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A 'Morepork' question

To: "'John Tongue'" <>, "'birding-aus Aus'" <>
Subject: A 'Morepork' question
From: "Steve McBride" <>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:46:14 +1000
John,
According to IOC version 3.1, Morepork - Ninox novaeseelandiae has 3
subspecies -  leucopsis (Tasmania), novaeseelandiae (New Zealand) & undulate
(Norfolk Island).
My understanding is that they brought a bird from New Zealand to breed with
the last Norfolk Island bird, so I guess that would make the current birds
some sort of hybrid of 2 subspecies of Morepork.

Cheers, 
Steve McBride

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 On Behalf Of John Tongue
Sent: Saturday, 16 June 2012 4:31 PM
To: birding-aus Aus
Subject: A 'Morepork' question

Hi All,
after the discussions recently about C&B cf IOC, we've been checking out the
IOC list, and I'm a bit intrigued by the "Morepork" entry.

I'm assuming this is in reference to the Norfolk Island birds, which I
understood to be all hybrids now (except perhaps for one long-lived
individual??).

Am I correct in this assumption?  Or is Ninox novaeseelandiae accepted for
the Norfolk Morepork, with birds there still accepted as a full species?  Or
am I barking up completely the wrong tree, with "Morepork" in the IOC list
referring to something else again?

Thanks (in anticipation) for the advice, John Tongue Ulverstone, Tas.

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