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Bird names

To: Mike Carter <>
Subject: Bird names
From: Mick Roderick via Birding-Aus <>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 04:14:40 +0000
Mike is right that it is not IOC, and this has implications for Australian 
listers, who generally follow that taxonomy (referring to your comments 
Michael). 

See here for a good summary:

http://www.lynxeds.com/content/rare-bird-alert-andy-stoddart-17-february-2017

Mick 

> On 21 Apr 2017, at 13:51, Mike Carter <> wrote:
> 
> Michael, are you sure you're right about this? What is the publication date 
> for the 'Birds of the World' that you are using? Lynx is strongly tied to 
> BirdLife International who produce their own taxonomy often different and 
> more conservative than that of the IOC (international Ornithological 
> Congress).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike Carter, 03 5977 1262
> 181/160 Mornington-Tyabb Road
> Mornington, VIC 3931, Australia  
> 
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> michael hunter
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> Hi All.
> 
>         Following the Pitta name change posting I have been delving into 
> Lynx’s “Birds of the World” in which the current IOC taxonomy is used.
> 
>         These are a quite fantastic two volumes, particularly for those bird 
> when the travelling around the world. For instance we twitched the Big Island 
> of Hawaii recently,( in conjunction with a Conference of course). The 
> available books on Hawaiian birds are OK, but  for an overview with pictures 
> of the surviving and extinct species and their distribution,  BotW  puts 
> everything into place.
> 
>        The big revelation for out of touch  Australian twitchers like us is 
> the number of new Australian species created over the past few years.  We 
> thought that we had seen them all except the NP and Princess Parrot, but now 
> have to circumnavigate  Australia again to mop up  what were once subspecies 
> but now fully fledged species, possibly up to a dozen or more. ( Any excuse.)
> 
>       Have not looked at the new Birds of Australia yet, will be interested 
> to see their take on the new species.
> 
>       The BotW  definition of “species” is explained in the fine print 
> forward of (vol 2)  Birds of the World.  Although ultimately based on 
> molecular studies, (which themselves are subject to variable interpretation), 
> todays species seem to be defined as any discrete geographic population, with 
> even minimal morphological differences, until proved otherwise.
> 
>        Australia’s one time Red-breasted Pitta, now Papuan Pitta , ssp 
> digglesei, is apparently so close to the ssp on the adjacent mainland New 
> Guinea, from where it is a seasonal migrant, that its subspecies status is 
> suspect and subject to further scrutiny.   Digglesei may disappear.
> 
> 
>                                         Cheers   Michael
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