Hi Andrew, Patrick & evryone else... I would have to say that it would be
extremely unlikely for YB Boatbills to be on Lizard Is !! Habitat is totally
wrong for them there - you have me wondering now what on earth you saw there
Patrick that caused your confusion...?? I'm racking my brains & I can't think
of a similar bird that you may have seen there...Boatbills occur at pretty much
all altitudes, in my experience. There is a good population of them at pretty
much sea-level at Stoney Creek in the Barron River NP, in the outer Cairns
suburb of Kamerunga. I would imagine also that they are at near sea-level in
plenty of other locations up here too - I can confirm that they are on
Hinchinbrook Is, also around Mission Beach & also at Behana Gorge closer to
Cairns. They are pretty numerous close to Cairns along Lake Morris (Copperlode
Dam) Rd as well. I wouldn't be surprised if they still persist in pockets of
the Whitfield Range in Cairns as well, but I've never had them there, d
espite living on it for 3 years. They must also must be down in the lowlands
at places like Cape Trib/Daintree, Mossman Gorge, Tully Gorge etc... They are
very widespread (& probably most common) at mid-altitude at places like
Kuranda, Julatten, Palmerston NP, etc etc.Also, they are very widespread &
common at high altitude throughout the Wet Tropics at very many sites. But to
expect them to be at Lizard Island is, I think, stretching it a bit... I wonder
what it was that you saw there Patrick...?! Cheers for now & I hope this
helps... Martin CachardCairns0428 782 808 > From:
> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 12:42:19 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Yellow-breasted Boatbills at Lizard Island?
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> Well, I'd qualify the remarks you attributed to me somewhat, Patrick.
> Boatbills do live in rainforests, but in the lowlands and hills - Martin
> Cachard or Alan Gillanders can advise how high they climb, but I wouldn't
> describe them as an uplands species particularly. They can also get into
> adjacent eucalypt, vine scrub and more open environs; I saw one just outside
> Julatten along a roadside earlier this year, for example.
>
> It's 27 kilometres from the FNQ coast to Lizard Island. I'm not sure whether
> Boatbills are present on any of the local offshore islands, but I would have
> doubted, despite my remarks above, that there's any suitable habitat for them
> on Lizard. But I've never been there, so could be wrong.
>
> Andrew
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