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Peafowl & Pheasant

To: Bob Dawson <>, birding-aus <>
Subject: Peafowl & Pheasant
From: "Blythman, Mark" <>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:49:39 +0800
All the peahens were removed from Rottnest around 4 years ago and there are 
currently 3 peacocks remaining with no plans to remove them. The pheasant seem 
to be increasing, possibly in response to last cat being removed in 2004. I 
have also been working with the local ranger and the Bold Park bird banding 
group to remove the introduced Rainbow Lorikeets from the island. Happy to 
report that the last one was removed in October this year. 

Mark
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 On Behalf Of Bob Dawson 

Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2013 9:11 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Peafowl & Pheasant

Hi Folks

There was some discussion recently about some introduced species and whether 
they were considered tickable or not.

It got me thinking about a sighting of Peafowl on Rottnest Island in August 
2003.

I believe at one stage there was a self sustaining population there. Then some 
time ago all the females were removed to stop them from breeding. Does anyone 
know whether this is correct and when the females were removed?

I also noted seeing Common Pheasant there. Can anyone give me any info 
regarding there population there please?

Cheers

Bob
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