Such detailed analysis could only come from Mike. I'm sure everyone is
grateful - I know it's saved me hours of tedious sorting through the
literature attempting to do the same thing. Thank you Mike, thank you.
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Mike Carter
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:03 PM
To: BIRDING-AUS
Subject: Fw: Christidis & Boles 2008 Australian Checklist
The Main List contains 853 species of bird currently extant in
Australia, 9 species from Australia now extinct in the world and 5
species now extinct in Australia but extant elsewhere in the world,
giving a total of 867
Australian birds
COMPARISONS with the 1994 CHECKLIST
64 species are added to the main list. Of these:
11 are the result of taxonomic splits -
Vanuatu Petrel - one specimen but ID not assessed by BARC
Linchi Swiftlet
Variable Goshawk
Short-tailed Grasswren
Kalkadoon Grasswren
Kimberley Honeyeater
Western Wattlebird
Arafura Fantail
Pacific Robin
Buff-sided Robin
Green-headed Yellow Wagtail
1 is due to extended coverage to include the Australian Antarctic
Territory -
Kerguelen Pintail - specimen record not assessed by BARC 1
introduced bird now with viable established populations -
Barbary Dove
2 introduced birds with viable populations upgraded from Supplementary
List -
Helmeted Guineafowl
Green Junglefowl
9 upgraded from the Supplementary List because of BARC accepted
records -
Atlantic Petrel
Laysan Albatross
Grey Heron
Green Sandpiper
Nordmann's Greenshank
American Golden Plover
Brown Shrike
Pechora Pipit
Singing Starling
5 upgraded from the Supplementary List though not assessed by BARC
Kerguelen Shag - specimen record
Corncrake - specimen record
Lesser Black-backed Gull - band recovered from dead bird
Buffy Fish-Owl - specimen record
House Crow - specimens in WA Museum & other reports 2 new
species not assessed by BARC
Tiger Shrike - specimen record
Black-billed Magpie - 2 reports but no specimens so NOT
admissable
33 BARC accepted new species - too numerous to list here.
Removals are:
1. - 4 Species from the Main List on taxonomic grounds - Snares
Penguin - a peculiar decision? Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo - always
contentious Lesser Sooty Owl Black-backed Wagtail
2. - 15 Species in 1994 Supplementary List: Their reasons and some
guesses at possible thinking! Baikal Teal - likely confusion with
Garganey? Amsterdam Albatross - not now regarded as full species.
Chinese Egret - no real evidence? Eastern Marsh Harrier - surprising as
must be a possibility. Oriental Hobby - confusion over species involved
in claim on Christmas Island (Eurasian Hobby intended). Another
erroneous claim. Eurasian Curlew - surprising, as at least one only
just failed acceptance. Long-billed Dowitcher - original claim shown to
be Short-billed Dowitcher. Western Sandpiper - lacked even rudimentary
evidence. Temminck's Stint - several claims not pursued. Cox's
Sandpiper - shown to be a hybrid. Rusty-tailed Gerygone - shown to be a
variant of another species. Tawny Pipit - shown to be an error. Gray's
Grasshopper Warbler - surprising as there have been several claims.
Pale-bellied Myna - escapees and failed introduction Hill Myna -
escapees and failed introduction
3. - Species reported between 1994 and 2008 omitted or overlooked for
inclusion in the Supplementary List:
Grey-headed Goshawk; [likely confusion with very pale form of local
race of
another perhaps undescribed Goshawk]
Chinese Goshawk - ID too difficult?
Japanese Sparrowhawk - ID too difficult?
Dark-rumped Swift - ID too difficult?
Mossy-nest Swiftlet - ID too difficult?
Frill-necked Monarch - specific status not confirmed.
Northern Wheatear - surprising because evidence was quite strong.
So now to my list!
I've recorded 794 or 795 from the Main List which means
there are 59 or 60 possibles that I haven't seen - (not sure whether to
count Bayside's Barbary Doves!) plus 7 from the new Supplementary List
- Western Reef Egret, Eurasian Hobby, Saunders's Tern, Brown-backed
Needletail (not accepted by BARC), Middendorff's Warbler, Asian Brown
Flycatcher (already accepted by BARC) and Streak-headed Mannikin, plus
2 occurrences since the deadline for this tome, Eurasian Curlew and
Fairy Pitta.
That totals 802/3.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza VIC 3930
Tel (03) 9787 7136
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