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FW: BBC News: DNA reveals bird shift surprise

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Subject: FW: BBC News: DNA reveals bird shift surprise
From: "calyptorhynchus ." <>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 08:44:44 +1100
Usual crappy environmental reporting: a little further research reveals
that the Madanga is found on Buru in eastern Indonesia, but the Sao Tome
Shorttail, also known as Bocage's Longbill is found on Sao Tome (surprise,
surprise) off western Africa, (ps I find it very funny that the latter sp
has a short tail but a long bill!).

John Leonard

On 9 March 2015 at 22:01, Thomas Wilson <> wrote:

> Hi all
> an interesting story from the BBC News site that indicates that some birds
> are not what they seem to be, with DNA samples revealing two species of
> forest-dwelling birds on remote Indonesian islands are actually members of
> the ground-dwelling pipit and wagtail family.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31714230
> Cheers
> Tom Wilson
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