Hi All I am presently writing a field guide to the birds of Kangaroo Island, SA. I have previously followed Christidis and Boles taxonomy when writing scientific papers etc; now I have jumped ship and have been listing my KI bird species as laid out recently in an official bird list adopted by Birdlife Australia. Do you think this is the right way to go? I have included a family heading in the book with a short summary about each family before dealing with each species. Problem is that the Birdlife Aust. bird list does not include family names; I have been using the ones from Christidis and Boles! I am not sure if that is appropriate either? Any direction much appreciated. I am presently sourcing as many KI bird photographs as possible from my own collection and those of family and friends. I am going to be shy on some species and wondered whether it is possible to source photos from other people/places? I would not be in a position to pay large amounts of money for them. All pics would be fully acknowledged of course. A small publisher in Adelaide heard I was writing this book and met with me and has since taken over the bankrolling/logistics of the whole thing. I just have to keep toiling over my typewriter and help with design/layout etc once we get to that stage early next year. Once the book is complete (proposed launch spring 2014), I receive 30 free copies and 12% of any income from a book that is going to have a limited market. As I have done previously with my earlier modest KI bird book (1985; revised 1995, now out of print; hence this new project), all money earned by me will be donated to bird conservation on KI. I look forward to any feedback and thank you in advance for your help. Regards Chris Baxter Kangaroo Island South Australia =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Sounds great. I really hope you make some discussion of subspecies – for instance, Kangaroo Island subspecies of Grey currawong (which is a lot darker – like ssp arguta from Tassie and unlike other greys). The combined artamidae vs cracticidae/artamidae is somewhat of a headache, but only in the fact that trying to stick taxonomy onto a cladogram. I think the former is slightly easier as there are taxa (such as the boatbills) which slot into the group but it is unclear to which branch they are closer, hence a broader family concept makes this easier to leave them there (not that there are boatbills in KI but overall) Cheers Cas —–Original Message—– [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Chris Baxter Sent: Monday, 2 September 2013 11:53 AM Hi All I am presently writing a field guide to the birds of Kangaroo Island, SA. I have previously followed Christidis and Boles taxonomy when writing scientific papers etc; now I have jumped ship and have been listing my KI bird species as laid out recently in an official bird list adopted by Birdlife Australia. Do you think this is the right way to go? I have included a family heading in the book with a short summary about each family before dealing with each species. Problem is that the Birdlife Aust. bird list does not include family names; I have been using the ones from Christidis and Boles! I am not sure if that is appropriate either? Any direction much appreciated. I am presently sourcing as many KI bird photographs as possible from my own collection and those of family and friends. I am going to be shy on some species and wondered whether it is possible to source photos from other people/places? I would not be in a position to pay large amounts of money for them. All pics would be fully acknowledged of course. A small publisher in Adelaide heard I was writing this book and met with me and has since taken over the bankrolling/logistics of the whole thing. I just have to keep toiling over my typewriter and help with design/layout etc once we get to that stage early next year. Once the book is complete (proposed launch spring 2014), I receive 30 free copies and 12% of any income from a book that is going to have a limited market. As I have done previously with my earlier modest KI bird book (1985; revised 1995, now out of print; hence this new project), all money earned by me will be donated to bird conservation on KI. I look forward to any feedback and thank you in advance for your help. Regards Chris Baxter Kangaroo Island South Australia =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================