Fwd: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island

[Nigel Jackett <>]

No, I don't think the subspecies was determined.

However, its accepted on the WA Museum's Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia with a note:

"Mutilated bird found aboard a vessel at Barrow I. January 2018."

Cheers,

Nigel

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 1:45 PM James Mustafa <> wrote:

Really interesting stuff! Nigel do we know what the Elegant subspecies was on the Pilbara boat?

The IOC excel document have a note next to vigorsii (Double-striped Pitta Pitta vigorsii is a subspecies of Elegant Pitta P. elegans (Dickinson 2003)). vigorsii is also found in SW New Guinea. 

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 4:35 PM Nigel Jackett <m("gmail.com","nigel.jackett");" target="_blank">> wrote:

There was also a dead Elegant Pitta found on a ship at the start of this year off the Pilbara coast.

Cheers,

Nigel

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM Peter Shute <m("nuw.org.au","pshute");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Just forwarding this to the list for Mike Carter. Replies to the list or to Mike, please.

Peter Shute

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From: Mike Carter <m("bigpond.com","pterodroma");" target="_blank">>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 2:39 pm
Subject: FW: Elegant Pitta AT Barrow Island
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John Darnell advises that an Elegant Pitta arrived at Barrow Island on a ship and sailed off on same ship when it departed without coming ashore!! He says photos show it to be the white-chinned race vigorsii sometimes split as a full species. I’ve not been given the dates of its ‘stay’. There are as yet no records for Australia.

 

Mike Carter, 03 5977 1262

181/160 Mornington-Tyabb Road

Mornington, VIC 3931, Australia 

 

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