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Otways- Eastern Whipbird, Superb Lyrebird?

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Subject: Otways- Eastern Whipbird, Superb Lyrebird?
From: Michael Todd <>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:33:08 +1100
Hello all,

I'm currently writing a couple of lectures on Tasmanian birds. One of the papers that I've read is one by Ridpath and Moreau 1966 (in Ibis 108: 348-393) in which they compare the avifauna of Victoria and Tasmania. They mention that the Eastern Whipbird and Superb Lyrebird do not occur in the Otway Ranges of Vic.

They say that the significance of this is that it shows that there were other factors responsible for the relatively depauperate Tasmanian avifauna than simply Bass Strait. ie. that there were habitat reasons for why some forest birds didn't occur everywhere during the last 12,000 years or so.

Not having a great deal of experience in Victoria birds, can anyone confirm or deny that the Eastern Whipbird and Superb Lyrebird occur in the Otways?

Cheers

Mick Todd


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