I have just been comparing the new IOU V3.1 Checklist (http://worldbirdnames.org) with the list on Tony Palliser’s web site (from V2.10).
1. They have reversed the decision on Powerful Boobook, Rufous Boobook, etc. They are back to Powerful Owl, Rufous Owl, etc.
2. The Variable Goshawk (ssp. natalis) from Christmas Island has been put back in with Brown Goshawk.
3. The genus of the songlarks and Spinifexbird have been changed to Megalurus (some as the grassbirds). The order is now strange. Rufous Songlark, Tawny Grassbird, Brown Songlark, Little Grassbird, Spinifexbird.
4. The genus of Black-shouldered Kite and Letter-winged Kite has been changed to Elanus.
5. Frilled Monarch has been changed to Frill-necked Monarch (Arses lorealis).
6. Hornbill Friarbird has been split from Helmeted Friarbird on Cape York. This has been discusses on birding-aus previously.
7. Black-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus alligator) has been split from Banded Fruit Dove.
8. Robust White-eye (Zosterops strenuus) on Lord Howe Island has been split from Slender-billed White-eye. But it is extinct, so don’t go looking for it!
I could have missed some others.
_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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Thanks for highlighting this Stephen. You are of course correct. Looks like it will be necessary to update the checklist regularly – so I will endeavour to do so.
Cheers, Tony
To my knowledge, away from Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlets have only been recorded at Broome, North Queensland and Torres Strait. I doubt that birds from any of those areas are likely to have been Cave = Linchi Swiftlets. If the Christmas Island Swiftlet is not Linchi then I see no reason for its presence on the Australian list.
Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136
The other one I’ve just noticed is IOC places the Christmas Island Swiftlet with Glossy Swiftlet (ie., Collocalia esculenta natalis) not Linchi Swiftlet (Called “Cave Swiftlet” in IOC). C& B includes Lichi Swiftlet which I has assumed was To include the X-mas Island birds. Now I’m wondering if Cave Swiftlet should be on the Australian IOC list. It has been included on Tony Palliser’s list but I’m not sure what the history is. Can anyone comment on the history of Linchi (Cave) Swiftlet on the Australian List? Cheers Steve Murray
Another change is the Christmas Island Swiftlet subspecies is once again a Glossy Swiftlet (was Cave Swiftlet).
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