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eBirders! Take care with Long-billed Corella identification

Subject: eBirders! Take care with Long-billed Corella identification
From: Christine via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:28:03 +0000
Hi all,

second try as my photos made my email over the limit.

It is indeed a tricky one, as by some definitions I would think there has never been a Long-billed Corella in the ACT, but by the definition and illustrations in many Field Guides there are, by now, quite a few.
For your interest, here are a couple of photos I took today at Lake Ginninderra.
Quite apart from the Little Corellas in a nearby tree were five individuals together in a seperate tree, each with plenty of pink/red, and it appeared to be a family group. Three together on one branch, the two on the outside were begging, and the one in the centre fed them (first photo). Just above them two more individuals with the same colouring (second photo).

Christine.
ps It was raining, so even worse than usual photos.


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