Hi Murray, thank you for that. Yes, my membership lapsed years ago.
The wording is a bit vague isn't it. An overlooked or cryptic species?
I'd love a definitive statement on this.
I wonder whether I can find the article on Google
Cheers, Tony.
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On Behalf Of Murray Lord
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Western Ground Parrot P.w.flaviventris
Tony,
There was an article in Wingspan earlier this year about this. Have you
let your membership lapse? ;-)
While the photo captions with the article suggested the analysis to be
fairly clear cut ("Australia's newest species."), the wording of the
article was little more circumspect: "Our preliminary analysis of Ground
Parrot DNA show that eastern and western populations differ at roughly
the same amount as other well recognised species pairs. A geographically
comparable example of a species pair with similar genetic divergence is
Western and Buff rumped Thornbills. This means that Western Ground
Parrots are likely to be an overlooked or 'cryptic' species."
Murray Lord
Sydney
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