Introduced Birds of the World: The Worldwide History, Distribution and Influence of Birds Introduced to New Environments |
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... pair of Mandarin Ducks were liberated at Macedon Reservoir , Victoria , in the 1860s ( McCance , 1962 ) , but there ... pairs or flocks . Movements : migratory . Foods : aquatic vegetation and animals including leaves , roots , seeds ...
... pair of Mandarin Ducks were liberated at Macedon Reservoir , Victoria , in the 1860s ( McCance , 1962 ) , but there ... pairs or flocks . Movements : migratory . Foods : aquatic vegetation and animals including leaves , roots , seeds ...
Page 215
... flocks with other dove species . Movements : sedentary and locally migratory . Foods : seeds , grain , buds and ... pairs , or flocks of 10-30 birds . Movements : sedentary . Foods : weed seeds , grain , castor oil seeds , copra and ...
... flocks with other dove species . Movements : sedentary and locally migratory . Foods : seeds , grain , buds and ... pairs , or flocks of 10-30 birds . Movements : sedentary . Foods : weed seeds , grain , castor oil seeds , copra and ...
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... pairs , small flocks of 4-20 birds , but large flocks sometimes at food supplies . Movements : seasonal movements in some areas . Foods : seeds , fruits , nuts , blossom , insects and their larvae . Breeding : Nov - Jan and at other ...
... pairs , small flocks of 4-20 birds , but large flocks sometimes at food supplies . Movements : seasonal movements in some areas . Foods : seeds , fruits , nuts , blossom , insects and their larvae . Breeding : Nov - Jan and at other ...
Contents
Key to Maps | 5 |
Systematic List of Introduced Birds | 21 |
Bibliography | 495 |
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Acclimatisation Society Africa appear areas become established bill black birds were released blackish breast Breeding brown cage bird California Canada Cattle Egret central Chukar colonisation Common Myna crops DAMAGE None known Delacour deliberate game DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS DISTRIBUTION Introduced successfully eastern Eggs escapee European Starling failed to become fairly common feathers Female feral Finch Foods forest Forshaw fruits grass Gregariousness grey greyish Habitat HABITS Status Hawaii Hawaiian Audubon Society Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Islands deliberate House Sparrow insects INTRODUCED DISTRIBUTION Introduced Java Sparrow Kangaroo Island Kauai liberated Linnaeus Mackworth-Praed and Grant Mauritius Movements Myna Nest North America northern NOTES ON INTRODUCTIONS numbers Oahu pairs Parakeet Partridge pest population prior probably Quail race records reported Ring-necked Pheasant Ripley rump sedentary seeds small flocks South South Island southern species St Helena Starling Successful introductions Tahiti tail tail-coverts Thomson throat tree underparts upper Western Australia wild wings yellow Zealand