On 27 Feb 02, at 10:45, John Penhallurick wrote:
> I don't think this split has been mentioned on any of these lists yet.
> If this email is redundant, my apologies. While browsing through the
> excellent Threatened Birds of Asia (I am entering all detailed
> distributional data since 1990 into my database), I noticed that
> Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris had been split from Indian
> Vulture Gyps indicus. Tenuirostris was formerly treated as a
> subspecies of indicus, formerly called "Long-billed Vulture". The
> authority is cited as Rassmussen & Parry (in press) "The taxonomic
> status of the "Long-billed" Vulture Gyps indicus" in Vulture News.
> The comment in Remarks 1,p.619 is: "Recent study of skins and
> photographs has shown that the two forms are 'extraordinarily
> distinct' and are not, in fact, even each others' closest relatives."
> The new English names are proposed in place of "Long-billed Vulture",
> which really only fits tenuirostris, would generate confusion.
Dear John and All
News of the split will have gotten through to a large proportion of
the members of the OrientalBirding group by way of the latest
Oriental Bird Club Bulletin (Number 34), which carries an excellent
article on field identification of these two species by Pamela C.
Rasmussen, William S, Clark, Steven james Parry and John
Schmitt. For details on how to obtain a copy check out the 'Sales'
section of the OBC website at
www.orientalbirdclub.org or, better still, join the OBC.
Cheers
Krys
Krys Kazmierczak
Krys
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