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marbled frogmouth musings

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Subject: marbled frogmouth musings
From: "Andrew Thelander" <>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 14:31:30 +1000
Hi Greg
I have a recollection that David Fleay reported hearing Marbled frogmouths
in the Kin Kin area in the 1960s. I think this reference is in one of his
books? Happy to be corrected on that.

Could the use of "playback" be a factor in increasing reports?

Regards
Andrew

> From: "Greg Roberts" <>
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:41:04 +1000
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] marbled frogmouth musings
> 
> This evening I had a pair of Marbled Frogmouths in the Mapleton Forest
> Reserve in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The birds were quite vocal given
> the time of year.
> This is the seventh pair of Marbled Frogmouths I've found in the Blackall
> Range since last October, at six different sites.
> When I found the plumiferus race of Marbled Frogmouth in the Conondale
> Range, not far from here, in 1976, the subspecies - restricted to
southeast
> Queensland and northeast NSW - had not been seen for several decades; its
> call was unknown. It is hard to believe now that the frogmouth went
> undetected for so long, especially given its unsual and amply audible
> vocalisations. Yet prior to the 1976 discovery, I and birding colleagues
> such as Chris Corben and Glen Ingram spent many a night camped in suitable
> habitat, including several times at the site where I found them, without
any
> sign of Marbled Frogmouths. The same can be said for many other observers,
> even though nocturnal birding back then was a bit of a niche market and
not
> as popular as it is now.
> There are only two explanations. Either it was case of extraordinary
chance
> that the birds were overlooked, or for some unknown reason, the population
> increased shortly before or during the mid-1970s. If the latter, there may
> be a glimmer of hope yet for the frog Rheobatrachus silus and Coxen's
> Fig-Parrot, among other lost critters.
> Greg Roberts   
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