I think I can see a taxonomic equivalent to the "quantitative easing"
employed by central banks to ward off depression. ;)
Regards, Laurie.
On 31/10/2010, at 9:33 AM, Dave Torr wrote:
Actually thinking about it a little more it is clear that BARC uses a
taxonomy other than C&B for "new" species for Australia. Perhaps a
BARC
member would care to comment on what that taxonomy is and why
Australian
birders should not move towards using that for the Australian list,
rather
than having the current scenario of using C&B plus the BARC list?
I am in no way denigrating the work of C&B - it is just that it is
in the
interests of the general birding community that the "official"
Australian
list be kept up to date, and if (as I understand it) there are no
further
plans for new editions of C&B then there has to be some process to
adopt a
different list?
On 31 October 2010 06:48, Dave Torr <> wrote:
Perhaps it is time for Australia to accept one of the International
taxonomies as our "official" (whatever that means) scheme. C&B will
be come
increasingly out of date as the rest of the world splits our species.
BARC clearly is an arbiter of "vagrants" and this is a totally
separate
process from the taxonomy used.
On 30 October 2010 22:49, Carl Clifford <>
wrote:
Hi Colin
Melithreptus chloropsis is listed as a full species on the ION
(Index of
Organism Names) database, so it must be kosher. The ION is the
international
arbiter of Zoological and Mycological species and it is up to them
to decide
if a species stands or not.
I don't think there will be another edition of C&B, I think 2
editions was
enough for them. It will probably be up to other authors to take
up the
challenge. Perhaps it will appear in a new edition of HANZAB, but
I don't
think that will happen in the little tenure I have left on life.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 30/10/2010, at 9:24 PM, Colin Scouler wrote:
Hello birders.
So, is the Swan River (or Western) Honeyeater now an official tick?
What's the procedure in between editions of Christidis and Boles?
Is this a matter for BARC to buy into?
Colin Scouler.
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Wedderburn Birding" <>
Date: 30 October 2010 12:44:37 PM
To: "'BIRDING-AUS'" <>, <
>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-naped Honeyeater Split
Following previous discussion on Birding-Aus on the possible
split, the
latest IOC list v 2.6 has split the White-naped Honeyeater
(Melithreptus
lunatus) into the Swan River Honeyeater (Melithreptus
chloropsis), which
occurs in SW Western Australia (N to Swan River Plain and
Wheatbelt in
W).
Regards,
Bruce
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