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Eastern Cattle Egret

To: "'John Leonard'" <>, "'Birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Eastern Cattle Egret
From: "Jeff Davies" <>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:38:36 +1000
No the same argument can't be applied John,

Barn Owls didn't arrive in Australia and the Americas recently as a result
of the stocking of the land, they were already there and have established
plumage differences as well.

Cheers Jeff.





-----Original Message-----
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 On Behalf Of John Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 5:28 PM
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Subject: Eastern Cattle Egret

The same argument could be used against splitting the Barn Owl into
Eastern and Western.

John Leonard

On 30 August 2011 17:09, John Penhallurick <> wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> I have been surprised to see that some authorities, including
> worldbirdnames, have accepted the split of the Eastern Cattle Egret from
the
> taxon found in the rest of the world. Given the way that Cattle Egrets
have
> spread so widely around the world in such a relatively short time, I find
it
> hard to believe that gene flow could have been interrupted long enoguh for
a
> new species to emerge.
>
> I would welcome any thoughts.
>
>
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