Chris,
What has not been said about the Great vs Brown Skua debate, is that calling
the bird a Brown Skua by Simon was a lapse on his part. As a monitor for the
Birdline NSW, he knows that both NSW and Australia, as a whole, uses
Christidis & Boles 1994 "The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and
its Territories" as a guide for scientific and English names for Australian
Birds. To do otherwise will cause confusion, especially for those new to
birding.
Until such times as the new version of this list is published by Birds
Australia ( in November?), we have to stick to using those names. I don't
think that anyone has flagged that the authors are likely to split this
species?
Alan Morris
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