On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:17:35PM -0000, Mike Carter wrote:
> The discussion re Koel is very pertinent. We suspect that there is one of
> the Asian form, i.e. Common Koel currently on Christmas Island. Seen and
> heard by Barry Bucholtz and Stuart Pell it was an all black male (not
> distinguishable on plumage) with a call 'similar, but not identical' to the
> familiar Australian bird. This form, or as some would have it, species, has
> not certainly been recorded from Australian Territory before but there are
> previous reports of Koels from Christmas Island and a female (inadequately
> described) from the Cocos Islands.
There is a male koel near here with a call 'similar, but not identical'
to other koels around here. Ticking him off as the Asian form would
seem rash though.
I've taken a bit of notice of him, because I reckon the same individual
was calling from the same locations last year.
Andrew
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