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I had the pleasure of a long weekend in Adelaide. On Sunday 14 March I
was walking up Warren Road, Modbury North a northern suburb when I heard
the call of a Spangled Drongo. I sighted the bird and it was definately
a Drongo the fishtail being most prominent. At the time I was walking
with an English visitor who is not a birdwatcher but did confirm the
fishtail feature of the birds tail.
Being a resident of North Queensland I thought it was quite surprising
to observe this species so far South. On checking the FG I notice that
Simpson and Day indicate sightings in the Adelaide area with an arrow
and a comment that the bird is "found well out of its accepted tropical
range".
Pizzey and Knight state that it is a vagrant in SA.
Have any Adelaide observers sighted this bird recently?
Jon Wren
PO Box 868
Bowen
Queensland
Australia 4805 Phone 07 4786 2614H or
Visit the birds of Bowen, click Tourism
www.lgaq.asn.au/bowen.nsf
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