...and New Zealand?
You are right though, it is up to the individual, although how does one
define an (or the) "official" list? The official list would be best served
as probably two different lists.
One being an Australian continental list, excluding areas not
(bio)geographically connected to Australia. The second would include
political outliers etc (and would exclude emabassies of course), this being
the current definition used. Two lists.
I think this would make the whole listing exercise more fun, with more
emphasis on finding birds such as Scarlet-chested Parrots or Letter-winged
Kites etc. Vagrant birds would include those that turn up in Australia, not
vagrant birds that turn up on the territorial islands only. The 200 NM limit
could still be used for ocean birds, or simply what could be seen from the
edge of the continental shelf. I don't know. Maybe some people with lists
already have such a separation in their lists?
What do people think of this?
From: "JohnPenhallurick" <>
To: "Tom Johnson" <>,<>
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Lists
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:29:45 +1100
Individuals, of course, are free to define lists any way they wish, but I
think it is farcical to include Christmas island, Cocos-Keeling Islands,
and
Macquarie Island in the Australian List. This flies in the face of any
notion of biogeography, and you might as well include the grounds of every
Australian embassy!
The rest of the birding world includes Christmas Island and Cocas-Keeling
Islands in an Indian Ocean List.
If you want a bigger target, then you can go for Australasia and include
PNG.
John
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