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Australian Checklist Areas

To: Roger Giller <>
Subject: Australian Checklist Areas
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 15:37:51 +0930
I had difficulty recording bird sightings once Eremaea became eBird, and after 
trying for hours, gave up.  

Because of the apparently shaky status of the eastern subspecies of Partridge 
Pigeon, I would have liked to do so.  

Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow
PO Box 71
Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841

PhD candidate
Vice-chair Wildlife Tourism Australia  






On 5 May 2014, at 3:09 pm, Roger Giller <> wrote:

> Hi Jude,
> 
> Have you considered using Eremaea eBird? Your observations can be reordered 
> at previously defined hotspots or you can make your own personal locations. 
> They become part of a worldwide database and the fine positional accuracy is 
> invaluable for plotting species distributions among a host of other things.
> Better still, it is free.
> 
> Have a look at the web site, http://ebird.org/content/australia/
> There is a mountain of information, especially in the Help section
> 
> Regards
> 
> Roger Giller.
> 
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jude Latt
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 6:40 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Australian Checklist Areas
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> I need help ....
> Can someone out there in our wonderful birding area of Australia tell me how 
> they break up the various areas of each state and territory of Australia.
> 
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> Eg:  At this stage I record the Southern Cassowary as being located in Qld.
> Eg:  At this stage I record the Western Thornbill as being in WA
> Eg: At this stage I record the Grey Whistler (Pachycephala simpled simplex) 
> as being in the NT
>        as compared with the other spp being in Cape York area to say .. 
> Cairns.
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> I was wondering if someone has come up with a divisional area of Australia so 
> as I can now record birds in various sections/areas of each and every state  
> ....   eg:  the
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> Southern Cassowary as being in   Far North Qld
> The Western Thornbill as being located in s.w. WA
> The Grey Whistler (simplex spp as being located in coastal NT
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> That way I would be able to see more clearly, if I sighted a bird 'out of 
> it's normal range'  plus at the same time, record birds that endemic to 
> certain areas within each state of Australia.
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> 
> Gee ... dont want to start a big discussion on this .. just wondering what 
> other people do.
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> Jude
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