A couple of people asked about the White-chested White-eye.
Unfortunately the survey was not recent. It was a survey by led by one
Fred T. H. Smith, 26/02/1994 to 19/03/1994. The White-chested White-eye
was seen at Collins Head. For the record the White-chested White-eye is
considered critically endangered. There have been scattered sightings
including 4 in 1978, 1 in 1979, 1 in 1981, 1 in 1987, 2 in 1991, 4 in
1994 and 1 in March 2000, and a number of unconfirmed reports hmost
recently in 2005. See:
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.as
p&sid=7503&m=0
Cheers,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Tim Dolby
Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2008 11:00 AM
To: Tom and Mandy Wilson; Roger Giller; ;
Subject: re Norfolk Island bird List
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®ion=auni&list=clemen
ts
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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