Without in any way wishing to diminish the reality that the Capertree Valley
and Wyperfield NP are both wonderful places to see parrots and much else..... I
guess I have to mention that we've recorded 22 parrot species in the Lockyer
Valley (SE Qld) - including 16 spp on the house-list here at Abberton.
Incidentally, a new bird wandered onto our house-list on Tuesday, bringing the
total to 209 spp. It is still here on Thursday, an Australian Brush-Turkey -
not unusual in the region, but special for us given the regeneration we've been
undertaking here over the last 20 years. It took 10 years before an Eastern
Yellow-Robin turned up, now they're here year-round and breeding. Much the same
story with other forest birds such as Varied Sittella, Yellow Thornbill and
various honeyeaters. Black-faced and Spectacled Monarchs drop in sometimes,
even a few occurences of Regent Bowerbird, but for some reason the Brush-Turkey
seems to provide a special validation. I hope we don't feel differently if we
end up with too many of them a few more years down the track! This link will
take you to our house and other bird lists: http://www.abberton.org/lists.htm
Bill Jolly
'Abberton',
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
(27º 34' 21' S; 152º 08' 21' E)
Visit our website at www.abberton.org > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:07:09
+1100> From: > To: > CC:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] No. of Local Parrot Species> > > >
Carol Probets wrote: That honour [the best place in the world to > > see
parrots species] in fact goes to the Capertee Valley! There we> have > > 18
species of parrot EXcluding escapees> > Hi all,> > I've been doing a bit of
research on the birds of Wyperfeld NP (NW Vic).> Looking at official list, and
some new and historical records, it has a> total of 23 potential parrot
species! (This excludes escapees)> > 1. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo> 2.
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo> 3. Galah> 4. Little Corella> 5. Long-billed
Corella> 6. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo> 7. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo> 8.
Cockatiel> 9. Musk Lorikeet> 10. Purple-crowned Lorikeet> 11. Superb Parrot
(Vagrant)> 12. Mallee Ringneck> 13. Eastern Rosella> 14. Mulga Parrot> 15.
Red-rumped Parrot> 16. Blue Bonnet> 17. Budgerigar> 18. Regent Parrot> 19.
Swift Parrot> 20. Elegant Parrot> 21. Blue-winged Parrot> > If you include
Scarlet-chested Parrot (22), a potential species and> recorded nearby at west
of Murrayville, and also historical records of> Night Parrot (!) that makes
23!> > FYI, see Peter Menkhorst & Andrew Isles 'The Night Parrot Geopsittacus>
occidentalis Evidence of its Occurance in North-Western Victoria During> the
1950s':> > http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9810239.pdf > >
Cheers,> > Tim Dolby> > > > > ==========www.birding-aus.org>
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