Southern Subspecies of Eastern Bristlebird north ofSydney?

[L&L Knight <>]

I believe they tend to get burnt out fairly frequently.

Regards, Laurie.

On 12/11/2008, at 11:30 AM, Graham Turner wrote:

> There are bristlebirds in the border ranges  area of northern NSW  
> and the Cunningham's gap area of southern Qld. There are also  
> records in the Lismore area of former populations.
> I assume this is the 'northern' subspecies.
>
> These birds differ in that they occur in grassland under eucalypt  
> rather than in the heath that they are normally associated with in  
> the south.  I would think they are even more threatened than the  
> southern birds.
>
> Cheers
> Graham Turner