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Turquoise parrots status in Western Sydney

To: B Whylie <>
Subject: Turquoise parrots status in Western Sydney
From: Andrew Taylor <>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:19:16 +1000
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:32:33PM +1000, B Whylie wrote:
> I'm interested if anyone has seen turquoise parrots in Western
> Sydney in recent years, or would know the status of them.
> The area I'm primarily interested in is the Bent's Basin / Bringelly
> area, as I was told that one had been seen in that area in the
> last week and I'm interested if it could be a wild bird or an
> aviary escape.

There is a population in the Warragamba catchment, take a look at the
DECC reports at:
https://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/threatspec/faunasouthsydney.htm
in particular 
https://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/resources/07471tpagssvol2pt7birds4.pdf

Andrew

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