Willy Fantail

By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2017%

Was it Willy Fantail or Willie Fantail?

There was suspicion that these names in the new Indonesian field guide by James Eaton et al. were what was going to be adopted by HBW / BLI. This has just been released but I don’t have access to it. And since BirdLife Australia follows this, that we . . . → Read More: Willy Fantail

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Willy Fantail

By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2017%

I just got the excellent new Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago Field Guide by James Eaton et al, and it is quite piece of work, I am still processing all the many taxonomic changes, this is drongo and fantail central!

The ever-vexatious English names are noteworthy too, I was very pleased to see the reappearance . . . → Read More: Willy Fantail

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

By Birding-Aus, on January 19th, 2017%

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 16, 2017 to Sunday, January 22, 2017:

Area: SA

Location: 06 Gregory Street Port Elliot SA

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird first heard and then sighted low in an South Australian blue Gum.

Reported by: Winston Syson on . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

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