Great Grasswren Air Safari update (ADVERTISEMENT I guess)

Hi all We’re already halfway through our Great Grasswren Air Safari! Never before has anyone attempted to search for all of Australia’s Grasswren species in one tour by private airplane. Here’s a brief update:

Day 6: A pre-dawn departure from Birdsville for the 1-hr flight to Lark Quarry near Winton, central Qld. Main target: Rusty . . . → Read More: Great Grasswren Air Safari update (ADVERTISEMENT I guess)

Red-bellied Pitta splits

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Port MacDonnell pelagics

Sorry, the email address for Stuart Hull is:

sandchull@gmail.com

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Port MacDonnell pelagic 18 September 2016

We still have lots of spots on this trip. I you would like to book spot ($130 a head which includes a BBQ lunch + tea and coffee) please contact Stuart Hull at the email address above. Colin.

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Red-bellied Pitta splits

I haven’t seen any comments here yet but for those interested in classification IOC (version 6.3) has now split Red-bellied Pitta into ten (!) separate species. The one in Australia becomes the Papuan Pitta. It just doesn’t have the same ring to it! This new species has five subspecies. Who knows, perhaps it will be . . . → Read More: Red-bellied Pitta splits

RFI Elcho Island, NT

Hi all,

Has anyone on this list ever been to Elcho Island, NT and if so are there any hotspots that deserve a visit? What are habitats like? Couldn’t find much info anywhere other than a report of an Eurasian Hoopoe a little while ago.

Any info would be much appreciated.

Many thanks, Falk

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