RFI : Twitcher questions re NEW SPECIESFORAUSTRALIA?

[L&L Knight <>]

I'd be looking to claim New Guinea before Tasmania.  New Guinea has  
our [continent's] high mountains and lots of interesting birds  
[possibly some yet to be discovered].
Regards, Laurie.

On 17/09/2009, at 3:27 PM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:

> I understand that the Cape York Peninsula and the New Guinea  
> mainland were
> connected as recently as 10,000 years ago. Tasmania was last  
> connected to
> the Australian mainland about 13,000 years ago. Therefore, if  
> Tasmanian
> species are included in the Australian bird list, then perhaps so  
> should PNG
> species, from a geological and evolutionary perspective.
>
> Stephen Ambrose
> Ryde, NSW
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Wendy
> Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 3:13 PM
> To: Tony Russell; 'Gary Davidson'; 'birding-aus'
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI : Twitcher questions re NEW
> SPECIESFORAUSTRALIA?
>
> No. Tasmania was (land) connected to mainland Australia relatively
> recently - Geologically and Evolutionally.
> Hawaii was never physically attached to America.