Actually, interesting as this is, it's not really news. It confirms
publications dating back to 2001 as reported by Christidis and Boles
(2008) Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds, who
included maggies with 'other' butcherbirds. Subsequent field guides
(eg Pizzey and Knight 2012) have followed this and it's pretty
universally accepted now.
cheers
Ian
-----Original Message----- From: Tony Lawson
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:15 PM
To: COG chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Australian Magpie
-----Original Message----- From: John Penhallurick
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Australian Magpie
Hi Friends,
How many people are aware that the Australian Magpie has been
transferred
from Gymnorhina to Cracticus, as a result of Kearns, A.M., L.
Joseph, and
L.G. Cook (2013), A multilocus coalescent analysis of the
speciational
history of the Australo-Papuan butcherbirds and their allies, Mol.
Phylogenet. Evol. 66, 941-952.
So it's a Butcherbird!
Dr John Penhallurick
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