Silvereyes

"Silvereyes are a very prized possesion to have, if you live overseas from Australia, and on many an occasion they have been murdered trying to illegally smuggle them out of Australia."

Really??  Has anyone any concrete evidence for this? Or is this yet another of those ambit claims made by some on birding-aus in attempt to make a point?

Given the distribution of various species of White-eyes, a recent posting mentioned 72 species of Zosterops, I very much doubt that it would be worth anybody's while to try and get Silvereyes out of Australia when it would be so much easier to acquire similar species in Asia.

For credibility to be maintained it is important that facts are used in forums such as this.

Cheers

David


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