John Darnell of the WA Museum tells me that the long lost specimen of Blyth’s Pipit (see David James & Ian McAllan in Australian Field Ornithology Supplement 2014) has at last been found in the Berlin Museum and the identity confirmed. Unless you have time travel capability this is not twitchable as it was collected on Christmas Island in 1923! Cheers, Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia
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If anyone really wants to see one, forget time travel, probably to go to Mongolia or southern Asia would be a better option. Philip This from Wikipedia: The Blyth’s pipit (Anthus godlewskii) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This is a large pipit, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard’s pipit, but is slightly smaller, shorter legs and a shorter dark bill. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic “pshee” call, higher pitched than Richard’s. In south Asia, in winter some care must be taken to distinguish this from other large pipits which winter or are resident in the area, including Richard’s. This species is insectivorous. This bird was named after the English zoologist Edward Blyth. —–Original Message—– John Tongue Sent: Monday, 16 February 2015 10:55 AM Cc: David James; Ian McAllan; ‘birding-aus’; John Darnell; Rohan Clarke Ah! But maybe another will turn up there in a few weeks’ time???? (We can hope). John Tongue Devonport, Tas (but heading to Christmas Island) On 16/02/2015, at 10:28 AM, “Mike Carter” < pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote: this is not
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Ah! But maybe another will turn up there in a few weeks’ time???? (We can hope). John Tongue Devonport, Tas (but heading to Christmas Island) On 16/02/2015, at 10:28 AM, “Mike Carter” < pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote:
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