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Regent Honeyeater

To: Cas and Lisa Liber <>
Subject: Regent Honeyeater
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:41:03 +1100
Cas,

In their Introduction, Christidis & Boles (2008) made a point of not wanting to go there, saying "There seems no reason to make a parallel change in English name from Regent Honeyeater to Regent Wattlebird". I think it would have about as much chance of getting up, as a move to change the Bald Eagle to White-Headed Fish-Eagle (which is a much more accurate name).

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

On 23/01/2008, at 12:57 PM, Cas and Lisa Liber wrote:

 ...so if it is in the wattlebird genus....Regent Wattlebird anyone?
Cas

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Subject: Regent Honeyeater

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:13:20AM +1100, Stephen Ambrose wrote:
It's interesting that C&B have lumped the Regent Honeyeater with the
wattlebirds and is now scientifically named Anthochaera phrygia.

The research is here
http://loco.biosci.arizona.edu/driskell/Driskell_Christidis_2004.pdf
Also discusses the positioning of chats within the honeyeaters, mentioned in
a earlier e-mail.

Andrew
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