Spotless Crakes in SE Qld

To:	"Tom Tarrant" <>, "birding-a >> birding aus" <>
Subject:	Spotless Crakes in SE Qld
From:	"Lawrie Conole" <>
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:20:16 +1100

> Also recently I downloaded a world sibley-monroe checklist and it lists
> at species # 5793  Eastern Riflebird (Ptiloris intercedens)    Does
> anyone have any idea about this reference? Could it be an extinct bird?

Tom

According to Monroe & Sibley (1993) its a species from eastern Papua New
Guinea.  It's often lumped with Ptiloris magnificus - Magnificent Riflebird
(Frith & Beehler 1998).

L.

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