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Cryptic Honeyeater

To: Andrew Bell <>
Subject: Cryptic Honeyeater
From: Phil Gregory <>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:53:38 +1000
Hmm, unlikely as generally these minor variants are not recognised. Be interesting to see which one wins out, Cryptic or Imitatress ( word I have never heard before and feminine gender like the scientific name). Maybe we can get to resurrect actress if this trend kicks off?
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Phil Gregory
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On 23 Jan 2020, at 10:23 AM, Andrew Bell <> wrote:

Did anyone ask the traditional owners of the country if it already has a name that is still known We might have ended up with better one. 

Cheers

Andrew Bell

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On 23 Jan 2020, at 07:57, Phil Gregory <m("gmail.com","oreornis");" class="">> wrote:

Following a great paper by Lloyd Nielsen last year in AFO, IOC has accepted the split of what is now called Cryptic Honeyeater from Graceful Honeyeater, which occurs further up Cape York  from N of Cooktown on and into S. New Guinea. Thus we have a new FNQ endemic, the split also adopted by BirdLife but with the ludicrous name of Imitatress Honeyeater (derived from the scientific name of imitatrix). There was considerable debate on IOC about what to call it, with the placeholder of Quiet Honeyeater initially, which no-one liked, and eventually Cryptic seemed like a good solution.
So Graceful Honeyeater from Cooktown south is now this species, as flagged in the Field Guide to Birds of North Queensland by Jun Matsui and I (New Holland 2019)

Phil Gregory
ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator
Field Guides / Sicklebill Safaris / Cassowary House / Cassowary Tours
PO Box 387
Kuranda
QLD 4881
Australia

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