Day: December 20, 2016

A couple more from the HBW/BirdLife Checklist: Kimberley Flycatcher Microeca tormenti White-belled Crimson Finch Neochmia evangelinae Biak did well from the New Guinea region, with Biak Hooded Pitta, Biak Myzomela, Geelvink Cicadabird, Biak Fantail and the resurrection of Biak Gerygone, originally lumped by BirdLife but now reinstated. Bougainville gets two more with Bougainville Fantail and … Read more

Further to Andrew Bell’s post re. ‘Bassian’ the following is my explanation to a couple of people who asked me directly: I have used the term ‘Bassian’ to refer to the bio-geographical region of that name which overlaps another bio-geographical region ‘the Torresian region’ in north-east New South Wales and south-east Queensland. This overlap forms … Read more