According to HANZAB/Higgins - race funereus from E Vic to Qld has longer
tails and wings and a more solid oily brown-black plumage - tails are 5 cm
longer on average than race xanthanotus (Tas and Western Vic/SA)
Cheers
Cas
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On Behalf Of John Tongue
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:18 PM
To: Evan Beaver
Cc: Birding Aus
Subject: Tassie YTBCs - Smaller?
Hi Bevan et al,
Not sure about the YTBC's, but having lived in NSW, and now in Tassie, I'd
always got the impression Platypus and Echidnas, at least, were larger here
in Tas. Maybe we all need to get out our rulers and set-squares??
Cheers,
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 30/03/2010, at 4:16 PM, Evan Beaver wrote:
> Hi Birders,
>
> I've recently been walking in Tassie and spent a bit of time examining
> the YTBCs (Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos). Now, I did't catch any and
> measure their tails, but it appeared to me the tails were generally
> 10-20% shorter than the YTBCs I'm familiar with from the Blue
> Mountains in (much) Greater Western Sydney. Any one agree or disagree?
>
> Also, more generally, I thought a lot of the mammals I saw were
> smaller than the mainland. Wombats and echidna in particular, and
> possibly also platypus. This seems to buck the rule of thumb of 'size
> generally correllates with lattitude'. An example of this is the Sooty
> Owls.
>
> --
> Evan Beaver
> Downer, ACT
> lat=-35.24, lon=149.15
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