I'm thinking of a resource for overseas birders and beginning birders in
Australia.
It would a colour-coded list of Australian bird species to be used in
conjunction with the distribution maps in field-guides, which would
categorise species under heading such as:
within range, common and easily found in semi-natural and natural habitats;
within range, fairly common and fairly easily found in natural habitats;
within range, found only in specific natural habitats;
restricted range or remote inland range, requires visits to specific areas
of the country or remote inland areas, occurrence may depend on good rains,
good condition of country, pure luck;
pelagic species unlikely to be seen from land, will require attendance on
pelagic trips off specific coasts (eg SE NSW, SW WA);
vagrant sp, likely to seen only very rarely, or as part of a 'twitch' based
on specific information
There would also be notes to spp where necessary, giving extra information.
I know that when I was starting bird-watching (in both UK and Aus) I would
have been grateful for this information, as the field guides either didn't
seem to give this information, or seemed to imply that certain spp were
commoner than I found them to be.
Do other people think this would be a useful idea?
--
John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net
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