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Hi Birders,
Judith Lukin-Amundsen on 5 August
2003 raised the question as to whether the flocks of Little Corellas (and
Long-billed Corellas) that can now be found in all coastal towns from the
Queensland to the Victorian border, including Brunswick Heads, are outside of
their normal range or are they feral flocks. The answer yes, they are outside
their "used to be" normal range, but since the 1980s small feral flocks of both
species have become established in coastal urban and rural areas to the extent
that these populations are now large, widespread and common! They are just as
much at home on the playing fields at Bateau Bay (or Brusnwick Heads) these days
as they are on the saltbush plains and mallee remnants at Swan Hill or Broken
Hill! On the Central Coast, NSW both species are as common as Galahs, and as
they dominate Galahs when selecting nesting holes, I wonder if they are now
gradually replacing the Galahs as they fight over the same nesting
holes!
Alan Morris
Records Officer, Birding
NSW
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