Hi Joshua,
Coxen's Fig Parrot is listed as endangered on the IUCN red list based on
population size, but all the estimates (extent of occurrence, area of
occupancy, number of subpopulations/locations etc) are of low reliability, i.e.
we don't really know much about the beast. So please submit a record to the
Atlas when you catch up with it!
All the best,
James O'Connor | Head of Research
BirdLife Australia
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Sent: Tuesday, 28 May 2013 12:18 AM
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Subject: Status of Coxen's Fig Parrot?
Evening all,
I was having a look through birdsindanger.net today, and was surprised to see
Coxen's Fig Parrot listed as Endangered (
http://www.birdsindanger.net/double-eyed-fig-parrot-southern-coxens).
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I had been under the impression that they were at least Critically Endangered,
if not already extinct? I did a bit of digging and found a few BA posts,
including one about a nest which was found/collected in 2008?
Post 2008, I couldn't find anything else detailing actual records, however it
seems there must still be a population and sightings being made somewhere by
the recovery team - the border region or Bundaberg I assume?
Anyway, myself, Max Breckenridge and Ashwin Rudder are intending to spend
schoolies week after the HSC birding the border region of NSW, and I was
wondering, is there actually a chance of seeing a Coxen's anywhere? I for one
would jump at the chance to help out with a survey, or at least know where the
suitable areas for these birds are/were, just to keep any eye out?
Cheers,
Joshua Bergmark
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