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Re: FW: [canberrabirds] White-Throated Gerygone

To: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] White-Throated Gerygone
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:41:08 +0000
The reference work cited is very consistent.  Looking up "gerygone" in the Macquarie, the entry includes ' ... formerly known as warblers.'  

Consulting the more specialised reference "Australian Bird Names" by Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray shows that the use of 'warbler' was only officially squashed by the RAOU in 1978 (after they had introduced it in 1926 to replace 'Fly-eater').

Martin


On 22 October 2016 at 09:56, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

Yes, I would think so, Alan …

 

 

From: Alan Cowan [
Sent: Saturday, 22 October 2016 9:42 AM
To: canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] White-Throated Gerygone

 

A White- Throated Gerygone in my garden at Yarralumla today. I have to stop calling them Warblers.

Alan Cowan


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