Possible Ground Parrot at Malabar Headland, Sydney NSW

[Andrew Taylor <>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:09:08AM +1000, alan morris wrote:
> If any one is out that way it could be worth a look
> because two years ago a Ground Parrot was seen 
> and photographed at that location.

Details of the previous Malabar GP here:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/2006-06/msg00279.html
Sadly she died in captivity after about a year - keeping her alive at
all was a real credit to the WIRES people.  At the time WIRES organized
a search for other Ground Parrots in the area.  I believe Chris Lloyd
told me volunteers heard a couple of possible calls but they couldn't
be certain.

It does seem likely that the 2006 Malabar bird came from a population
which we don't know about - so to go back to a recent topic, the current
status of Ground Parrots in NSW between  Barren Grounds and Yuraygir is
an area where amateurs could readily provide useful data.

Andrew