Day: May 24, 2026

Hi folks Just back from 8 days in Kakadu, Litchfield and Katherine Gorge. Not a birding trip; holiday with non-birding family, but did some birding in the margins. Saw a decent number of larger birds, but was struck by how few small insectivores I saw: zero thornbills, robins, fairywrens. Now its true that I was … Read more

Thank you for all your responses on this. Now please, PLEASE, to anyone with no interest in English bird names:  do not read further.   Despite good intentions on all sides, we are moving into an untidy situation.  So far as I can see, the AviList taxonomy is being generally adopted, including by BirdLife Australia, … Read more