Interesting splits there, whitei is probably not that surprising, not sure about rowleyi, although it is a bit of an isolate, so again a possibility. The one I question is oweni from central Aust. Schodde & Mason didn’t even consider this one as a subspecies! I had a look at the grasswrens for HANZAB, & … Read more
Some interesting research. Hopefully, the work will be extended to birds. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/feral-cats-help-some-endangered-mammals-survive-report-says-20130829-2ssvt.html Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
I can hear the Brazilian twitchers saying “I’ll match your three taxonomic splits and raise you 15 undiscovered species” see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828173115.htm =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
An unusual encounter that we would not normally see. At 5:14am on 29th August 2013 a Southern Boobook (I think) lands on the White-bellied Sea-Eagles nest while the female is sitting on two eggs, then departs by flying at the eagle. If the link is stripped join these together by removing the spaces.. http: // … Read more
Hi Murray, Richard and Damien Baxter are currently heading for Grasswren country across northern Australia and asked what I knew about ‘oweni’ one of the four new species mentioned in your message. The first mentioned ‘modestus’ is clearly a split from Thick-billed Grasswren and ‘rowleyi’ and ‘whitei’ splits from Striated Grasswren. Because ‘oweni’ is placed … Read more