Interesting that the Purple Swamphen has been changed already to Australasian
Swamphen. I thought this split was accepted for IOC version 5.3 (which must be
just about due for release) but David's email specifies that the BARC list is
based on v5.2.
Just a comment of no consequence...
Harvey
Canberra
HarPer’s Bizarre – a naturalist’s miscellany at http://hdpphd.blogspot.com.au/
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
David James via Birding-Aus
Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:27 AM
To: Birding_Aus
Subject: BARC Checklist v2015Jul is released (21 Jul 2015)
BARC Checklist v2015Jul is released (21 Jul 2015) Greetings birders, A new
version of the BARC Australian Checklist v2015Jul is now available (30 January
2015) via a link at Tony Palliser’s web site. It is downloadable as a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet (BARC_Australian_Checklist_v2015Jul.xls). The website address
is: http://www.tonypalliser.com/barc/barc-home.html
Updated versions of the Unsubstantiated List, the BARC Review List and the
Index of BARC cases (with hyperlinks to case summaries) are also available.
However, these have now been moved to the Rarities Committee page on the
Birdlife Australia site at:
http://birdlife.org.au/conservation/science/rarities-committee
Like previous versions, this Checklist is intended to follow the IOC World Bird
Names checklist to the letter, in terms of species taxonomy, scientific and
English names, spelling and sequence. As with previous versions, subspecies are
not included. Usually, there are no intended deviations from the IOC list
(other than abbreviating it to species and Australia) and there are no novel
taxonomic opinions expressed by BARC in that regard. However, in this edition,
there is one deviation, the continued inclusion of the extinct Norfolk Ground
Dove Gallicolumba norfolciensis on the BARC Checklist. This upgrade includes
changes to the IOC list up to 26 April 2015 (Gill, F & D Donsker 2015; IOC
World Bird List v 5.2; http://www.worldbirdnames.org/). If you download the
spreadsheet you will find two worksheets. One worksheet is the full v2015Jul.
The second worksheet is an upgrade tool for those who are already using the
BARC Checklist (v2015Jan) and would prefer to modify their personalised lists
rather than start with a blank checklist again. It contains a set of
instructions for converting the old BARC Checklist v2015Jan to this new
v2015Jul. Upgrading involves inserting three new species (two splits by the IOC
and a new species accepted by BARC), splitting one family into two, and
updating or correcting a few species names. The upgrade worksheet will also
allow users to identify the changes that have been made in v2015Jul.
These changes bring the total Australian list to 931 confirmed species, 19 of
which are extinct or extirpated.
Summary of changes:
One species new for Australia has been accepted by BARC since v2014Jul
(Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo).
The IOC has split two species since v2015Jan was released (Naretha Bluebonnet
and Copperback Quail-thrush).
The storm petrels are split into two families, Oceanitidae and Hydrobatidae.
The former move to the beginning of the Procellariiformes sequence. Name
changes caused by splits affect two species (Purple Swamphen becomes
Australasian Swamphen and Bluebonnet becomes Eastern Bluebonnet).
One minor name change (Coconut Lorikeet) and a split of the extinct
Cyanoramphus parrots that have been updated previously were nevertheless
missing from the full v2015Jan and some users may need to make this upgrade.
The IOC World Bird List site contains more information about the open
processes, dynamic revisions and cooperative approach of the IOC checklist
system. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ The BARC Australian Checklist v1 was
first released in November 2011 and this current version is the 5th update.
Thanks are due to Tony Palliser and Nikolas Hass for assistance with this
update. Good birding to you all, David James Cheers, David James Sydney
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