Talk:Rock parrot

news report

Maybe of interest to editors http://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/about-town/pet-trade-put-paid-to-rottos-pretty-parrots-20140201-31tf7.html Gnangarra 00:22, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Queries

Hey Cas, this is developing well, if that helps morale, better than a C :) there is one one quibbling query, so far: the article says avoids "farmland", which I would not expect to occur at a coastline, and wonder if pastoralist activity is what they are avoiding. In fact, I wondered after reading Gilbert, if they started favouring rocks and cliffs to avoid any of us egg-thieving humans. cygnis insignis 05:31, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Dunno - no source mentions that, just that they are seldom found in it. But then again, how much farmland goes down to the high-water mark.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

@Casliber: Forshaw mentions the bedraggled appearance when they are wet, lacking the waterproofing of other ocean side birds, and that they appear darker [which maintains camouflage on wet granite, it seems to me]. He also dismisses a sighting inland, which he personally investigated, but if HANZAB mentions it then I guess they were not persuaded. Shall I bring that work to the table? ~ cygnis insignis 13:19, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

My copy of Forshaw is packed away at present. Bedraggled appearance yes definitely. Not sure about the other one. Which sighting was it? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:58, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Forshaw mentions a pers comm from W. B. Alexander in Mathew's Birds of Australia this page, at the "Hampden Tableland" [Hampton Tableland], but dismisses it because there was no further record [I don't know why Forshaw doubts it ever was present there].

Mathew's also notes former abundance at Princess Royal Harbour and at Margaret River, with their disappearance c. 1900s attributed to cats. Nice to see this article get expanded and so on, hope this helps. ~ cygnis insignis 07:19, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:36, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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Rock parrot

• ... that the rock parrot (pictured) often nests in the old burrows of seabirds? HANZAB offline source
  • ALT1: ... that the rock parrot (pictured) generally nests in burrows or rocky crevices, unlike its relatives which nest in trees? [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3677542?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents source

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/C.G. Jung House Museum

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self-nominated at 12:58, 7 August 2019 (UTC).

Detailed article, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I find the original much better, hinting at where they live. The image is licensed but not exciting ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

It was raining when I took the photo, and the bird was a bit soggy and sad-looking. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:43, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

... meets the mood when looking at arbitration perfectly, - 2 reriements the last 2 days ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Rock parrot/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:28, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Comments

• You link parrot in the lead but not lore. I definitely know what a parrot is, but I definitely don't know what a lore is.

linked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• I guess "It was described by Gould" is a "thing", i.e. you don't say which "Gould", I think for the majority of our readers there's no reason to omit his first name.

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• You link Western Australia in the lead but not South Australia, any logic?

both linked at top of lead Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " volume of Birds of Australia," the book is piped to a redirect, and should be in italics.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• I've never seen "informant" used in this context, usually only for people splitting on others... is this a commonly used biology research term?

not common usage but see. Redundant anyway so removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "colonisation it was common" I would replace "it" with "the species" here.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " it its current scientific name." which is...?

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "One of six species of..." mildly confused by the structure of this sentence which seems like a fragment, followed by a semi-colon...

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "evade an explosion of" that doesn't seem particularly enyclopedic in tone.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "30-20 million" dash, not hyphen.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• You could link "nominate subspecies" as it's a highly technical term.

linked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• Link "tarsus".

linked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "Robe, South Australia in" comma before "in" per MOS:GEOCOMMA.

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "over 160 km" convert to miles.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "Jurien Bay" is linked twice but to different targets, potentially confusing.

delinked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• What is "pigface"?!

a succulent they eat - linked on first instance. There's a picture of the little bugger eating it in th article Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " in favourable years" what does that actually mean?

means years when there is more food. Generally after years of higher rainfall. However, not explicitly elaborated upon in this source Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " moving a short distance behind a tussock or rock if observers move " repeat of move is a little jarring.

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " jugflower (Adenanthos cuneatus), .[18]" remove space and comma.

done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• No "the" in the full name of IUCN.

fixed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " Albany, Western Australia in" comma before in, and why isn't this linked?

fixed x 2 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• "Like most species of parrots" no need to link "parrot" at this late stage!

fixed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• " A Greek-English " should be an en-dash, not a hyphen.

fixed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

That's all I have, the article is already good enough to pass the basic GAN requirements, so these comments would just be the icing on the cake. I'll put the review on hold while we go through them. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:33, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Happy with the changes and the article easily passes. Good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 13:24, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

bird call sounds

include sound bites?.. 2600:1017:B82A:79E3:0:55:4235:AE01 (talk) 18:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)