Hi all:
Further on the White Cedars - they are indigenous through coastal northern
Aust. south to Milton in southern NSW (Williams et al., Trees and shrubs in
rainforests of NSW and southern Queensland). They are, however, naturalised
(and invasive) fairly widely elsewhere in Aust., such as central west NSW, Vic
and southern WA. They tend to produce large amounts of fruit which, especially
out of their natural range, often does not get consumed and falls to the ground
(and continuously gets caught in between the tread of boots!). The bird species
below have been recorded feeding on White Cedar fruits in Aust (with references
following):
White-headed Pigeon
Emerald Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Topknot Pigeon
Rainbow Lorikeet
Aust. King Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Lewin's Honeyeater
Olive-backed Oriole
Figbird
Pied Currawong
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Silvereye
Barker, R.D. and Vestjens, W.J.M. (1989) The food of Australian birds. 1.
Non-passerines. CSIRO, Melbourne.
Barker, R.D. and Vestjens, W.J.M. (1990) The food of Australian birds. 2.
Passerines. CSIRO, Melbourne.
Crome, F.H.J. (1975) The ecology of fruit pigeons in tropical northern
Queensland. Aust. Wildl. Res. 2, 155-185.
Floyd, A.G. (1989) Rainforest trees of mainland south-eastern Australia. Inkata
Press, Melbourne.
Frith, H.J. (1952) Notes on the pigeons of the Richmond River, N.S.W. Emu 52,
89-99.
Frith, H.J. (1957) Food habits of the Topknot Pigeon. Emu 57, 341-345.
Green, R.J. (1993) Avian seed dispersal in and near subtropical rainforests.
Wildl. Res. 20, 535-557.
Holmes, G. (1987) Avifauna of the Big Scrub. NSW National Parks & Wildlife
Service, Sydney.
Lepschi, B.J. (1993) Food of some birds in eastern New South Wales: Additions
to Barker and Vestjens. Emu 93, 195-199.
Lepschi, B.J. (1997) Food of some birds in southern Australia: Additions to
Barker and Vestjens, Part 2. Emu 97, 84-87.
It is a few years ago I collated this info (in reference to coastal NSW only),
so there could easily be more recent observations and birds from other areas.
Cheers
Carl Gosper
Brisbane
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