re Norfolk Island bird List

["Tim Dolby" <>]

FYI Norfolk tripsters,

See below a list of species seen based on 4 surveys of Norfolk. The
reporting rate for a single observation is 25%. This gives some
indication of what you might expect on a standard trip. It is by no way
comprehensive.

Also it's just occurred to me. Songthrush is on the list! Victoria
therefore loses its only C&B listed breeding species to be found only in
Victoria.

Wedge-tailed Shearwater     50%
Red-tailed Tropicbird       75%
Masked Booby                75%
White-faced Heron           50%
Northern Mallard            25%
Pacific Black Duck          25%
Swamp Harrier               25%
Nankeen Kestrel             25%
California Quail            25%
Red Junglefowl              25%
Wandering Tattler           25%
Ruddy Turnstone             25%
Black Noddy                 25%
White Tern                  100%
Grey Ternlet                25%
Sooty Tern                  25%
Emerald Dove                25%
Tasman Parakeet             25%
Crimson Rosella             50%
Morepork                    25%
Sacred Kingfisher           50%
Welcome Swallow             25%
Fairy Martin                25%
Common Blackbird            25%
Song Thrush                 50%
Grey Fantail                75%
Scarlet Robin               50%
Golden Whistler             100%
Norfolk Island Gerygone     75%
Slender-billed White-eye    25% 
White-chested White-eye     25%
Silvereye                   75%
Common Starling             25%         
House Sparrow               25%         
Common Greenfinch           25%
European Goldfinch          25%

Cheers,

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Tom and Mandy
Wilson
Sent: Monday, 15 December 2008 9:06 PM
To: Roger Giller; ; 
Subject: re Norfolk Island bird List

My old Simpson & Day (4th edition, circa 1993) contained Australian
Island Territories checklists as an appendix at the end of the book.
This refers to several sources, including the Australian National Parks
& Wildlife Service - Norfolk Island National park.  15 years on, this
organisation now has a website with a checklist of the common specie:
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/norfolk/nature-science/fauna.html#bi
rds
Simpson & Day seems to have a longer list as it covers vagrants too.
Avibase seems to have a checklist that covers this if you can't find a
copy of Simpson & Day or the island checklists have been excised:
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=auni&list=clemen
ts
Cheers
Tom Wilson