Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 42, Issue 11

Without sounding bitta about it, why are we Antipodeans last to know about, and did we have any input into, the change from Redbellied to Papuan
Pitta?
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> 1. IOC7.1 has changed Red-bellied Pitta (Tania Ireton)
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> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:04:42 +1000
> From: “Tania Ireton” < taniai@ozemail.com.au>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] IOC7.1 has changed Red-bellied Pitta
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> Has anyone noticed that the latest IOC list, version 7.1, has split
> Red-bellied Pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster? The common name for
> Red-bellied Pitta has disappeared. The scientific name now belongs to
> Phillipine Pitta and the bird in Australia is now the Papuan Pitta,
> Erythropitta macklotii (sub-species digglesi).
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> Tania
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