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Eremiornis carteri Or Not

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Subject: Eremiornis carteri Or Not
From: "Stephen Ambrose" <>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:17:39 +1100
At least one of them is a juvenile, not sure about the other because of the 
angles of the shots.  But they are great photos.  I and Darren Murphy studied 
the physiological ecology of Spinifexbirds on Barrow Island from 1990 to 1993.  
There were two breeding responses among the Barrow Island population of 
Spinifexbirds - the usual spring breeding period (seasonal breeding) and after 
summer cyclonic rains (opportunistic breeding).  

Ambrose, S. J., and D. P. Murphy. 1994. Synchronous breeding of land birds on 
Barrow Island, Western Australia, after cyclonic summer rains. Emu 94:55-58.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU9940055

Since it has been a relatively wet summer in the Pilbara, it is not 
unreasonable to expect juvenile Spinifexbirds to be present at this time.

Nikolas (or anyone else), do you have any references that lumps Emeriornis into 
Megalurus?  I know that Christidis & Boles were considering this but in the end 
they still separated the two genera. I'm not aware of any published studies on 
this issue since then and, if there have been, I'd like to know about hem. 

Stephen Ambrose
Ryde NSW


-----Original Message-----
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 On Behalf Of Nikolas Haass
Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 7:07 PM
To: martin cachard; Chris Shaw; birding-aus threads
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Eremiornis carteri Or Not

I agree with the ID - Megalurus carteri. The tail is a bit short (but 
big-tailed enough to make it mega (big) urus (tail)) and the gape pale - are 
they juv. Spinifexbirds?

Nikolas
 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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 From: martin cachard <>
To: Chris Shaw <>; birding-aus threads 
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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Eremiornis carteri Or Not
 
Hi Chris,
yes your first thought is correct, they are indeed Spinifexbirds!!
cheers,

Martin Cachard
Cairns
0428 782 808



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> I saw two birds in a shrub… actually in two shrubs and I reckon they are 
> Spinifexbirds. And seeing there are legions of more knowledgable Spinifexbird 
> people than mois… Anyway they're on my blog.
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