
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Long, JL 
T1  - Damage to Cultivated Fruit by Parrots in the South of Western Australia.
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1985
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 75
EP  - 80
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9850075 
N2  - Damage to 6 orchards of apples, pears, plums and nectarines in Western Australia by the parrots Purpureicephalus spurius, Platycercus icterotis and Barnardius zonarius was studied in 1973-75 and damage by the cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus baudinii was recorded opportunistically for comparison. There was up to 12% damage to individual varieties of fruit, least to green varieties of apple. In any one season no single orchard had losses over 1.4% of total fruit grown and none had net income affected by more than $A100. Damage by those smaller parrots was of little economic significance during the study. The cockatoo caused more damage to apples, and in a shorter time, than did the small parrots. 
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