Out of curiosity I just looked up what some of the birding taxonomies are
calling "Australasia". What a mess! - thought some of you with interests
in birding the Australasia region might be interested. So this begs the
question for us birders what constitutes Australasia exactly?
I think I have this right?
HBW
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Fiji, Bismarcks, Cook Islands,
Micronesia, Easter Island, Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Nauru & New Caledonia
(Excludes Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Moluccas)
CLEMENTS & SURFBIRDS
Australia, New Guinea & Bismarcks, Moluccas Islands)
(Excludes Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Christmas Island & Cocos (Keeling)
Islands, Bougainville, & Solomon Islands)
IOC
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi,
Moluccas, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Norfolk Island,
(Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
WIKIPEDIA (Under the heading Ecological Geography)
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi
(Wallacea) and East Melanesian Islands and I think Christmas Island and
Cocos (Keeling) Islands is included.
(Excludes Vanuatu, Fiji and Polynesia)
Cheers,
Tony
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