Thanks so much everyone for helping me out with this!
It seems that there is still some division regarding the whistler though? I
have had responses saying three different things so I'm still a bit confused.
Serves me right for trying to be organised and technical i suppose! :)
IOC gives P. vitiensis as "White-throated Whistler" which i don't think is what
i saw?
Thanks again everyone!
Cheers
Dave
On 18/01/2011, at 2:16 PM, Ross Silcock wrote:
>
> I believe Pachycephala pectoralis is used for Australian birds (several
> subspecies, including separate subspecies for both Lord Howe and Norfolk
> birds). The Fijian species is P. vitiensis, divided into about a dozen
> subspecies on various islands.
>
> Ross
>
> Ross Silcock
> P.O. Box 57
> Tabor, IA 51653
> New Zealand Land and Pelagic Bird Tours
> http://www.rosssilcock.com
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>
> From: Murray Lord
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:17 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Re: IOC list questions
>
> David,
>
>
> Re your questions on Fijian taxonomy:
>
>
>
>> Streaked Fantail in Fiji - Rhipidura spilodera (according to Dick Watlings
>> book). Is this now Rhipidura verreauxi ?
>
>
>
> Yes. Verreauxi apparently has priority over spilodera. See Dickinson, E. C.
> and Watling, D. (2006) The valid specific name of the Streaked Fantail. Bull.
> Brit. Ornithol. Club 126: 59-60.
>
>
>
>> Scarlet Robin in Fiji - is this Petroica multicolor or boodang?
>
>
>
> It is P. multicolor. The issue here is whether you accept the split proposed
> by Dick Schodde about ten years ago, of Pacific Robin from Scarlet Robin.
> Pacific Robins are found on Fiji (and Norfolk Island too for that matter).
> In either case the Fiji birds are P. multicolor. If you accept the split,
> the name of the Australian Scarlet Robin becomes P. boodang. (For anyone
> wondering, this would be because the original type specimen to which the name
> P. multicolor was given was a Pacific Robin).
>
>
>
>> Golden Whistler - according to Dick Watling this is Pachycephala pectoralis?
>
>
>
> Yes I think that’s right. Lots of different subspecies to work through in
> Fiji though.
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