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Common Koel - What's in a name

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Subject: Common Koel - What's in a name
From: Reg Clark <>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:05:26 +1100
Andrew Taylor wrote:
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:17:35PM -0000, Mike Carter wrote:
The discussion re Koel is very pertinent. We suspect that there is one of
the Asian form, i.e. Common Koel currently on Christmas Island. Seen and
heard by Barry Bucholtz and Stuart Pell it was an all black male (not
distinguishable on plumage) with a call 'similar, but not identical' to the
Hello alfamiliar Australian bird. This form, or as some would have it, species, has
not certainly been recorded from Australian Territory before but there are
previous reports of Koels from Christmas Island and a female (inadequately
described) from the Cocos Islands.
There is a male koel near here with a call 'similar, but not identical'
to other koels around here. Ticking him off as the Asian form would
seem rash though.
I've taken a bit of notice of him, because I reckon the same individual
was calling from the same locations last year.
Andrew
Hello all.

Judging from the wide variety of sounds that I hear from both  male and female Koels,  I would hesitate to use calls as a means of differentiation  for anything but general field identification
Reg Clark
St.Ives, NSW


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