C&B vs IOC taxonomy

[Tony Keene <>]

IOC has Green-headed/crowned Wagtail as an ssp. of Eastern Yellow 
Wagtail.  Considering with a lot of the Eastern and Western Yellow 
Wagtail subspecies that they have different summer and winter quarters, 
but narrow contact zones with not so much hybridisation in most cases, 
perhaps the Dutch have the right idea with splitting nearly the entire lot.
I'm not fishing for armchair ticks or anything....
Cheers,

Tony

On 13/06/2012 22:41, John Graff wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> Can't off the top of my head verify that is a complete list, but I'm pretty 
> sure the two quail-thrush splits have been accepted in the latest IOC revision
> When I last checked Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Green-headed Yellow Wagtail were 
> lumped by IOC - I don't know if that's still the case
> Cheers,John
>
> > From: 
> > To: 
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:42:22 +1000
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] C&B vs IOC taxonomy
> >
> > Hi birders,
> >
> >
> >
> > Following is my analysis of the splits that are supported by IOC but not by
> > Christidis and Boles:
> >
> >
> >
> > Antipodean Albatross (split from Wandering Albatross)
> >
> > Northern Royal Albatross (split from Royal Albatross - and Royal Albatross
> > renamed Southern Royal Albatross)
> >
> > Campbell Albatross (split from Black-browed Albatross)
> >
> > Salvin's Albatross (split from Shy Albatross)
> >
> > Chatham Albatross (split from Shy Albatross)
> >
> > Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (split from Yellow-nosed Albatross - and
> > Yellow-nosed Albatross renamed Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross)
> >
> > Western Grasswren (split from Thick-billed Grasswren)
> >
> > Hornbill Friarbird (split from Helmeted Friarbird)
> >
> > Swan River Honeyeater (split from White-naped Honeyeater)
> >
> >
> >
> > And the following are proposed splits, I believe:
> >
> >
> >
> > Western Quail-thrush (split from Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush)
> >
> > Nullabor Quail-thrush (split from Cinnamon Quail-thrush)
> >
> > Western Shrike-tit (split from Crested Shrike-tit)
> >
> >
> >
> > Can anyone with more taxonomic experience than me please confirm these
> > splits? Have I missed any splits that anyone knows about? Also, are there
> > any lumps under IOC?
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Dodd
> >
> > Docklands, Victoria
> >
> >
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