RE: armchair ticks from the new C&B

[L&L Knight <>]

Thanks Bill

Sometimes when there is a change in standard - eg Aus Std Industry
Codes - there is a comparison table where the old and new stds are
paired so that the changes/translations are easily apparent. I wonder  
if the inclusion of such a table would increase book sales to twitchers?
Regards, Laurie

On 24/01/2008, at 12:25 PM, Bill Jolly wrote:

> On the topic of armchair ticks from the new C&B, this summary of
> some splits and lumps therein might assist some armchair tickers,
> and disappoint others.
>
> It’s just my own perceptions from my first read-through, and I won’t
> claim it’s comprehensive. The new publication is an excellently
> detailed and referenced tome that contains argument at many levels,  
> much of which I haven’t plumbed yet!.
> I won’t delve into other changes to nomenclature here, scientific or 
> English – it’s all in the book.
> 1 - Six additional species from splits, mostly domestic
> Kalkadoon Grasswren split from Dusky Grasswren
> Short-tailed Grasswren split from Striated Grasswren
> Western Wattlebird split from Little Wattlebird
> Kimberley Honeyeater split from White-lined Honeyeater
> Pacific Robin (on Norfolk Island) split from Scarlet Robin
> Buff-sided Robin split from White-browed Robin
>
> 2  - Four lumpings, mostly domestic
> Snares Penguin lumped with Fjordland Penguin
> Gould’s Bronze-cuckoo lumped with Little Bronze-cuckoo
> Lesser Sooty Owl lumped with Sooty Owl
> Black-backed Wagtail lumped with White Wagtail
>
> 3 – Seventeen Australian species split from overseas species
> (Plenty of armchair ticks here for those who also bird overseas).
> Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) split from White-
> rumped Swiftlet (A. spodyopygius) of Melanesia and Polynesia.
> Australian Little Bittern (Ixobrychus dubius) split from I. minutus  
> of Africa and the Palearctic.
> Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) split from A. alba of the new
> world, Eurasia and Africa.
> Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) split from P. haliaetus of much
> of the rest of the world.
> Pale-vented Bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccana) split from A. olivacea
> of The Philippines.
> Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis) split from R.
> benghalensis of Africa and Asia.
> Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) split from Great Skua formerly  
> Catharacta skua.
> Eastern Koel (Eudynamis orientalis) split from Asian Koel (E.
> scolopaceus), which remains on the list from Christmas Island.
> Christmas Island Hawk-Owl (Ninox natalis) split from Moluccan Hawk-
> Owl (N. squamipila)
> Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica) split from T. alba
> Eastern Grass Owl (Tyto longimembris) split from T. capensis
> Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) split from New Guinean
> Logrunner O.novaeguineae.
> Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) split from Arafura Fantail (R.  
> dryas) which remains on the list from northern Australia.
> Grey Fantail (R. albiscapa) split from New Zealand Fantail (R.
> fuliginosa).
> Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) split from Richard’s
> Pipit of Eurasia and Africa .
> Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) and -Green-headed  
> Yellow Wagtail (M. taivana) split from Yellow Wagtail (M. flava).
> Please let me know of any I've missed....
>
> Bill Jolly
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