I was interested to see the postings about the Australasian life lists
on Surfbirds, which are regrettably based on the American Birding
Association's definition of what constitutes Australasia. ABA has
various listing categories and their Australasian one is defined
basically as Australia, Tasmania (which they seem to treat as some
sort of distinct entity), New Guinea and Halmahera (though this latter
has come and gone between Asia and Australasia, currently I think it's
with us)
ABA take a bizarre zoogeographic view which excludes New Zealand, and
rabbit on about excluding some minuscule Micronesian islands no-one
has ever heard of or been to (Tobi, Helen and Kapingamirangi) I
seriously think these may be a joke!
Personally I'd include within zoogeographic Australsia NZ, the
Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and maybe even Fiji, but the ABA
has a Pacific Islands listing category so probably wants to keep
something in there. I may even make up a checklist along those lines
in due course, though we are currently at work on one for New Guinea.
Good birding
Phil Gregory
www. cassowary-house.com.au
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