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Thanks heaps for that piece of research Geoffrey.
What I saw were Blue Winged Parrots, lacking any of the brighter yellow rump, tail edges etc of the Elegants.
And as you say, Elegants are even less likely than the BWP anyway, which is unlikely enough.
The rarities panel will deliberate and I respect them and have no preconceived wishes or notions of what they might conclude. Unconfirmed sighting, possibly escapees, would not be an unfair conclusion.
John
John Harris
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On 29 Oct 2013, at 3:18 pm, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
John
The possibility your bird(s) came from the nearby aviary has been eliminated. The management says their Neophemas are secured in an internal cage and none have been lost.
The possibility remains they escaped from elsewhere. Below are snaps of a caged Elegant from that aviary which is very similar. It seems Elegants are held as caged birds at least as must as Blue-wingeds (both $60 a pair). This leads to the interesting problem
that where an escaper is a distinct possibility (as here) a rarities panel would have to determine which Neophema was involved, even though the Blue-winged would be (although vey marginally) within its extended nominal range and the Elegant would not be! Moreover
both species are recommended to be kept apart from other Neophemas because they hybridise readily - yet another possibility. G
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From: John Harris
Sent: Monday, 28 October 2013 2:10 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Blue-winged parrot
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