Dear Mike, Phil, Mick, Dave, all,
Thanks for clarifying the names
of bird taxonomy organisations, I think.
My mistake in attributing the BotW arrangement to the IOC, apologies.
Is there a list of World or Australian bird classifying agencies?
Is the IOC generally accepted as gospel? Do they oversee genetic testing?
Are names decided by a committee? Who?
Will the Eastern and Western Night Parrots be split?
Sincerely Yours
Michael
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> On 21 Apr 2017, at 1:51 pm, "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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> 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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