Thanks for the clarification there Jeff, that's what I get for reading
newspaper accounts. So Masked Boobies from the Cairns area would be
personata? I'll have to go back through my photos now and look for eye
colour!
Regards,
Chris
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jeff Davies <> wrote:
> G'day Chris,
>
> What they are saying is that the previously thought extinct tasmani and the
> recently named fullagari are the same thing, something I suspected during
> production of HANZAB when we described fullagari. This DNA tells us there
> has only ever been a single taxa breeding in the Tasman Sea on Lord Howe,
> Norfolk and Kermadec, it has dark eyes and as a consequence of this study
> now takes on the prior ssp tasmani tag. No yellow eyed birds ssp personata
> breed there, they are found in the Coral Sea to the north and as far as I
> know they don't interbreed. Another yellow-eyed ssp bedouti inhabits our
> Indian Ocean region territories, so there is no issue to sort out from an
> ID
> point of view, everything is as it was before except for name change.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Chris Sanderson
> Sent: Friday, 14 August 2009 1:23 PM
> To: Richard Baxter
> Cc: birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Tasman Booby = Masked Booby
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> The way I read it, the two species occur side-by-side in Lord Howe/Norfolk
> Is. Will have to wait for more reliable info on how to ID the birds.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Richard Baxter
> <>wrote:
>
> >
> > I'd heard rumours that this one might be coming. I guess I'll be able to
> > add Tasman Booby to my OZ list sometime in the future.
> >
> > For those that now need to see Masked Booby, I think the only places
> would
> > be Ashmore Reef, the Lacepedes or Cocos.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 13/8/09, <
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: <>
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Tasman Booby = Masked Booby
> > To: "Birding-aus" <>
> > Received: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 10:42 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327212.400-extinct-boobies-return-fr
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