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Re: Bird names

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Subject: Re: Bird names
From: Tom Tarrant <>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:26:42 +1000
mmm....

Interesting point Mark, I think the Dollarbird has recently been renamed
> 'Oriental Dollarbird' and they are born here!
>
( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Dollarbird)

Tom


And if so then, I've heard people refer to the Koels and Cuckoos that we get
> here as being an Asian bird, but should they be called an Australian bird
> because this is there country of birth?
>
> Again, sorry if this is one of those chestnuts that crop up from time to
> time, but I am still relatively new to amateur birding and this information
> is new to me.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
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