Dear all,
Further to Rohan's post at Birding-Aus from this morning I note that earlier
today I posted a short piece on the finding of this bird on the Crikey daily
website.
You can see the piece here:
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/29/bird-of-the-week-common-paradise-kingfisher/#comment-55836
I've appended a note to my Crikey piece that takes into account Rohan's
amended identification. I was in cairns when I posted the Crikey piece but
a=m now back in Alice Springs and have seen Rohan's Birding-Au post.
I have a piece that I am about to put up at my Crikey blog *The Northern
Myth* in a short while and will adjust my comments there following Rohan's
later identification.
I'll have a bit more information and some more photos in the blog piece,
which you can see here: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/
Best and to Rohan - thanks for all your help with a great week.
Bob Gosford
I've appended a comment to
2010/1/29 <>
> Hi All,
> Just back from some avian pathogen screening in Torres Strait. Lots of good
> birds but the best record was that of an adult Lesser Paradise Kingfisher
> (also known as Aru P. Kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis) found dead in the
> township on Saibai Island on the 25th January. This is a new bird for
> Australia. Some pics of the specimen can be found here.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/lesser_paradise_kingfisher
>
> The bird was found by Bob Gosford and myself. John Ewen, Laura Sisson and
> Adrian Boyle were also present. Given it's location in the street, it most
> probably hit powerlines. The specimen is now in transit to a museum. The
> most obvious feature that makes it a Lesser Paradise Kingfisher and not a
> Common Paradise Kingfisher is that with the exception of the tail streamer
> (a recently erupted white-tipped pin), the entire tail is blue. The species
> is reported to be common in the Trans-Fly region of Southern PNG. Feedback
> and comments welcome.
>
> I am about to head back into the field again so will post a more detailed
> trip report with pics of other bird species that were recorded in TS when I
> return next week.
>
> Cheers,
> Rohan
>
> Rohan Clarke
> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
> www.birding-aus.org
> birding-aus.blogspot.com
>
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Robert Gosford
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