I have to say Simon that when I was looking through the photos I was wondering
about a new 'Audubon's' taxa. It seems amazing that that many Arabian
Shearwaters are sitting off Darwin when they should be breeding off Oman. I
guess they could be non-breeding birds? Or the Comoro taxa - which is even less
known? Or quite possibly, a completely new taxa?
Rob Morris
Brisbane, Australia
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> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] 'ARABIAN' Shearwaters in Bonapartes Gulf -
> CONGRATULATIONS
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:24:32 +1000
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> Mike,
>
> Thanks hugely!
>
> Just to reiterate, I've put information about these birds up here:
> http://bird-o.com/2010/10/22/is-arabian-shearwater-a-new-wintering-seabird-for-australia/.
> This also includes a link to more images at
> http://birdo.wildiaries.com/trips/10330.
>
> A reminder to Aussie birders - I have until the end of this week to confirm
> whether the trip to see these birds will go out on the 6th November. This may
> be the only chance this year to see them. Call me on 0405 220830.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
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> > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:37:27 +1100
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> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] 'ARABIAN' Shearwaters in Bonapartes Gulf -
> > CONGRATULATIONS
> >
> > Kimberley Birdwatching's annual trip to Ashmore Reef returned to Broome on
> > Saturday so the earliest most of us arrived home was yesterday evening with
> > the opportunity to view the photos of Arabian Shearwaters posted last week.
> > Like the Peregrine Bird Tour group we also had an exceptionally successful
> > trip and I will post a report later this week.
> >
> > Having now seen the photographs we're gob-smacked. Those Shearwaters they
> > saw are something special! They are not Hutton's Shearwaters - we had
> > excellent views and obtained many photographs of 575 Hutton's in a variety
> > of plumages just three days ago. None resembled those birds. So
> > congratulations to Simon Mustoe, Chris Doughty and the others in that group
> > on their discovery. What a find!
> >
> > To us they do look basically like Arabian Shearwaters and are undoubtedly
> > new to Australia. Moreover, they could be new to science as a separate
> > taxon. With so many birds together who knows, there could be a population
> > breeding somewhere in northern Australia or Indonesia. There are 3,000
> > islands in the Kimberley alone let alone the NT. That Audubon's, Tropical,
> > Little Shearwater group is notorious for having small populations scattered
> > over a wide area and there is no general consensus regarding their taxonomic
> > relationships. Indeed, even modern texts suggest new breeding sites await
> > discovery. So well done!
> >
> > Mike Carter, Rohan Clarke & George Swann
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