I asked Ron Johnstone of the WA Museum about the proposed split of
the White-naped Honeyeater in the south west. His reply is below.
Frank,
This is of interest to us as we separated the western form out
years ago treating it as a full species in our 2001 checklist and in the
WA bird handbook. Our name is the Western White -naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848. I notice no credit given to either
of our publications.
Regards
Ron
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Frank O'Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au
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