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Hi Birders,
Recently Annabel Ashworth enquired about records of
the Chestnut-breasted M.mannikins in the Tamworth area.
In the "Handlist of Birds of New South Wales"
Morris et al 1981, the distribution was given for this species as "Coast &
Northern Tablelands, south to the lower Sholahaven River, west to Tenterfield,
Dorrigo, Gloucester & the Cumberland Plain."
Since that time the distribution has remained
basically the same however a pair were recorded at Inverell 28-29 March 1998
(1998 NSW Bird Report in press).
I would be interested in the details of the
location and dates of the Tamworth sightings as although unusal, it would not be
unexpected.
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