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great-eastern great-great

To: Nikolas Haass <>
Subject: great-eastern great-great
From: Nathan <>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 10:14:07 +1000
My bad, I mis-read a facebook status as saying reef (Begins to look
sheepish). Though while I'm at it, the Southern Shags have been lumped
http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-spp.html

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> Where did you hear that? That would be very surprising!
> Sacra has never been part of the garzetta complex.
> Also the eastern form of Western Reef Egret schistacea although mostly
> treated as a subspecies of garzetta might not be part of the garzetta
> complex but clearly different from Eastern Reef Egret sacra.
> The confusing thing is that the western form of Western Reef Egret gularis
> is likely conspecific with garzetta!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nikolas
>
> ----------------
> Nikolas Haass
> 
> Sydney, NSW
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> *From:* Nathan <>
> *To:* Nikolas Haass <>
> *Cc:* "" <>
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 2, 2011 11:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Birding-Aus] great-eastern great-great
>
> I also heard that they're lumping to two Reef-Egrets...
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
>
> FYI
>
> IOC has re-lumped Eastern Great Egret (modesta) with Western Great Egret
> (alba). Clements never split the two.
>
>
> Nikolas
>
>
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> Nikolas Haass
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> Sydney, NSW
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