Hello all,
I'm currently writing a couple of lectures on Tasmanian birds. One of
the papers that I've read is one by Ridpath and Moreau 1966 (in Ibis
108: 348-393) in which they compare the avifauna of Victoria and
Tasmania. They mention that the Eastern Whipbird and Superb Lyrebird do
not occur in the Otway Ranges of Vic.
They say that the significance of this is that it shows that there were
other factors responsible for the relatively depauperate Tasmanian
avifauna than simply Bass Strait. ie. that there were habitat reasons
for why some forest birds didn't occur everywhere during the last 12,000
years or so.
Not having a great deal of experience in Victoria birds, can anyone
confirm or deny that the Eastern Whipbird and Superb Lyrebird occur in
the Otways?
Cheers
Mick Todd
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