TY - JOUR
T1 - Stranger in the valley
T2 - expansion in the range of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater in central eastern New South Wales
AU - McAllan, Ian A. W.
AU - Lindsay, Kurtis J.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Evidence is given for a relatively recent eastward movement in the distribution of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis into the Cudgegong and Hunter River Valleys of central New South Wales. Since the 1980s, this species has colonised ~200 km to the east, crossing the Great Dividing Range in the process. It is speculated that this change in distribution may be related to increasing temperatures, particularly minimum temperatures in winter. There have been no adverse interactions noted with other bird species so far, though there is the potential for a negative impact on the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia.
AB - Evidence is given for a relatively recent eastward movement in the distribution of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis into the Cudgegong and Hunter River Valleys of central New South Wales. Since the 1980s, this species has colonised ~200 km to the east, crossing the Great Dividing Range in the process. It is speculated that this change in distribution may be related to increasing temperatures, particularly minimum temperatures in winter. There have been no adverse interactions noted with other bird species so far, though there is the potential for a negative impact on the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014078479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.20938/afo33125132
DO - 10.20938/afo33125132
M3 - Article
SN - 1448-0107
VL - 33
SP - 125
EP - 132
JO - Australian Field Ornithology
JF - Australian Field Ornithology
ER -