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C&B vs IOC taxonomy

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Subject: C&B vs IOC taxonomy
From: Tony Keene <>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:27:12 +0930
IOC has Green-headed/crowned Wagtail as an ssp. of Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Considering with a lot of the Eastern and Western Yellow Wagtail subspecies that they have different summer and winter quarters, but narrow contact zones with not so much hybridisation in most cases, perhaps the Dutch have the right idea with splitting nearly the entire lot.
I'm not fishing for armchair ticks or anything....
Cheers,

Tony

On 13/06/2012 22:41, John Graff wrote:
Hi Paul,
Can't off the top of my head verify that is a complete list, but I'm pretty 
sure the two quail-thrush splits have been accepted in the latest IOC revision
When I last checked Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Green-headed Yellow Wagtail were 
lumped by IOC - I don't know if that's still the case
Cheers,John

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:42:22 +1000
Subject: [Birding-Aus] C&B vs IOC taxonomy

Hi birders,



Following is my analysis of the splits that are supported by IOC but not by
Christidis and Boles:



Antipodean Albatross (split from Wandering Albatross)

Northern Royal Albatross (split from Royal Albatross - and Royal Albatross
renamed Southern Royal Albatross)

Campbell Albatross (split from Black-browed Albatross)

Salvin's Albatross (split from Shy Albatross)

Chatham Albatross (split from Shy Albatross)

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (split from Yellow-nosed Albatross - and
Yellow-nosed Albatross renamed Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross)

Western Grasswren (split from Thick-billed Grasswren)

Hornbill Friarbird (split from Helmeted Friarbird)

Swan River Honeyeater (split from White-naped Honeyeater)



And the following are proposed splits, I believe:



Western Quail-thrush (split from Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush)

Nullabor Quail-thrush (split from Cinnamon Quail-thrush)

Western Shrike-tit (split from Crested Shrike-tit)



Can anyone with more taxonomic experience than me please confirm these
splits? Have I missed any splits that anyone knows about? Also, are there
any lumps under IOC?



Paul Dodd

Docklands, Victoria



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