G'day Bruce. There will be those out there more qualified than I,
but my understanding is that currently (ie per Chrisitidis and
Boles) there are three koel species recognised (though others still
recognise only one variable species from Australia to southern Asia). By their taxonomy 'our' Koel is Eudynamys
orientalis, which they call Eastern Koel from the species
name; it's found into the SW Pacific and west to eastern
Indonesia.
E. scolopaceus, which they refer to as Asian Koel (and
which ranges across southern Asia to the Philippines), has been
recorded as a vagrant to Christmas Island.
hope this is of some help, and as ever I'll be interested to
hear other opinions
cheers
Ian
On 24/08/2011 11:08, m("bigpond.net.au","blaags");"> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m interested in the up-to-date taxonomic position of
koels, currently accepted English & scientific names and
which species/sub-species are migrants to SE Australia. I
have looked at HANZAB Vol 4, but I understand that
classification has now been revised.
Grateful for comments.
Cheers,
Bruce
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