I sometimes wonder if this type of name is invented by someone looking at a
specimen in their hand, where such subtle differences are easily seen, but
nearly invisible at a normal distance.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Carol Probets
> Sent: Friday, 21 October 2011 9:13 AM
> To: PETER MORGAN; Philip Veerman
> Cc: Birding-aus (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Glossy Black-Cockatoo name
>
> Hi all,
>
> Regarding the glossiness of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo, when seen
> closely in good sunlight and at the right angle, the wing, body and
> tail feathers have a beautiful glossy sheen. You have to get a really
> good view to see it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
> At 7:37 PM +1000 19/10/11, PETER MORGAN wrote:
> >yeah, g'day Phil
> >
> >While I don't like to clutter up Bird-Aus, just to clarify, I mean
> >that maybe the red panels are/were the "glossy" part referred to. I
> >have no basis for this other than that is how i've always thought it
> >went. Certainly there is nothing "glossy" about the rest of the bird.
> >
> >Peter
> >On 19/10/2011, at 4:41 PM, Philip Veerman wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Peter,
> >>
> >> Maybe. It would add some odd consistency to Red-, Yellow-
> and White- (as
> >> the other ones were called). I have not come across that
> name. If so, it
> >> adds an idea but I may still wonder why would someone
> think its tail was
> >> glossy. Or indeed any part of it. HANZAB comments that
> this species
> >> differs in appearance from the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo by (among
> >> several things) not being glossy. I wonder if the names ever got
> >> confused and switched.
> >>
> >> And yes Donald wrote to me, not surprisingly, that his
> spelling was just
> >> a "careless placement of a hyphen" and no renaming
> intended. Either way
> >> I thought the name is worth commenting on.
> >>
> >> Philip
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: PETER MORGAN
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 4:27 PM
> >> To: Philip Veerman
> >> Cc: 'Donald G. Kimball';
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Parrots that harass raptors
> >>
> >>
> >> was it originally a "Glossy-tailed Black Cockatoo"?
> >>
> > > Peter Morgan
>
>
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