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Subject: Birding-Aus] shining flycatchers on sunshine coast
From: peter crow <>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:59:41 +1000
Hello Greg,

There is quite a bit of discussion re Shining flycatchers in SEQ. It seems that the best and possibly only time they frequent SEQ is on their migration north and south each year.

Many claims of Shining Flycatchers are probably mistaken Leaden Flycatchers.

Your statement re the southern limit of their distribution does not agree with HANZAB which indicates they are far more common in southern Aust and Tas than in Qld.

There a few reports of vagrants in NZ. It also reports that all breeding records in SEQ are doubtful. It seems breeding is definitely in Souther Australia.

Migration north seems to be in autumn and returning in spring. Many go as Far as the Bismarck Arch.

Your statement re being rare in SEQ temphasises of the confusion associated with this species. They are seen during migration but at other times the jury is still out.

Many people confuse Shining F with Leaden F and make incorrect reports. Any one definitely identifying Shining Flycatchers in SEQ should carefully record their sighting and forward it to BA's Atlas. Lots of records are needed to clear up the Shining Flycatcher uncertainty.

I've been birding with quite a few people who have identified a Leaden F as a Shining F. The darkness of the birds colouring is not relevant.

However there is no good reason why anyone should doubt your sighting or Jill's for that matter as birds can fly and they don't read HANZAB.

Peter


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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:58:50 +1000
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] shining flycatchers on sunshine coast
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I had cracking views this morning of a male and a female Shining Flycatcher
in mangroves at Pelican Waters, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, in the
latest indication that this region is shaping up as quite a birding hotspot. Shining Flycatchers are very rare in southeast Queensland, the southern limit of their distribution, and it is not certain if they are present all year in very small numbers there or are summer visitors. The species has been seen occasionally in the past by Jill Dening and others in Pumicestone
Passage, the northern end of which is near where the birds were this
morning.
Greg Roberts

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