Bearing in mind the ecological barriers between the known range and
the new site it sounds more likely to be an existing population that
has not been noted before, rather than a recent range extension.
John Leonard
2008/5/19 Tim Dolby <>:
> This is well out of range. The closest Atlas record to your site is in
> the Edgar Range near Broome, which is (as you mention) 800 km to the
> north.
>
> Are you able to enter the record onto Birdline Australia, see
> http://www.eremaea.com/ and click on Birdline Australia.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Nathan Waugh
> Sent: Monday, 19 May 2008 1:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Pictorella Manakin, Karratha, 18/05/2008
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was down at Marrie Pool on the Maitland River (About 30km Sth of
> Karratha)
> yesterday and found at least 4 Pictorella Manakin there.
>
> I first observed a male and 3 female perched on a small bush calling. I
> also
> observed 2 birds down by the waters edge about 400m away.
>
> They were associated with large numbers of Painted Finch, Star Finch and
> Zebra Finch. All were in seperate flocks, not too many mixed flocks.
>
> I have heard of Pictorella Manakins from the Pilbara once before.
> However
> this is well outside the 'normal' range (800km Sth).
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Nathan Waugh
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