Monotremes and Ratites

Looks like, we can soon add either Echidna and Platypus to our bird lists or Emu and Cassowary to our mammal lists! Abbott B, Peale SP, Ross G, Ipswich S, Lewin HE, Forster T, Olrog G, Oustalet S, Levaillant W (2011): Common patterns of mitochondrial and genomic DNA sequences as well as of morphology and … Read more

TRIP REPORT Christmas & Cocos keeling MARCH 2011

Trip report Cocos-keeling Islands and Christmas Island March 2011. With Birding Tours Australia. Guide- Richard Baxter   In Nov/Dec 2010 we last visited Australia’s two remote Indian Ocean territories and located  an unprecedented array of South East Asian vagrants, which included four species never previously recorded in Australia.  Incredibly, most of these species stayed throughout … Read more

TRIP REPORT Christmas Island & Cocos keeling MARCH 2011

Hello all,            Below is the trip report from our Christmas Island and Cocos-keeling Islands  birding trip in March 2011.   A version with photographs will be on our websit soon.  www.birdingtours.com.au   Cheers Richard Baxter Birding Tours Australia   Trip report Cocos-keeling Islands and Christmas Island March 2011. With Birding Tours Australia. Guide- Richard … Read more

Tax Stuff… Again.. was – Scarlet Myzomela

Hi Peter and Carl. Curious? Why the decision to use Clements and not IOC. I am new to all this stuff. I still can’t bring myself to call a Yellow and Blue Rosella “Crimson” Cheers Steve Potter Scarlet Myzomela from [ http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=%2Bfr om%3Acarlsclifford%40gmail.com&idxname=birding-aus&sort=date%3Alate> Carl Clifford] [Permanent http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=birding-aus &i=BAD9690F-5D0F-4180-B89C-C5D6800F334E%40gmail.com> Link][Original http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/cgi-bin/extract-mesg.cgi?a=bir ding-aus&m=2011-04&i=BAD9690F-5D0F-4180-B89C-C5D6800F334E%40gmail.com> ] To: Peter Waanders … Read more