Hi Patrick,
The western heath subspecies which occurs at Cheynes and Two Peoples Bay is the
nominate nigrogularis. The western mallee form is oberon, which occurs in the
Stirlings and I think at Fitzgerald River NP. I don't know how the two
subspecies differ off the top of my head.
Cheers
John
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> On 20 Aug 2014, at 8:48 pm, "Patrick Scully" <> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> Firstly a big thank you to both Frank O'Connor and John Weigel and others
> for suggestions about birding in SW WA. And thanks Frank for your very
> practical ideas about how the weather will be in February and for all your
> other great ideas. And yes, John, it would be nice to pop over to Cheynes
> Beach in the next few days but alas I will have to try my luck next
> February. Both Frank and John mentioned a Mallee form of Western Whipbird
> at the Stirling Ranges. I'm a little perplexed. Does this suggest that
> there is a different race, nigrogularis possibly, at both Cheynes Beach
> and Two Peoples Bay? John mentioned the Oberon species at the Stirling
> Ranges the name of which I have found in my Morcombe Field Guide. If
> this is the case, it seems pretty amazing to me that the two races could
> occur so close to each other. Some clarification would be much appreciated.
> Best wishes,
> Patrick
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