Oops I read it as Striated
JL
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 10:51 Mark Clayton <> wrote:
I am afraid I can't see any reason why this Spotted Pardalote record has made the E-bird alert as a rare bird. ALL Spotted Pardalotes of the race cited
Pardalotus punctatus punctatus are the normal race recorded in the ACT. There are only two other races in Australia,
millitaris which is found in north-eastern Queensland, and the "Yellow-rumped" race
xanthopyge found in southern mallee; there is one record in Canberra in 1965 on Black Mountain. The normal rump colour of the race
punctatus can vary quite a bit - this from experience with birds in the hand. At The Charcoal Tank Nature Reserve near West Wyalong where we have been banding for nearly 33 years, we have banded over 100 Spotted Pardalotes in habitat that includes mallee
woodland and only once have I noted a bird that we were happy to call a "Yellow-rumped" race based on the rump colour.
Could the observer who reported this bird care to explain why it is listed as a rare bird on E-bird?
Mark
On 21/03/2019 7:29 am, calyptorhynchus wrote:
"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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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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‘There is kinship between people and all animals. Such is the Law.’ Kimberley lawmen (from Yorro Yorro)
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