It seems that the Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) and Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) are separate species in the IOU list. Torresian Imperial Pigeon is the species in Australia plus se PNG. Pied Imperial Pigeon is the species from SE Asia , Philippines, Indonesia and w Papua. There is an historical record in Feb … Read more
Hi all, Just trying to get my head around this new Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009. Which state government department actually decided which of the species listed are now game birds? And how will the Game Council decide to allocate quota’s for certain species? Do they have a scientific department that can … Read more
Last Wednesday, 13 June, the Coalition Against Duck Shooting had its final display of dead birds outside the offices of the Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne. These were the birds displayed. Protected species: Crested Pigeon (2) Australian Pelican Raven spp Magpie Black Swan Eurasian Coot Welcome Swallow Whistling Kite Dusky Moorhen (juvenile) Game species: Australian … Read more
My understanding was that the change to Christmas Island Swiftlet from Cave Swiftlet back to Glossy Swiftlet was in IOU 2.10 or earlier. My comments were just on the changes between 2.10 and 3.1. So Cave Swiftlet is not on the Australian list. At 05:32 PM 17/06/2012, Tony Palliser wrote: >Thanks for highlighting this Stephen. … Read more
Hi Bob I gather you’re a lawyer. If so could you email me? Thanks Denise Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow www.denisegoodfellow.com =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================