Yes Jude, Peafowl at Cataract Gorge, and a number of other spots round Tassie
are tickable. As are California Quail, Feral Turkeys, and Common Pheasants on
King Island, and the Turkeys and Pheasants also on Flinders Island.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 15/11/2013, at 7:08 PM, Jude Latt <> wrote:
> I was under the impression that the Indian Peafowl could be tickable in
> Lauceston Tas as it is believed the birds have 'free ranged' at Cataract
> Gorge for some 100 years ???? Plus I was under the impression the
> California Quail and Wild Turkey are tickable on King Island Tassy.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Rose <>
> To: birding-aus <>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 2:39 pm
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Graylag Goose - status in Victoria amongst other
> "tickable ferals"
>
>
> Good afternoon,
> Just a quick question regarding Graylag Goose (and other seemingly feral
> species) as a "tickable" species in Victoria.Without going into the
> discussion
> regarding individual qualifications for personal life lists, national lists,
> state lists, yard lists and so on and so forth .... I have noticed that
> quite a
> few Victorian birders have species such as Graylag Goose on their Vic list
> posted on Eremaea (for example) from places such as Corowa Sewage Ponds and
> The
> Keys Wetlands in Keysborough and, coupled with other such events as almost
> driving into 3 Helmeted Guineafowl along Gherang Road (south of Cape Otway
> Rd)
> the other morning, recording Muscovy Duck at Castlemaine Botanic Gardens last
> month, Barbary Dove when I used to live in Newport, the list goes on .... I
> pose the question of where does it end in terms of officially accepted
> species.
> Are there any "tickable" Peafowl, Wild Turkey, Chukar, California Quail,
> Mandarin Duck (alright getting a bit ridiculous now), but where
> and who (in Victoria, in Australia) draws the line in terms of official
> records, that is to say those records that will be accepted by BARC, will be
> recorded in the Breeding Bird Atlas, accepted on a Twitchathon event, for
> example as part of the Victorian or NSW Twitchathon Official Species List
> (Mallard is on this list but not Graylag Goose or Muscovy) .... so, a lesson
> on
> how to turn a quick question into a debate, but rather than open up a topic
> that
> would have been debated at length at various times I'm sure, is there an
> official document which states what can be officially counted and what is
> then
> left up to the individual to add to his or her day, year, life list at their
> own
> discretion along with heard only species and other categories that people
> might
> add (or not) to their various lists.
> Thanks for your advice. Please reply off-line (e-mail below) as my intention
> is
> certainly not to open this up for debate.
>
>
> Regards,
> Paul
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