Can't imagine the name change being widely accepted no matter how logical
it is!
On 19 Jan 2017 5:12 PM, "Wedderburn Birding" <>
wrote:
> It's "Willie Fantail" in the Indonesian field guide with the note that an
> alternative name is Willie Wagtail, which after all is a far better name as
> it's not a wagtail.
>
> The field guide also refers to some new species and proposed splits, such
> as
> Sumatran Scops Owl, some of which haven't been accepted by any of the
> current taxonomies. Birdtourasia already uses the new names and proposed
> splits for their checklists.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of
> Frank O'Connor
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Willy Fantail
>
>
> Was it Willy Fantail or Willie Fantail?
>
> There was suspicion that these names in the new Indonesian field guide by
> James Eaton et al. were what was going to be adopted by HBW / BLI. This has
> just been released but I don't have access to it. And since BirdLife
> Australia follows this, that we might be affected. I think BA chose HBW /
> BLI partly because of their affiliation with BirdLife International and
> largely because they thought the list would be far more stable than say
> IOC.
>
> There has already been problems with Hooded Dotterel rather than Hooded
> Plover.
>
> The common names go before BA's English Names Committee which I am part of.
> I cannot see any chance that we would accept Willie (or
> Willy) Fantail! I think quite a few people on the ENC would go apoplectic!
> A
> bit like telling the American to change American Robin to American Thrush.
>
> Another that may come up is White-quilled Honeyeater, a split from
> Blue-faced Honeyeater across northern Australia. Not certain where this
> name
> came from. This split hasn't even been proposed for IOC yet.
>
>
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