Recommended English Names for Australian Birds

1978 ◽  
Vol 77 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 245-307 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Australian Birds

scholarly journals The Bird Assemblage of the Darwin Region (Australia): What Is the Effect of Twenty Years of Increasing Urbanisation?

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Fischer ◽  
Andrew C. Edwards ◽  
Patrice Weber ◽  
Stephen T. Garnett ◽  
Timothy G. Whiteside
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Bird Community ◽  
Feeding Guilds ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
Bird Survey ◽  
Species Analysis ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Bird Assemblage ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
The Difference

There has been considerable urban development in the Darwin region over the last twenty years; as for most fauna in Australia since colonisation, the potential effects to the bird assemblage were expected to be disastrous. To provide a broad overview of changes, bird survey data from 1998 and 2018 were extracted from BirdLife Australia’s ‘Atlas of Australian Birds’ database. A total of 165 species were categorised into primary food source feeding guilds and levels of food specialisation. This was integrated into ArcGIS along with land use change mapping from 1998 and 2018 to investigate its impact on bird assemblages. There was no significant change in overall species numbers when all sites were analysed. However, when sites were separated into those with increased urbanisation or decreased greenspace, several sites showed a significant change in the number of species. For the majority of species, analysis of primary food types found no difference in the proportion of species within the assemblages between 1998 and 2018, regardless of the level of urbanisation or greenspace; the exception being those species that primarily feed on insects, where the difference was just significant. An analysis using bird community data sorted into levels of food specialisation also found no difference between 1998 and 2018 despite habitat changes. These findings suggest that although there has been considerable urban development in the Darwin region, bird communities are remaining relatively stable.

The Food of Australian Birds

1936 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Lea ◽  
J. T. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Australian Birds

The relationship between ecology and the incidence of cooperative breeding in Australian birds

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh A. Ford ◽  
Harry Bell ◽  
Ray Nias ◽  
Richard Noske
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
The Relationship

Short sketches from the long history of cooperative breeding in Australian birds

2002 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. J. Boland ◽  
Andrew Cockburn
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
History Of

The Haematozoa of Australian Birds.

1960 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J.. Mackerras ◽  
IM Mackerras
Keyword(s):  
Distinct Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
Climacteris Picumnus

Four species of trypanosomes have been described from birds, Trypanosoma myzanthae from Myzantha melanocephala being new. Several other possibly distinct species are known, but have not been named owing to lack of material. Malaria parasites (Plasmodium) are relatively uncommon. They have been recorded in sparrows, a starling, a falcon, a seagull, and four species of wild anseriform birds. Haemoproteus is common. Seven named species have been recorded, but many birds are known to harbour parasites of this genus, some of which may be new. Leucocytozoon is fairly common. Five species have been recorded, and several other unnamed parasites are known to occur. Lankesterella picumni, sp. nov., is described from Climacteris picumnus, being apparently the first record of a haemogregarine from a bird in Australia. Lankesterella paddae is known in sparrows, and possibly silvereyes.

Egg Composition in Some Australian Birds

1990 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Lill ◽  
Peter J. Fell
Keyword(s):  
Australian Birds ◽  
Egg Composition
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