Patience is the best course at present. Purple-backed and Variegated are now
separate, but it takes some time to tidy up the eBird database after a
taxonomic update. The News article on the eBird Australia home page has more
details.
https://ebird.org/australia/news/2018-ebird-annual-taxonomy-update-australia
Cheers,
Roger Giller (Reviewing for NSW)
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Meg
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Subject: A bit lost !?!?
Hi everyone. I'm a bit lost with regards to the latest updates in eBird - in
particular, what's happened to the Variegated Fairy-Wren (VFW). I remember
reading recently -not sure where - that the VFW Malurus lamberti would
remain as the wren found roughly on the east side of the Great Dividing
Range. A new species was created for Malurus race assimilis - named the
Purple-backed Fairy-Wren (PBFW). This species basically covered the rest of
the Aussie mainland.
My updated eBird list now has all my wrens lumped under the PBFW name - even
the birds I've reported here on Bribie Island and nearby. I now have none of
my reports listed as VFW. Can anyone shed some light on this topic??
Cheers
Brian Johnson
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