Update under ACT legislation of the scientific names of the Scarlet Robin and the Regent Honeyeater [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Baird, Ian" <>]

FYI

On 30 May 2016 the ACT Minister for Environment, Simon Corbell:

 

Updated the scientific name of the Scarlet Robin from *Petroica multicolor to Petroica boodang.

The scientific name of the Regent Honeyeater is also updated from Xanthomyza phrygia to Anthochaera phrygia.

These updates reflect the naming used in the Australian Faunal Directory (ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory.

Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Viewed 07 April 2016.

 

*The Scarlet Robin re-naming was also as a result of a recommendation from the ACT’s Scientific Committee.

 

See the legislative instrument online at:

http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2016-265/current/pdf/2016-265.pdf

 

Cheers,

Ian Baird  | Senior Policy  Officer

Phone: +61 2 6207 2336

Nature Conservation Policy | Environment and Planning Directorate | ACT Government

Level 1 North, Dame Pattie Menzies House, 16 Challis Street DICKSON | GPO Box 158 CANBERRA ACT 2601 | www.environment.act.gov.au

 

 

 

 

 

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