I have a record of Dusky Woodswallows at Mindil Beach Reserve, Darwin on 3 July 1986. Until today, I did not realise that they were unusual in the NT. So my record may be a case of mistaken identity.
Regards,
Gil Langfield Melbourne, Australia gil.langfield@bigpond.com
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White-browed Woodswallow at Gunlom is worth noting. It seems that a line roughly through Katherine is a bit of a cut-off for them normally, and north of that they could be considered at best sporadic. There’s possibly another invisible line, maybe the Adelaide River, though from a birders’ perspective it’s the Marrakai road between the Arnhem and Stuart Highways, north of which White-browed could be considered very uncommon, if not vagrant. Between the two lines, Masked is perhaps irregular rather than sporadic, but still uncommon. Little Woodswallow is a bit odd, with some years numerous birds around Darwin, and some years none. It’s probably several years since we’ve had an influx there, though they are not too uncommon in the area between the two invisible lines, and are also regular east of Marrakai. Niven
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Any record of non- White-breasted or Little Woodswallow in Darwin is pretty unusual, and worth reporting, though there are occasional records of Masked and White-breasted (on average something in the order of about every ten years). Interestingly, even though Black-faced becomes very common about 50km from Darwin, I’m not aware of any records from the greater urban area. Niven
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