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.
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From:
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Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 5:28 PM
To: Birding-aus
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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