night parrot

["Simon Mustoe" <>]

John,

I do remember the late Barry Bucholtz telling me that aborigal elders 
thought it used to be common before introduction of the domestic cat.
Regards,

Simon.




> From: "John Penhallurick" <>
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] night parrot
> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:58:32 +1100
>
> Hi all,
> Just back on Day release from the hospital where I was confined for a week
> after a week's excruciating pain from my lower back.
> I did see the article in the Australian about the recovery of the night
> parrot corpse, and noted the statement that the species had suffered a
> "catastrophic" decline in the nineteenth century. As far as I am aware 
> there
> is no evidence to support this statament.  All we know is that the guy who
> collected all known specimens in museums in South Australia left no notes 
> on
> how or why he was able to collect so many birds.  Asa far as I know, they
> knew as little about this species in the nineteenth century as we did in 
> the
> twentieth & to the present day!
> John Penhallurick
>
>
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