Thanks to Adrian Boyle, Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow, Hugo Phillips and
particularly Marc Gardner who responded to my request for info on the Tiwi's
and Groote Eylandt. As I suspected from the archives, very little known from
the former, but Marc supplied some good information on Groote Eylandt.
Perhaps the most useful thing to know (also mentioned by others) was:
"If you're serious about bird watching on Groote Eylandt, Richard
Noske/Graham Brennan has a book called "The Birds of Groote Eylandt" 2002 by
NTU Press -available for $35 from Andrew Isles Bookshop. Certainly worth a
read before visiting and full of references that you can follow up. Even
goes into details about what birds visit and when, vegetation and heaps
more. I wish there were detailed books like this available for other areas
of Australia."
So if I do ever get there (just gather info at the moment) I will look into
it.
My next request is for some Cape York subspecies. I will preface this by
saying I have been to Iron Range 3 times and visited various other parts of
the Cape (such as Weipa, Bamaga and Lakefield NP) on some of these trips.
These are the taxa I have missed and have very little data from the
archives. Ideally I would have attached a spreadsheet, but the following
table is in a similar format. Note that my taxonomy and distribution for
passerines follows Schodde and Mason 1999 and have added the locations I
have found.
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii amphochlora McIlwraith Range
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala titaniota Musgrave,
Laura, Fairview Station
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera striata Artemis (Musgrave),
Wenlock River Crossing
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica superciliosa Iron Range?
I am also interested in the northern races of the Large-billed Scrubwren
(minimus and dubius - the old Tropical Scrubwren). Iron Range appears to be
the overlap for these two taxa, and so I would be interested in knowing
where Tropical Scrubwrens have been recorded elsewhere (around Bamaga is
listed in the archives).
I guess the other thing is that most people go to Iron Range to see Cape
York specialities because of ease of access. Is it possible to gain access
to other spots, particularly areas with rainforest (such as Silver Plains
and the McIlwraiths).
Once again thanks in advance for any info and if I am able I will pass on
any useful info.
Cheers,
Peter
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