Hi Michael,
A couple of Indonesian birding pals told me about the (proposed) name change in
May 2016 when I was in Sulawesi.....
Is it Papuan because it spends more time there than Australia?
Cheers,
Charles Hunter
+61 402 907 577
> On 12 Apr 2017, at 11:09 PM, Michael Hunter <> wrote:
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> Without sounding bitta about it, why are we Antipodeans last to know about,
> and did we have any input into, the name change fro Red-bellied to Papuan
> Pitta?
>
> Tears not Cheers
>
> Michael
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>> Has anyone noticed that the latest IOC list, version 7.1, has split
>> Red-bellied Pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster? The common name for
>> Red-bellied Pitta has disappeared. The scientific name now belongs to
>> Phillipine Pitta and the bird in Australia is now the Papuan Pitta,
>> Erythropitta macklotii (sub-species digglesi).
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