Thanks Nikolas, that was the list that I was using – however, now I have some further concerns.
A number of people have told me that the Quail-thrush splits I mentioned have been accepted by IOC in the latest release. On checking the BARC spreadsheet, I note that these are not listed as official splits in that list – which is based on IOC 2.9 – whereas they are split in the latest IOC 3.1 list that I have downloaded from http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
So, this begs the question – IF Australia is to use IOC going forwards, are we to use the most current IOC checklist, or do we use the checklist based on IOC 2.9 with some amendments posted on the BARC page? In my opinion, if we’re to use IOC we should be using the current IOC checklist.
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
From: Nikolas Haass [mailto:nhaass@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:04 AM To: paul@angrybluecat.com; birding-aus@vicnet.net.au Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] C&B vs IOC taxonomy
Hi Paul et al.,
An IOC-based OZ list compiled by David James is on the BARC website: http://www.tonypalliser.com/barc/barc-home.html
Similar to the IOC list itself, this one is a dynamic list. So, keep checking.
Cheers,
Nikolas
