This all very well having a name for each sub-species. I was wondering how
the list handles intergrades between the sub-species, presumably one refers
to the species name only.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Glenn Ehmke <>
wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Great to hear discussion around subspecies on Birding-Aus!
>
> BirdLife Australia offers a comprehensive list of all Australian
> subspecies through the Working List of Australian Birds (WALB). This list
> is build on decades of research by many taxonomists and conservation
> researchers. It includes taxonomic notes as well as conservation
> classifications for all species and subspecies. The current version is
> available below - although an update of this (with quite a lot of changes
> to subspecies and species arising from recent research and recent additions
> to the Australian list from the rarities committee) will be out before
> years end. There is also a short section on subspecies on the below
> webpage. Classifications for IOC, C&B and Clements are also included if
> your that way inclined.
>
>
> www.birdlife.org.au/taxonomy
>
>
> We have recently implemented proper vernacular names for all subspecies (a
> peer-reviewed paper is currently in review outlining this process),
> extending the critical work of the English Names Committee who have worked
> tirelessly for 30 years to provide our birds with the sensible identities
> that have been so important to all conservation efforts.
>
> We will also be offering functionality for birders to record subspecies
> detail in the new version of Birdata (which will be released within the
> next 6 months) as many people have called for this for quite a long time.
> This is an important as we have often lacked critical information on
> threatened subspecies in particular in the past and of course BirdLife
> Australia’s position is that all subspecies are equal to species in terms
> of conservation value.
>
> The Birdata system will usually attribute subspecies detail based on
> survey coordinates automatically and will only offer manual subspecies
> selections where subspecies co-occur to keep the data entry burden low.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Glenn
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Regarding subspecies, does anyone have (or known of) a list or some detail
> info the different subspecies across the country? I began copying and
> picking out all the information from the IOC document including all the
> birds of the world and then thought there must be an easier way!
>
> Thought I better get on and start that subspecies list for future ticks (or
> lumps I guess)
>
> All the best,
>
> James Mustafa
>
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