Breeding A King-Parrots

["Geoffrey Dabb" <>]

See below from the archive for February.  So far as I am aware -  noting Chris’s rider and bearing in mind occasional dy reports in the suburbs -  that is still a good summary of the position.  Further developments would be of considerable interest.

 

Quest for the breeding K Parrot

from [Geoffrey Dabb]		[Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject:		Quest for the breeding K Parrot
From:		"Geoffrey Dabb" <m("iinet.net.au","gdabb");">>
Date:		Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:07:23 +1100

 

So far as I know, there is still no rock-solid certified record of a completed A King Parrot breeding event in Canberra.  The birds tend to head off to the ranges in summer, with only the occasional pair seen hanging around hollows, sometimes entering them, in suburban reserves.  This year there was such a pair around a hollow in the old zoo area excised from the Callum Brae lease, and still outside the nature reserve of that name.  It does seem that the birds are quite shy around their nests, if that is what these suburban hollows are

 

 

 

Quest for the breeding K Parrot

from [Chris Davey]		[Permanent Link][Original]
To:		"Geoffrey Dabb" <m("iinet.net.au","gdabb");">>, <m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">>
Subject:		Quest for the breeding K Parrot
From:		"Chris Davey" <m("aapt.net.au","chris_davey");">>
Date:		Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:26:53 +1100

 

Hi Geoffrey,

 

Not quite true, see CBN Vol 31, No 2, 111-115.  I have been back subsequently and the birds were still breeding up to when I last visited the area.  The reason I did not say that this was a definite breeding event was because I did not see chicks in the hollow.

 

Chris