IOC does have Phil Gregory, Leo Joseph and Dick Schodde on their panel. BirdLife Australia does follow HBW / BLI for the species names (with some exceptions), but there weren’t names for the sub species. So RACC (BA’s Research & Conservation Committee) created WLAB (Working List of Australian Birds) and decided to include the sub … Read more
When will people learn that the Swan River Honeyeater was named (by Gould in about 1860?) after the Swan River Colony, not the Swan River itself. Hence the name was appropriate. Irrelevant now that Gilbert’s has been adopted. _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au Birding-Aus mailing list … Read more
Phew! What a range of opinion. Personally I am in the “leave it be” group but when do you draw the line? Names have been changing forever. I’m thinking all of us are being self-centred and promoting our particular view and one argument is as good as another. Think outside the box. Think next generation. … Read more
Thanks all. Yes, so my seeing & thinking proceeded thus: All birds I saw in flight had rounded tails, so that cuts out Torresian Crows. Then I thought Little Ravens plus ARs. Following where possible on foot or just waiting, I saw that the population contained juveniles, so if “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” extends into infancy, … Read more
Thanks all. Yes, so my seeing & thinking proceeded thus: All birds I saw in flight had rounded tails, so that cuts out Torresian Crows. Then I thought Little Ravens plus ARs. Following where possible on foot or just waiting, I saw that the population contained juveniles, so if “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” extends into infancy, … Read more