Port Lincoln ringneck confusion

[John Leonard <>]

Where is your area?

On a trip to WA some years ago I paid attention to the Port Lincoln/28
Parrots and came to the conclusion that the 28s int he forests of the
sw were pure, as were the PLs around Perth, but in between was a wide
band of hybridisation.

WA birders can confirm (or contradict) this.

cheers

John L

On 11/7/05, Gemfyre <> wrote:

All of the field guides (well, I can't speak for Slater - I haven't checked that one) show the Port Lincoln ringneck (zonarius) as having a yellow belly and no red forehead.  The 28 Parrot (semitorquatus) has a fully green belly and a red forehead patch.

 

I've been paying more attention to these birds and have noticed - at least in my area - that many of them have a yellow belly AND a red forehead patch.

 

And thus I am confused.  What's going on here?

 

I've also noticed in the last 9 months the White-cheeked honeyeaters seem to have taken over whereas the garden used to be New Holland honeyeater dominated.  When I left in February there were many altercations between the two species going on.

 

Belinda

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