Bar-shouldered Dove in Greenleigh

[Martin Butterfield <>]

From the eBird Rare Bird Alert system for NSW.  The observer is not on the COG Chatline so I am posting for the information of members.  I have added a link to one of the calls offered on Avibase.

Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) (1)

- Barnett Close, Greenleigh New South Wales
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.3627388,149.2466149&ll=-35.3627388,149.2466149
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25385053
- Comments: "Bird identified by distinctive call, heard repeatedly over 4-5 minute period.  Unable to locate the bird in moderately dense bushland before calling ceased.  Observer very familiar with contact call after years of observations in Queensland and  northern NSW where the species is common."

Martin Butterfield

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