Sizes of some Rufous Scrub-bird singing areas in the Gloucester Tops
Alan Stuart
pp. 107-110
Abstract
The sizes of the singing areas for three male Rufous Scrub-birds Atrichornis rufescens in the Gloucester Tops, New South Wales, were estimated by locating the positions of males in visits to their territories in 2015–2018. The smallest singing area was 0.54 ha and the largest was 1.66 ha. The sizes of the singing areas are similar to those found in the early 1980s.
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