Yellow Backed Lory - Not a new Australian Bird

["Tom and Mandy Wilson" <>]

Hi all
I was browsing the bird calendars at Dymocks in Sydney the other day, 
looking to see which one I was going to ask for as a Christmas present, when 
I encountered a calendar titled "Birds of Australia" by David Messent 
publications.  "Mr. December" was a Yellow Backed Lory, which from what I 
have worked out is a native of the Moluccas and Indonesia, so unless either:
- there is a planned influx in 2010 that we don't know about yet and it will 
qualify by December; or
- one has been seen on Christmas island or a similar territory close to 
Indonesia
it would not qualify as an Australian bird.
Does anybody check these calendars for accuracy?  (You'd hate to be a 
birding tourist coming here expecting to see one because it was on the 
calendar somebody sent you...)
Cheers
Tom Wilson 

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