By Birding-Aus, on November 9th, 2020 Shades of that old cold war question: ‘Who has the best Germans?’ Who has the most creative taxonomists?
From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> On Behalf Of Phil GregorySent: Monday, 9 November 2020 10:12 AMTo: Noel Luff <noelluff@gmail.com>Cc: Birding Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] All The Birds of the World: Review
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By Birding-Aus, on November 9th, 2020 Hmm, I don’t agree with those endemic totals no matter which checklist you follow, Papua New Guinea actually has something like 415 and the whole New Guinea region 481, and that’s not with the BirdLife taxonomy which would be higher, I’d place Australia third after Indonesia then PNG. Phil Gregory oreornis@gmail.com ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator . . . → Read More: All The Birds of the World: Review
By Birding-Aus, on November 9th, 2020 Further to Jason's comments I would like to add to his comments. There were a couple of other features which he did not cover. I do not own any of the previous publications from Lynx which preceded this one (17 volume Handbook or 2 volume Checklist). I do, however, subscribe to Cornell's Birds of the . . . → Read More: All The Birds of the World: Review
By Birding-Aus, on November 8th, 2020 Hi all,
The Noisy Miners at my place (Como, on the Woronora River, South of Sydney) just drew my attention to a Brown Goshawk, probably female based on size, circling above.
I realised it was carrying what I assume to be prey: looked like a small bird, but hard to get . . . → Read More: soaring Goshawk
By Birding-Aus, on November 5th, 2020 The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 2, 2020 to Sunday, November 8, 2020:
Area: SA
Location: Near Tolderol Game reserve Langhorne Creek
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) (1) After leaving the reserve we heard and then saw the bird first on the power lines and then calling . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest
By Birding-Aus, on October 31st, 2020 I am engaged in a little project for which I am seeking information about the taxonomic treatment of Australian birds for everyday purposes, that is in field guides and regional lists and personal recording. The eBird recording system is one example, but I know about the basis for that. There has been a . . . → Read More: Trends in books and lists
By Birding-Aus, on October 30th, 2020 Dear Birding-aussers,
About one hour ago I was informed by Stephen Davies’ daughter, Fran, that Stephen died peacefully in Perth around 10 am yesterday. Stephen would be well-known to many as a former President of the RAOU, its first Director, an RAOU Fellow, and a former . . . → Read More: Stephen Davies
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Cooper, R.M., McAllan, I.A.W., Brandis, C.C.P. & Curtis, B.R. (2020). An Atlas of the Birds of the NSW and the ACT, Volume 3 (NSW Bird Atlassers Inc., Woolgoolga).
Darby, A. (2020). Flight Lines (Allen & Unwin, Sydney).
Gregory, P. (2020). Birds of Paradise . . . → Read More: Three Bird Books Among This Year’s RZS NSW Whitley Book Award Winners
By Birding-Aus, on October 28th, 2020 www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-10-18/what-do-you-know-about-sulphur-crested-cockatoos/12721398?nw=0&sfmc_id=90437107&utm_id=1462147&utm_source=sfmc%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b&utm_medium=email%e2%80%8b%e2%…
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By Birding-Aus, on October 27th, 2020
From: wim vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com> Sent: mandag 26. oktober 2020 13:05 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no> Subject: New birds in Tromsø, N. norway
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