Robert
I looked this up in John Long's 1981 "Introduced Birds of the Word"
and found the following:
"...was found to be well established in orchard clearings in the Darling
Range, east of Perth in 1958 (Dell 1965). They occupied a small area
there for some years but are now reported to be relatively scarce."
No doubt someone else will give more recent info
Peter
At 11:59 13/03/98, you wrote:
>Hi All!
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>I have an enquiry about red-browed finches in WA (not about Poms!).
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>Perhaps someone out there (esp. Frank O'Connor or Allan Burbidge?) can tell
>me when and how the red-browed finch was introduced into the Darling Ranges
>around Perth, Western Australia. I have a friend who lives in Kalamunda who
>frequently gets them in his garden, and we were wondering how long the
>population has been established, and what its viability/range is?
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>Can anyone help with this enquiry?
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>Cheers,
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>Robert Davis.
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Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
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