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Hi Birders,
In NSW the White-throated Nightjar is
considered to be a Summer Breeding Migrant, arriving September and departing
March-April, with occasional stragglers in May. However there are a number of
records for July-August on the far North Coast north of the Clarence River.
Birds have been recorded at Mooball SF in July, and at Wardell, Evans
Head, Wollumbin SF, Banyabba SF and Byron Bay in August. Now these birds
could be starting the move south, but they are more likely to be present all
year round at that location, similar to that of the Rainbow Bee-eater which is
also a migrant for most of NSW arriving in September & departing
March-April, but on the coastal strip, north of the Clarence River, they are
present all year round. Therefore the White-throated Nightjar is most likely to
be resident in SE QLD too.
Note that there is however a record of a calling
bird at Bega 5/8/1982 (Emu 84, 203).
Alan Morris
Records Officer NSWFOC
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