Hi Jon,
Looks like you've got the a 'Turquoise Wren', based on the relatively broad
black breastband. My P&K lists Turquoise as ssp. callainus and Morecombe lists
it as ssp. musgravi, so perhaps callainus and musgravi are synonymous?
BTW - beautiful photo too!
Cheers,
John
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:34:34 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Splendid Fairy-wrens and Princess Parrots
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> Hi all
>
> Last week I photographed a Splendid Fairy-wren in central Australia. Did I
> photograph race musgravi as suggested by Morcombe 2003, or did I photograph
> race callainus as suggested by Pizzey 2007? A photo of the bird in question
> can be found here:
> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/jonthornton/sets/72157624573811902.
>
> We did not see any Princess Parrots last week. We spent two days looking for
> them on the Mereenie loop road, but had no success. We did not trespass. We
> also looked for Princess Parrots in the Desert Oak around Curtain Springs.
> No luck there either.
>
> Regards
> Jon Thornton
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