Hi,
This is my understanding of the current naming status of Eudynamys orientalis:
- Christides and Boles 2008 use the name Eastern Koel, and is treated as
conspecific with Common Koel E. scolopacea. Note that Birds Australia uses C&B
2008.
- The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World produced by Cornell Lab of
Ornithology use the name Australian Koel. Birdline International follows
Clements.
- Schodde & Mason (1997, 1999) use the name Pacific Koel.
Most Australian birders use the Christides & Boles 2008 checklist, and as a
consequence use the term Eastern Koel.
By my reckoning, almost certainly the confusion over the name in Australia is
based on the fact that Eremaea uses the Clements Checklist, noting that Eremaea
is an international service and has an international dataset. As a consequence
the Australian Birdline services (sponsored by Birds Australia and hosted by
Eremaea) also use the Clements Checklist, thus using Clements name Australian
Koel.
The dilemma for the moderators of this service is that every time someone
enters Eastern, Common and less commonly Pacific Koel, do we change the name to
be in line with Clements or just leave it as is. (Noting that it gets entered
in the Eremaea dataset as Australian Koel - and when it is transfered to the
Birds Australia Atlas is it converted to Eastern Koel).
At this stage I tend to leave it as it, and thus we have several names in
Birdline for the same bird. There are a quite a few other examples like this -
the most recent for me being Grey vs Gray-streaked Flycatcher (or indeed Gray
vs Grey Falcon), and of course the Albatross are a real issue of debate. But
I'm not going there....
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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behalf of Patrick Scully
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:23 PM
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Subject: What the heck do we call the Koel?
Hi All,
After reading of the the reported Koel at Victoria Bridge, Richmond, I poped
down there yesterday and heard a Koel calling (I recognised the call after
hearing and seeing it in Newcastle) for around ten minutes. I didn't have
the time to look further but it was on the East side of the river (opposite
side to the bike track) just upstream of the bridge. later like the other
person, I pondered on the correct name, as it was reported as both the
Eastern and the Austrlian Koel. My old Simpson and day calls it the Common
Koel as does my Morcombe, Pizzey and Knight 8th Ed calls it the Eastern Koel
and the most recent Simpson and Day (2010) calls it the Eastern (Common)
Koel. If it is now properly called the Australian Koel?, does this mean that
it does not migrate to PNG and Indonesia?
Happy birding,
Patrick Scully
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