Well cheers all. Thank you muchly for the responses to my questions.
I need to get myself a nice full-spectrum Australian birds reference book.
Having you guys out there on the mailing list is very handy though :-)
Thank you guys.
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
To: "dj flotek" <>,<>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Unknown Birds
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:09:22 +1000
I agree with Anthony & Alastair in regard to the Eastern Spinebill which is
obvious and unremarkable (nice picture). Five Spotted Turtle-Doves, if this
is in Canberra, it is something I would be concerned about and they are
best gotten rid of. They are looking odd though. Some appear to have spots
at the front of the neck, which is more in fitting with the Laughing
Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis). It is probably an illusion, just
ruffled feathers, showing as spots. The Laughing Turtle-Dove is feral in
south western Australia but not known from here and I don't know how often
they are kept in captivity here. If we had both species here, it would be
hard to pick from the photos. Taking the simplest likely id that they are
Spotted Turtle-Doves, at least some of them appear to be juveniles that
don't have the black neck band with the white spots, so it is probably all
one family.
Philip
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