hi i’v e just rejoined the list after a long time away whats the status of these indian ringnecks at the moment ? there is a flock of assisted birds (could be 20?) in croydon that will almost undoubtedly breed this coming season. did they breed last season ? where do you check what feral birds are establishing and what is being done to manage them ? i did some quick google searches but only came up with avicultural type sites , and didn’t have much luck browsing the archives
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I don’t know, the flock of three I saw last month flew over high calling, the very non Australian call got my attention, but I don’t know how to distinguish at a distance in flight. They seemed largish, king parrot size, but not a lot of detail against a dull wintery sky
Andrew
Ah – I remember at the time I photographed it pondering whether it was an Alexandrine or Ringneck – but didn’t get any responses. I’ve just reviewed my photos and some shots do show a red-ish wing patch, and the bill size is quite robust, so maybe the bird in my photos is an Alexandrine?
I’ve added another photo showing the red on the wing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewianbell/5820545577/in/set-721576269347134 20
cheers Andrew
I agree, Andrew’s bird photographed is an Alexandrine. Andrew is the bird in the photo definitely the same as the flock of three, or were they Indian Ringnecks. Ian what did you see at Research and Rosanna? Alexandrines or Indian Ringnecks?. I have never heard of flocks before, this is disturbing and needs to be followed up.
Cheers Jeff.
Ive seen them too andrew although not recently around Research and a single bird which i suspected had “naturalised ” in Rosanna ( them being alexandrines ) slightly different bird to the ones in croydon though hope fully some one else will go have a sticky beak and confirm the sighting . My camera isn’t good enough to pin them down in the tree tops
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All
I’ve been surprised by how often I’ve seen Indian Ringnecks in Melbourne (Eltham) in recent years given I only spend a few days there each year. In August 2008 I saw one in my parents-in-law’s backyard and again in the same tree in December the same year (I think this was my first post on birding-aus). Photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewianbell/5820762918/in/set-721576269347134 20
A few weeks ago I arrived on the red-eye from Darwin and getting out the car at Eltham at about 8.00am the first birds I saw were three Indian Ringnecks flying over. Is fairly worrying (- although possibly tickable?).
Cheers
Andrew Bell Katherine
Dear Ian
Many thanks for reporting these – I wish someone had done that earlier as I know them from England and have worried every time I see one in the wild.
I have passed the thread to the Department of Primary Industries – who. storm, have been working hard on Barbary Doves and Red-eared Slider Turtles since they took over responsibility from the DSE.
My email to DPI included:
“They are breeding – near certain – in Croydon, Melbourne and are far far more worrying than Barbary Doves: they take over nest holes….
WA identifies them as an extreme threat: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/pw/vp/bird/pestnoteindianringneckfinaltext_200607.pdf
In England the RSPB site mentions 1,000 as one of the largest winter roosts another site says 7,000, But I am sure that when I was in England in September/October 2004 there was a TV report claiming that figure of 10,000 feeding in a single field !
Feral breeding started around 1970 and a UK Parliamentary committe report says “According to Dr Chris Butler of Oxford University, Britain’s wild parrot population currently numbers 20,000 and is increasing by 30% annually” (House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19 August 2004).
Please – DPI – deal with them by the breeding season.”
Michael Norris Bayside, Melbourne
sorry storm …..croydon in Victoria i observed about 6 in nov /december 2010 and this last week up to about 20 at roosting time there calls are easily recognisable and common in the area
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