Actually thinking about it a little more it is clear that BARC uses a
taxonomy other than C&B for "new" species for Australia. Perhaps a BARC
member would care to comment on what that taxonomy is and why Australian
birders should not move towards using that for the Australian list, rather
than having the current scenario of using C&B plus the BARC list?
I am in no way denigrating the work of C&B - it is just that it is in the
interests of the general birding community that the "official" Australian
list be kept up to date, and if (as I understand it) there are no further
plans for new editions of C&B then there has to be some process to adopt a
different list?
On 31 October 2010 06:48, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> Perhaps it is time for Australia to accept one of the International
> taxonomies as our "official" (whatever that means) scheme. C&B will be come
> increasingly out of date as the rest of the world splits our species.
> BARC clearly is an arbiter of "vagrants" and this is a totally separate
> process from the taxonomy used.
>
>
> On 30 October 2010 22:49, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Colin
>> Melithreptus chloropsis is listed as a full species on the ION (Index of
>> Organism Names) database, so it must be kosher. The ION is the international
>> arbiter of Zoological and Mycological species and it is up to them to decide
>> if a species stands or not.
>>
>> I don't think there will be another edition of C&B, I think 2 editions was
>> enough for them. It will probably be up to other authors to take up the
>> challenge. Perhaps it will appear in a new edition of HANZAB, but I don't
>> think that will happen in the little tenure I have left on life.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30/10/2010, at 9:24 PM, Colin Scouler wrote:
>>
>> Hello birders.
>>
>> So, is the Swan River (or Western) Honeyeater now an official tick?
>>
>> What's the procedure in between editions of Christidis and Boles?
>>
>> Is this a matter for BARC to buy into?
>>
>> Colin Scouler.
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: "Wedderburn Birding" <>
>>> Date: 30 October 2010 12:44:37 PM
>>> To: "'BIRDING-AUS'" <>, <
>>> >
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-naped Honeyeater Split
>>>
>>> Following previous discussion on Birding-Aus on the possible split, the
>>> latest IOC list v 2.6 has split the White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus
>>> lunatus) into the Swan River Honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis), which
>>> occurs in SW Western Australia (N to Swan River Plain and Wheatbelt in
>>> W).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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