I haven't seen the reference that Phil based his comment on, so would be
really interested to know more about the impending split. In WA, the
scrubwren extends eastwards along the coast, especially in the dune
scrub/mallee woodland ecotone. It is a very common species in habitat
around the Eyre Bird Observatory, for instance. The mallee woodland/dune
scrub ecotone ends pretty much at the WA/SA border, where I'm guessing is
the eastern extent of the Spotted Scrubwren.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde NSW
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
John Leonard
Sent: Monday, 23 April 2018 10:15 AM
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Subject: Two new additions pending
Where is the divide for the Scrubwten? Across the Nullabor?
John Leonard
> On 23 Apr 2018, at 9:19 am, "Stephen Ambrose" <>
wrote:
>
> Good to see the Spotted Scrubwren could be split from the White-browed
> Scrubwren. As someone who has studied the ecology of both forms, I
> cannot understand why they are lumped together as a single species.
> Their environments, habitats, ecologies (physiological and
> behavioural), sizes and plumages are so different.
>
> Stephen Ambrose
> Ryde NSW
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, 22 April 2018 2:39 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Two new additions pending
>
> Since I got to Kolkata from Ghana, two new potential additions derived
> from
> splits:
> White-bellied Whipbird (Psophodes leucogaster) of South Australia from
> Western Whipbird, the old Mallee Whipbird of Schodde & Mason Spotted
> Scrubwren (Sericronis maculatus) of primarily Western Australia from
> White-browed Scrubwren, long expected.
> Even more reason for a trip to South Australia now, I am slipping
> behind with my needed species again.
> Phil Gregory
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