Ross,
The split must come from the authoritative list by Sibley and Monroe.
However, they forgot to mention the Solomons in their range. Perhaps that's
why Clements gives the Solomon race as a subspecies of E. scolopaceus.
Sibley and Monroe afterwards did correct their omission, and listed the
Solomons under E.cyanocephala. And the female of alberti does resemble the
female of subcyanocephala (the migrant Australian race).
I am not, however, aware of the Australian races reaching the Solomons
(unlike New Zealand E. taitensis) - they apparently migrate no further than
New Guinea. Unless, of course,there are more recent records from there. In
New Guinea, they do occur between March and November.
Paul Van Gasse
Kruibeke, Belgium
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Van:
Ross Silcock
Verzonden: zaterdag 19 augustus 2000 20:49
Aan: BIRDING-AUS
Onderwerp: [BIRDING-AUS] Koels
Birding-Aussers:
Has Australian Koel (Eudynamys cyanocephala) been recently split from Asian
Koel (E. scolopacea)? Clements in his new checklist has listed them his way;
does anyone know the appropriate citation?
Is it correct to say therefore that this would leave the resident Solomon Is
koels as E. s. alberti, and that during the austral winter E. cyanocephala
subsp. would occur there also? What would be the approximate months of
winter residence of cyanocephala in the Solomons? Apr-Oct?
The recent (March 1997) specimen picked up in NZ was listed as Common Koel
in Notornis (47:64). Does anyone know if the specimen has been identified to
(sub)species, ie is it cyanocephala?
Thanks for any light on this subject!
Ross
Ross Silcock
Tabor, IA
New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips
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