Hi – BirdLife International has been quite conservative with regards to bird taxonomy, but are publishing what might be quite a radical departure, updating the taxonomic status (global) of 100s of taxa, by evaluating them against criteria set out in Tobias et al. (2010). Think this is planned for this year. See below. Colin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Read more
Hi all, There is a new blog on my site about the Welcome Swallows that were feeding on sub-surface prey (prey that was swimming more than 2 mm below the surface of the water and not breaking the water surface) at the Western Treatment Plant (Vic) in July 2012. It is more contentious, and not … Read more
Following the surprise release of the BirdlifeAustralia Checklist (BLI sequence) today, I thought I should mention that a revised version of the BARC Australian Checklist (IOC sequence) is planned for release late this week or next week. It is not ideal to have different lists, but since this 4th revision of the BARC list is 98% complete we … Read more
The inclusion of subspecies names – common and Latin for these on the new Birdlife Australia bird list is great. But it is certainly more conservative than IOC. Do we regard the new list as an extension/replacement of the C & B list, or do we now have three lists to work from? Would be … Read more
It is great that someone has now found Night Parrots somewhere in SW Queensland. John obviously did a great job in tracking them down. I do not know John but I have heard he is a very skilled field ornithologist / naturalist. Is it a surprise that there are Night Parrots in SW Queensland? I … Read more