Peter,
thanks for that info,
does sound hopefull. And yeah, the validity of the ssp is certainly open to
question, though I haven't looked at the skins myself.
cheers
At 09:19 8/02/00 +1000, Peter Woodall wrote:
>At 22:42 7/02/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>>At 17:45 7/02/00 +1100, Andrew Taylor wrote:
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>>>I'd be interested to know of extinct subspecies missing from the list
>>
>>Schodde & Mason (1999, Directory of Australian Birds, CSIRO) recognise 3
>>ssp of yellow chat. Epthianura crocea macgregori from central eastern Qld
>>(Gladstone/Rockvegas) has not been seen for decades.
>>
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>David
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>Perhaps some good news on an otherwise depressing list of extinctions.
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>I believe that there are some recent records of Yellow Chat from the
>central Qld coast, including sightings by members of the Qld NPWS.
>I don't think its been published, although I encouraged them to do so.
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>Since it's likely to be a very small population I won't be more
>specific on the locality in this general arena. I only know of
>it in fairly general terms anyway.
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>Whether the subspecies is valid is another matter!
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>Cheers
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>Peter
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