G’day all
I’m trying to get my head around the Boobook situation in Australia.
Is the Tasmanian taxa *leucopsis* now lumped with *novaeseelandiae* as *Ninox novaeseelandiae* the Morepork? That is what the IOC states.
Is it also true that some of the Tasmanian birds venture across Bass Strait to the mainland in winter?
If these points are both true then we have two species in Australia and possibly both occur in Victoria (and NSW?).
Can anyone point me to the recent literature around this? I have HANZAB but the relevant section was written about 15 years ago.
Finally – the plumages of *leucopsis* and *boobook* differ but do their calls?
Cheers Steve ===============================
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Hi John et al
Based on that analysis, then, check out your next Leaden/Satin Fly and watch as, Leaden anyway, respond quite readily to Satin Fly playback….is that a basis to amalgamate two currently sperate species? It would certainly save me a lot of heartache and frustration!
(Written very much tongue in cheek and having only a minimal understanding of how splits really do reach a conclusion…..)
Cheers
Colin
Rob, This was one of the most ridiculous splits in Koenig and Weick’s 2nd edn of the Owls of the World. The race lurida responds readily to vocalisations of Southern Boobook. John Penhallurick
Don’t forget ‘Red Boobook’ in FNQ, split in the latest owls of the world as N. lurida.
Rob Morris
Brisbane, Australia
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