Dear Birding Ausers
> Robyn Howard said "I was completely unaware that Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes
> migrated!"
>
So are many other Australian unaware as the texts either say they do not or at
best indicate their movements are unclear. The relevant Vol of HANZAB is in
Melbourne so I cannot check that source. Beehler & Pratt (Birds of New
Guinea) say "A small population breeds in the Port Moresby region, but most
birds are winter visitors from Australia." I have only ever found evidence of
one pair breeding in the Port Moresby district. They certainly mostly
disappear from around here at about this time.
Cheers
Mike
Dr Mike Tarburton
Dean: School of Science and Technology
Pacific Adventist University
PMB, Boroko
Papua New Guinea
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