the southern Port Lincoln it is a creamy yellow colour. There is negligible red above the cere in the birds I have, some people say the head colour is a lighter black well I’ll hold my judgment on that.


Intergrading specimens, there is clear evidence of inter-breeding between both southern area Port Lincolns and the 28 due to the closeness of their range. The resultant birds may be as large as the 28 showing varying quantities of yellow on the


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abdomen. Some of these hybrids will have small quantities of yellow others much more. When it comes to the cere there may be varying amounts of red in this


38 BIRD SCENE


WHO COMES FROM WHERE? In Western Australia commencing from the coast on the west then travelling east to the borders with South Australia and the Northern Territory you encounter farming areas, open timber country, pastoral areas and sand plain localities, these provide just some of the habitat variation. The previously mentioned 28 is located in generally heavier timber country in the South-West corner of the state. The arid zone Port Lincoln occurs in drier regions in the North-West up to Port Headland.


area from nil through to virtually the same quantity as the 28. One name used to describe such intergrading birds is “wheat-belt hybrids” -- in other words a hybrid between the 28 and the Port Lincoln occurring on the fringes of wheat- belt farming areas where it meets heavier timber habitat.


Photo 4 is what I would term a typical male of the type, this specimen is a large bird though the green on the chest is Port Lincoln colour while the beak is large and red cere is prominent. It has a substantial quantity of yellow on the belly and on the bend of the wing -- the wing flash – may show changes in colour to a typical 28. Currently I keep and breed each of the variations mentioned above.


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