Australian Raven may be a candidate for splitting

G’day all

Twitter just severd this article up:

Jønsson, K A, Fabre, P-H and Irestedt, M. 2012. Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: (72)

http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?item=918

Apparently the eastern and western populations are genetically distinct and separated by a 100km wide C. coronoides gap along the Great Australian Bight. The geographically well-separated populations of the Forest Raven, on the other hand, are not distinct.

Apologies if this is old news to most of the group!

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