Has anyone in recent years visited Flinders Island in search of Chukar
Partridge?
The species was included in the Supplementary List of "The taxonomy and species
of birds of Australia and its Territories"; Christidis and Boles (RAOU
Monograph 2); RAOU 1994.
Sean Dooley reported ca. 8 birds in Feb. 1995 from near Badgers Corner, in the
south of Flinders Island, Bass Strait. In Dec. 2004, while in Flinders Island,
I visited that area, finding one bird in a brief one-hour search. A local
property owner informed me that they still bred in the area, although numbers
were limited, possibly because of egg predation by reptiles.
Are there other records over 2005 - 2007, or any further information on the
status of the species on Flinders Island?
Stuart Pell
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