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Subject: | nankeen or rufous? |
From: | "Tom and Mandy Wilson" <> |
Date: | Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:29:00 +1000 |
Laurie is right - to our modern eyes, the night heron is more obviously
rufous above than nankeen below, but as to obscurity, I strongly suspect
that when the "nankeen" birds were first described, nankeen was not an
obscure term as it was a material in common use in the 18th & 19th
centuries. Obviously, time have moved on and nankeen is obscure to us.
(Using the MD Definition - the bird should be "chestnut-brown night heron"!)
(Perhaps I didn't understand the other question - aren't both male and
female rufous whistlers rufous, the other dominant colour being grey, and
there's already a grey whistler?)
Cheers Tom Wilson |
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