Hmm, I don’t agree with those endemic totals no matter which checklist you follow, Papua New Guinea actually has something like 415 and the whole New Guinea region 481, and that’s not with the BirdLife taxonomy which would be higher, I’d place Australia third after Indonesia then PNG.
Phil Gregory ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator
On 9 Nov 2020, at 7:14 AM, Noel Luff <> wrote:
t is also possible to download a list of endemics for each country. Australia ranks second for (369) behind Indonesia (557)
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