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| Subject: | re: Norfolk Island birdlist |
| From: | "Kurtis Lindsay" <> |
| Date: | Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:21:30 +1100 |
Couldn't it be said that European Blackbird now fills the niche that the
Island thrush once filled on Lordhowe?
Would there be any real point in releasing some other sub speciesof Island
thrush which appears nothing like the original, when there is already a
thrush in place filling the ecological role Turdus poliocephalus once
filled?
The Blackbirds of Lordhowe supposedly carry genetic information from the original Island Thrush's (due to hybridization), wether this has been genetically determined I am unsure. Surely leaving the Blackbirds alone on Lordhowe is the best option, theyre probably the closest thing (genetically & physically) one will find to a Lorde Howe Island Thrush. Kurtis Lindsay |
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