RFI: Petroica Robin Taxonomy

["Philip A Veerman" <>]

Peter,

Does this mean you have or don't have the Australian Passerines book published by Dick Schodde and Ian Mason? Being from Canberra, you could have got it from COG for $100. Their reasons are in there (on pages 385 to 388) but I am not going to retype it all for you. My short understanding, after a quick look, is that Petroica multicolor is reserved for the Pacific Robin (otherwise known as the Scarlet Robin of Norfolk Island) and our Scarlet Robin of s-e Australia is named as P. boodang.
What do you mean by "latest issue of Flightlines"? What is Flightlines?

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Milburn <>
To: <m("vicnet.net.au","birding-aus");">>
Date: Tuesday, 22 February 2000 14:03
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] RFI: Petroica Robin Taxonomy

>I'm sorry I know its taxonomy again...... but
it is good fun after all!
>
>In the latest issue of Flightlines
(Number 24, Jan 2000) a number of
>changes to species numbers are given as
a result of the adoption of the
>latest taxonomy of Australian Passerines
published by Dick Schodde and Ian
>Mason.
>
>Some of the
perennial taxonomic itinerants wander in and out of specific
>status but
one split is new to me.
>
>Pacific Robin (Petroica boodang) has been
split from Scarlet Robin
>(Petroica multicolor).
>
>Is anyone
able to enlighten me?
>
>On the light-hearted side this taxonomy
increases my hytpothetical list by
>4 in an official sense. 
Unofficially, it increases by 5 since I have
>always refused to count
Tasmanian Scrubwren (now defucnt) as a species on
>my personal
hypothetical tally (even though I forced myself to look at them
>once.....
they didn't look like they eat squid, therefore not worht a
>second
look).
>
>Happy List-counting!
>
>
>Dr.P.J.
Milburn
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>The Australian National
University
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