The Paradise parrot do you think it could still exist?

[Nrg800]

Neville Cayley quotes Someone Andrew in "Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary" that

During the day this bird lies concealed in the inside of a tussock or bunch of porcupine grass, the inside being pulled out and a snug retreat formed for its protection. Here, also, its rough nest if formed, and four white eggs laid. When the dark shades of evening have fairly set in it comes out to feed, but generally flies direct to the nearest water, which is often a considerable distance from the nest. After drinking and shaking themselvse up a little they fly off to feed on the seeds of the porcupine grass, returning to water two or three times throughout the night.

This is about the Night Parrot, by the way

[Nrg800]

Well, I do think you are underestimating how extensive the Surveys for Australian birds are. For example, this is the Dataset for Birdata, which is an atlasing system where you record everything you see at random points, allowing for an objective survey throughout Australia


As you can see there have been many many surveys where the Princess Parrot is known from.

Even if there were some inderviduals surviving in pockets around Australia, you are forgetting that there is a minimum viable population size that is needed to keep the species alive. For most species this is about 1,000 individuals, if you care not about inbreeding, 5,000 if you do. Personally, I don't think there's much hope for them. I would love to be proven wrong, though.

[Tintola]

As you can see there have been many many surveys where the Princess Parrot is known from..

Princess Parrott????? I don't understand this map at all! Is something missing? Or am I just vague?

[Nrg800]

Paradise Parrot

Edit: Just noticed Tintolas Edit. The map shows the number of recorded birds from every 'dot'. Sorry for not being clearer..

[Nathan Morleyy]

Nag,
They went extinct then got re discovered then went extinct again I think that they will be re discovered again.

Thanks Nathan

[desertbirds]

Paradise parrot - Gone . Night Parrot i believe is still out there and highly like one will surface over the next 12 months. The late Ian Frost (road train driver and parrot breeder and a genuinely nice bloke) reckons he saw a night parrot on one of his trips from Adelaide to Darwin. Ive seen dead parrots on the road and one of them possibly could have been a Night parrot too. Its like how many times do you turn around and go back only to see a squished budgie.I think what is in the Night parrots favour it that has some very remote habitat in its range.Its a nice map NRG but its a big country and you have to be in the right place at the right time.

[Tintola]

NRG, I still don't understand what that map is trying to depict??????????? Is it every bird or just Paradise Parrots or what?

[Nrg800]

Every Species,
http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr359" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

These are the records for the Paradise Parrot:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Psephotus%20pulcherrimus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[natamambo]

Nathan, I followed it through the spinifex for as long as I could, it was happily feeding and generally oblivious to me. When the bus went passed it fluttered through the scrub and as much as I searched I couldn't find it again. We were probably on 20-30m off the road, it was on the verge when I saw it and when back for another look. The only chance i had to get a clear shot was just as it took off from the bus and thus there is motion blur and no real image as even with the 300mm lens on it was just a dot on the image really.

Interestingly enough, there was another flock of birds with it. Too small for me to identify, bigger than a finch but no bigger than a small flycatcher or sparrow something like that. They seemed to be keeping to company, every time it moved on they moved on too. Their presence is how i managed to re-spot it each time after losing sight of it, but when the bus went past they scattered too.

[Tintola]

Now it makes sence. You put the wrong distribution map up.