Re: [eBird Alert] Australian Capital Territory Rare Bird Alert <daily>

[calyptorhynchus <>]

"Spotted Pardalote (Spotted) (Pardalotus punctatus punctatus) (1)
... At least 1 showing typical orange-red rump. Probably all were this subspecies based on calls heard"

I have seen this subspecies in the ACT a few times in winter (and once on Red Hill), an orange-red rump isn't a field characteristic, if anything punctatus is paler than resident birds. None of the field guides I have show this as a feature.

John Leonard

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 21:27, <> wrote:

*** Species Summary:

- Pied Cormorant (1 report)
- Black Kite (1 report)
- Spotted Pardalote (Spotted) (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2019 13:20 by Will Morris
- Lake Burley Griffin--East Basin, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.30655,149.1455&ll=-35.30655,149.1455
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54032089
- Comments: "Large black and white cormorant with blue and yellow on face. In water."

Black Kite (Milvus migrans) (2)
- Reported Mar 19, 2019 11:33 by Rainer Rehwinkel
- Nevertire Street parkland, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.2339472,149.0909153&ll=-35.2339472,149.0909153
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54033341
- Comments: "Two birds were observed from my balcony. They were flying high over the suburb of Bruce in a south-easterly direction. They appeared to be doing some sort of courtship flight, with the two birds locking talons for a short time (one or two seconds), with one bird flying upside-down. Then they flew off with shallow wingbeats, seemingly synchronised. They were definitely Black Kites: they were dark all over, had forked tails and flew on flatly held wings."

Spotted Pardalote (Spotted) (Pardalotus punctatus punctatus) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2019 08:54 by Will Morris
- Red Hill Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=-35.3285864,149.1168308&ll=-35.3285864,149.1168308
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54030687
- Comments: "At least 1 showing typical orange-red rump. Probably all were this subspecies based on calls heard"

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