Common Koel - What's in a name

[Reg Clark <>]

   Andrew Taylor wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:17:35PM -0000, Mike Carter wrote:
> > The discussion re Koel is very pertinent. We suspect that there is one of
> > the Asian form, i.e. Common Koel currently on Christmas Island. Seen and
> > heard by Barry Bucholtz and Stuart Pell it was an all black male (not
> > distinguishable on plumage) with a call 'similar, but not identical' to the
> > Hello alfamiliar Australian bird. This form, or as some would have it, species, has
> > not certainly been recorded from Australian Territory before but there are
> > previous reports of Koels from Christmas Island and a female (inadequately
> > described) from the Cocos Islands.
> >     
> There is a male koel near here with a call 'similar, but not identical'
> to other koels around here.  Ticking him off as the Asian form would
> seem rash though.
> I've taken a bit of notice of him, because I reckon the same individual
> was calling from the same locations last year.
> Andrew
>     
 Hello all.
    
 Judging from the wide variety of sounds that I hear from both  male and
female Koels,  I would hesitate to use calls as a means of differentiation
 for anything but general field identification
 Reg Clark
 St.Ives, NSW