervis 
Bay.

That being said Roy Wheeler's 1967 publication "A Handlist of the Birds
of 
Victoria" mentions Pheasant Coucal in the supplementary list (i.e. birds

which need some clarification), see page 77. (Wheeler's supplementary
list 
is in fact fairly erroneous, for example Royal Albatross is also in the 
list.)

With the influx of northern migrants to Victoria, such as Figbird, 
Channel-billed Cuckoo, Topknot Pigeon, White-headed Pigeon, it may be
only 
a matter of time for Coucal to start turning up in Victoria. 

There are historical records of the giant coucal Centropus colossus in 
Victorian ;-)

Tim Dolby


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Subject: Southern Limit of the Pheasant Coucal
 
For the information of list members.

I have just checked the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife (AVW) database and 
there are no records of Pheasant Coucal.

If any birdos have observed the species in far east Victoria (eg. East 
Gippsland), they have not advised the atlas.

I encourage anyone visiting Victoria to at least send the unusual
records 
to the atlas  or advise Birds
Australia. 

 I'm happy to pass on sighting information to my colleagues in the AVW 
section here in East Melbourne.

cheers, Martin

Martin O'Brien
Wildlife Biologist - Threatened Species & Communities Section Department
of Sustainability and Environment 2/8 Nicholson St., East Melbourne
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