Robert Gosford asked about the status of the Long-billed Corella in Alice
Springs. It is my understanding that there is a feral population in the Alice.
There are also feral populations of Long-billed Corellas at many localities
along the NSW and se Qld coast, in ne Tas and in sw WA. Some of these
populations [maybe all of them] derive from birds trapped under license in sw
Victoria where they can be a pest to agriculture and town amenity. One
particular bird dealer was licensed to trap wild corellas and sell them into
the pet trade. Unsurprisingly, the wild-caught birds made lousy pets and the
trapper illegally dumped his surplus birds. One of the more disastrous episodes
in recent Australian wildlife management!
Peter Menkhorst
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