I asked Ron Johnstone of the WA Museum about the proposed split of the White-naped Honeyeater in the south west. His reply is below.
>Frank, > This is of interest to us as we separated the western form out >years ago treating it as a full species in our 2001 checklist and in the >WA bird handbook. Our name is the Western White -naped Honeyeater >Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, 1848. I notice no credit given to either >of our publications. > >Regards >Ron
_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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