I am pretty sure I saw an aviary full of them at Phillip Island Wildlife Park
when I was there in January, Paul: http://www.piwildlifepark.com.au
Gerard
> On 16 Mar 2015, at 1:01 pm, Paul McDonald <> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> We’re looking at recording natural call amplitude variation for a range of
> quail and pigeon species for a research project. We have all the required
> licenses and ethics permits. We’re seeking to calibrate our automated
> recorders so that we can then detect calling birds via the recordings during
> surveys, but to do that we need to know how loud each species is to calculate
> detection distances and probabilities. Given field populations are scant at
> present and largely not calling, we thought it might be possible to record
> captive birds as a work around prior to spring.
>
> We’ve tried calling a few zoos to locate populations, but the species we’re
> interested in aren’t exactly huge public draw cards, so often information on
> whether or not they are being held is difficult to get. We are looking at
> Crested Pigeons, either bronzewing species and any of the Australian quail
> species. Does anyone know of zoos/parks that might have aviary populations of
> any of these species that we can contact?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul McDonald
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