Good to see some progress with the vexatious subject of the Australian Checklist, I’d sure be happy to see the IOC adopted and then regular updates as required.
I made my own Australian Checklist in 2008 when I had got tired of waiting 20 years for the new C & B, and also wanted to separate out all the distant island territory records from the actual mainland species. I published two paper editions and now maintain it as an on-line free download. The Nov 2011 version is available on the sicklebillsafaris website and I will get the new Jan 2012 version uploaded shortly. I basically follow the IOC but have some minor variations e.g. I can’t see why all the Shrike-tits are one species, same for Ringneck Parrots. I have the grasswren splits and the quail-thrush changes all duly logged, and try to keep pace with the vagrants! If you’d like the latest e-version just drop me an email meantime.
There is also a New Guinea Checklist in the same series, and this is steadily evolving as I work through species accounts for my forthcoming New Guinea field guide- recent research leads me to adopt splits for both Reddish and Biak Myzomela for example, also Buff-breasted Mouse Warbler. The Nov 2011 edition is also online as a free download at the sicklebillsafaris website, and the Jan 2012 edition is due to be uploaded shortly. Birders are welcome to make use of them and constructive comment is likewise welcome- errors and omissions are my own and I’m happy to be advised of same. Sicklebill Safaris / Cassowary House
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Phil, Thanks for sharing your lists.
I saw a strange smallish swift go over the house today and there was an unidentified dark Woodswallow yesterday. It is a bit hard to be wearing binoculars while wielding a brush hook.
Regards, Alan
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John,
The Australian Faunal Directory gives Calamanthus montanellus as a synonym for C. campestris montanellus. If you would like a copy of the AFD Aves checklist, I would be happy to send you a copy. It is has pretty much all the synonyms extant for Australian species.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Hi All, further to Phil’s comments on the IOC checklist etc, I have a question for those more knowledgable about subspecies than I.
In the IOC Checklist, the Western Fieldwren is listed as C.montanellus, yet from the info I have “montanellus” is not listed as a subspecies of Rufous Fieldwren (C. campestris, isabellinus, winiam, wayensis, rubiginosus, hartogi and dorrie). Can someone shed some light on this?
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Phil & Sue Gregory < info@sicklebillsafaris.com> wrote:
Hi All, further to Phil’s comments on the IOC checklist etc, I have a question for those more knowledgable about subspecies than I.
In the IOC Checklist, the Western Fieldwren is listed as C.montanellus, yet from the info I have “montanellus” is not listed as a subspecies of Rufous Fieldwren (C. campestris, isabellinus, winiam, wayensis, rubiginosus, hartogi and dorrie). Can someone shed some light on this?
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Phil & Sue Gregory < info@sicklebillsafaris.com> wrote: