That's what I thought looking at Schodde and Mason.
But who is proposing this, the Mallee Whipbird split is IOC, is the Scrubwren a
paper that IOC will pick up in due course?
John Leonard
> On 25 Apr 2018, at 10:43 AM, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Just letting you know that the Spotted Scrubwren goes way into South
> Australia, to the Gulf of St. Vincent, and occurs in habitat around Adelaide
> on the coast. It get very close to White-browed here, which occurs in the
> hills around Adelaide. There is not much separation between the two taxa in
> terms of distance. Another good reason for some splitting. Interesting that
> the Kangaroo Island bird genetically falls closer to the White-browed
> Scrubwren than it does to Spotted.
>
> Kevin Bartram.
>
> Sent from Outlook
> From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf of John
> Leonard <>
> Sent: Monday, 23 April 2018 10:15:15 AM
> To: <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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-----
> > From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> > Phil Gregory
> > 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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