Haven't seen a hybrid Crimson/Eastern Rosella for years and was glad I had
my camera with me at 'Bibaringa' on the Cotter Road yesterday. Can anyone
tell me what the correct scientific name for this pretty creature is?
Platycercus elegans eximius elegans? Is there a common rule for naming
hybrids?
A link to larger pics of this fascinating hybird is:
m("N00/1345050629/","//www.flickr.com/photos/50364443");">http:
Thanks
Stuart Harris
"Everything is relative, everything is valid!"
From: Con Boekel <>
To: COG list <>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Australian Raven identification - an observation
and two questions
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:41:21 +1000
In various field guides the wing flick is given as an aid to identifying
the Little Raven. Earlier last month I noted what I took to be repetitive
wing flicks in a bird which, on all other features, I was certain was an
Australian Raven. It had the distended throat hackles, horizontal stance
when making what I took to be the the territorial call, the bill was large,
there was a slightly raised area to the rear of the head, and the calls
were just right. Observing other Australian Ravens I noticed the same thing
from time to time. It puzzled me. This morning I was fortunate to have an
Australian Raven only a couple of metres away, making what I took to be the
horizontal territory call. I observed closely. There was movement with the
call - but the wings were actually held still. The tail was moving up and
down in cadence with the call. My mind, ready to check for wing flicks in
corvids, had interpreted the opening and closing of space between the tail
and the wings as 'wings flicking'. I should have been seeing tails moving
up and down.
My questions are:
(1) Has anyone else noticed this behaviour?
(2) Does anyone know whether raising and lowering of the tail is diagnostic
for Australian Ravens?
Con
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