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Following a couple of superb visits to
Australia, I am a little confused as to the position regarding
reed-warblers.
I use Clements to record my bird sightings
around the World. In "Birds of the World. A Check List" he shows two
species as being present in Australia as follows:-
Clamorous Reed-warbler - S.Palearctic, Oriental
mainland and islands to ne Australia; and
Australian Reed-warbler - S Queensland to South
Australia and Tasmania.
On this basis I had assumed that the birds I saw
on a visit to Northern Territory in 1995 (at Fogg Dam) were Clamorous
Reed-warblers, while those seen on a visit last year to Weribbee, Victoria were
Australian Reed-warblers. Unfortunately, I have not seen Clamorous in the
southern Palearctic so I was not familiar with this species when I visited
NT.
I have just caught the tail-end of a thread on
birding-aus relating to reed-warbler identification, having just re-subscibed
following a trip abroad. Apologies if this matter was addressed in the thread,
and I missed it.
Many thanks for your help in this matter
Paul K Veron
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