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Hi all, I’m finally trying to enter all my sightings into the latest IOC checklist to see what my world list is. However of course i’m having trouble working out some species so i was wondering if someone could help?? Sorry if this is really dumb?!

The first lot of questions relate to species seen in Fiji:

Streaked Fantail in Fiji – Rhipidura spilodera (according to Dick Watlings book). Is this now Rhipidura verreauxi ?

Scarlet Robin in Fiji – is this Petroica multicolor or boodang

Golden Whistler – according to Dick Watling this is Pachycephala pectoralis?

I’m sure i will have more questions but any help for now would be appreciated!

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  1. "davidstowe@optusnet.com.au" Avatar
    “davidstowe@optusnet.com.au”

    Thanks so much everyone for helping me out with this! It seems that there is still some division regarding the whistler though? I have had responses saying three different things so I’m still a bit confused. Serves me right for trying to be organised and technical i suppose! 🙂

    IOC gives P. vitiensis as “White-throated Whistler” which i don’t think is what i saw?

    Thanks again everyone! Cheers Dave

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    “Ross Silcock”

    I believe Pachycephala pectoralis is used for Australian birds (several subspecies, including separate subspecies for both Lord Howe and Norfolk birds). The Fijian species is P. vitiensis, divided into about a dozen subspecies on various islands.

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    David,

    Re your questions on Fijian taxonomy:

    Yes. Verreauxi apparently has priority over spilodera. See Dickinson, E. C. and Watling, D. (2006) The valid specific name of the Streaked Fantail. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 126: 59-60.

    It is P. multicolor. The issue here is whether you accept the split proposed by Dick Schodde about ten years ago, of Pacific Robin from Scarlet Robin. Pacific Robins are found on Fiji (and Norfolk Island too for that matter). In either case the Fiji birds are P. multicolor. If you accept the split, the name of the Australian Scarlet Robin becomes P. boodang. (For anyone wondering, this would be because the original type specimen to which the name P. multicolor was given was a Pacific Robin).

    Yes I think that’s right. Lots of different subspecies to work through in Fiji though.

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