A Blue Rock Thrush of one of the migratory Asian races turned up on a
building site in Port Moresby in January 1986. As far as I am aware
there is no caged bird culture in PNG although the local species are
kept as pets. If I remember rightly some of the migratory races of Blue
Rock Thrush do winter south to Borneo and the western end of the
Indonesian archipelago (and from there it is only a short hop, step and
jump to Noosa!).
At the time we did wonder if the bird had arrived on a boat either a
ship assisted passage or as a pet that subsequently escaped but
eventually considered this unlikely - I cannot remember why now.
The Blue Rock Thrush stayed around for most of the January.
If anyone would like more info on the Port Moresby bird, I will look up
my notes.
Roger Hicks
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4 Hakea Court, 03-9865-8613 (work)
Altona Meadows
Victoria 3028 E-mail:
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