Posted by Greg Jones on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
The bird still has to be on the ABA List to be countable. The peafowl and the junglefowl are now on the list thanks to the addition of Hawaii to the ABA Area. They are considered established in Hawaii. But now, thanks to the new rule, you can also count them in South Florida as they have been here for over 15 years. Egyptian Goose was added to the ABA List a few years ago based on the Florida population being considered established but now you can count them in California thanks to the new rule. Things like that. But you still can't count a bird that's not on the ABA List at all, regardless of whether or not it's been there for 15+ years. Mitred and Red-masked Parakeets are currently not considered established anywhere and are therefore not on the ABA List. Hence the papers to try to get them on. They definitely should be on there. I wondered why White-eyed wasn't included in the papers. Not to mention the Blue-crowneds in Broward.