The blog covers the years of European knowledge of the Western Ground Parrot and some early knowledge of the Eastern Ground Parrot prior to 2009. The postings in the blog were random in sequence. The Index lists the postings by category and each posting title is linked to the posting. Click for quick access. A few of the postings are listed in two of the categories. Note that it is also possible to use the search function (top left) to retrieve particular postings.
The categories are Ecology, Museum Specimens, Physical Description and Image, Conservation and Surveys and Study.
ECOLOGY
Western Ground Parrot
Wongan Hills – Ground parrots were there
Finding Western Ground Parrot nests
First feeding record February 1983
Nest with ground parrot feathers
Fitzgerald – do Western Ground Parrots actually live there?
Detecting ground parrots by their call
Radio tracking Part 3 Flushing and feeding
Food choices and possible explanation
Plants and vegetation of Ground Parrot habitat
Vegetation study and survey further afield 1989
Plant families recorded in 1988/89 study site
Western Ground Parrots north of Perth
More accounts of possible sightings north of Perth
Nest search at Waychinicup 2001 – coverage and distribution
Nest search at Waychinicup 2001: call data
Eastern Ground Parrot (and general)
Early Eastern Ground Parrot observations
Horace Wheelwright on the swamp parrot
Blue underwing plumage and courtship display
Breeding problem for ground parrots
Losing habitat in South Australia
Queensland ground parrot study
Calling behavior of ground parrots in Queensland
Home range of Eastern Ground Parrots
Nests and nesting (of Eastern Ground Parrots)
Food, Eastern Ground Parrot, Victoria
Breeding observations Eastern Ground Parrot,Victoria
MUSEUM SPECIMENS
Western Australian Museum specimens showing gender differences
Western Ground Parrots in the Lord Braybrooke collection
Western Ground Parrots in the British Museum Catalogue 1891
Nestlings from the vicinity of Wongan Hills
Evidence that Gilbert collected the Wongan Hills chicks
Western Ground Parrots in the Australian Museum
Australian Museum Western Ground Parrots
Location of John Gould’s collection of Australian birds
Gould specimens in Philadelphia
C19 nestling specimens from different clutches
Why there are no authentic Ground Parrot specimens from Perth
South Australian ground parrot specimen from SA Museum
Another South Australian ground parrot Liverpool Museum
Western Ground Parrots at Audley End House
Ground parrot collection in the American Museum of Natural History New York
Ground parrot specimens in Sweden
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION and IMAGE
Blue underwing plumage and courtship display
WA Museum specimens showing external gender difference
Iris colour and age determination
An Eastern Ground Parrot of Cooloola
La Billardiere’s ground parrot
Western Ground Parrot entry in WA’s first bird book
First colour photos of the Western Ground Parrot 1988
CONSERVATION
First Western Ground Parrot information brochure
First information brochure side two
Learning about ground parrot census by listening
Unsuccessful survey and funding knock back
Advice about census methods
Land release concern revisited
Ken Newbey’s vegetation report
A recovery plan for the ground parrot in WesternAustralia
Conservation of the ground parrot in WesternAustralia 1992
Losing habitat in South Australia
SURVEYS and STUDY
Western Ground Parrot records from 1842 to 1983
Western Ground Parrots in the Australian Museum
Western Ground Parrots west of Albany
Detecting ground parrots by their call
Learning about ground parrot census by listening
First successful listening session
Fitzgerald – do Western Ground Parrots actually live there?
Ground parrot surveying gets underway in the Fitzgerald
First Western Ground Parrot field work
Report of ground parrot survey in Western Australia 1984
Ground parrot map from Australian Bird Atlas 1984
Fitzgerald Survey 1985 to 1987
Wongan Hills – Ground parrots were there
Surveying the northern sandplain
How to catch a Western Ground Parrot?
First study of Western Ground Parrot ecology
Survey for Western Ground Parrots at Waychinicup1998
Nest search at Waychinicup 2001: listening points
Roost sites territory and number of birds
A nestling and a missed opportunity (Waychinicup)
Locally extinct? (Waychinicup)
