HOLOCENE AVIAN ASSEMBLAGE FROM SKULL CAVE (AU-8), SOUTH-WESTERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract: The avian assemblage from Skull Cave is composed of a minimum of 10 species. It is dominated by a single species, Glossopsitta porphyrocephala, which comprises up 58% of the total number of Individuals recorded from the deposit (68), Atrichornis clamosus makes up a further 19%, and the last eight species cover the rest of the total (33%). The species which dominate this assemblage are non-terrestrial. diurnal. gregarious species, which are irruptive in nature. Terrestrial forms are also important to the composition of the assemblage. The assemblage was probably accumulated by Tyto alba. A palaeoenvironmental intrepretation based upon this assemblage indicates the presence of forest throughout the perrod of deposition.