Hi everybody -
Something light before what will be for many subscribers an extended
weekend - in the course of putting together a comprehensive species index
for Wingspan, covering all eight annual volumes (32 issues) published so
far, I have found that there are only four bird species on the Christidis &
Boles main list that are not mentioned. These are:
Laughing Turtle-dove
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo
Rufous-banded Honeyeater
Chiming Wedgebill
Are these Australia's most neglected, overlooked, boring, unloved, unhated
or obscure birds? (Dunno what a similar survey of Birding-Aus archives
would come up with). The species with most mentions is the Orange-bellied
Parrot.
Cheers,
Hugo
Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677.
O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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Web Homepage: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus/
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