Richard and others
Dr Phil Gibbons here at the National Parks and Wildlife Service has just
completed a draft of his book on tree hollows (working title: Tree hollows
and wildlife conservation in Australia). The answer to your question is
about 114 species (or about 15%).
Cheers
Anthony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Johnson [SMTP:
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:46 AM
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> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI: hollow-nesters
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> Hello birders
>
> Can anyone tell me roughly what percentage of Australian landbirds nest
> in tree-hollows? I know that it is very high compared with other parts
> of the world, but I am unable to track down a percentage figure in the
> literature I have to hand. Can anyone help? If so, it'll save me going
> through the list counting hollow-nesters!
>
> Thanks, Richard
>
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