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Birdlife by itself did not do subspecies. Cornell Lab has now swallowed HBW but the digestion process has its difficulties. Look at the jumbled entry for ‘Grey Whistler P. simplex’. Has it been counted as an Australian endemic species? Consider also the shrike-tits. From: Phil Gregory <oreornis@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 9 November 2020 11:01 AMTo: … Read more
Birdlife hands down, then IOC…… Phil Gregory oreornis@gmail.com ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator Field Guides / Sicklebill Safaris / Cassowary ToursPO Box 597MalandaQLD 4885AustraliaPh: +61 7 4096 8063 Email: info@s2travel.com.auWebsite1: http://www.sicklebillsafaris.com OR www.birder.travel Website 2: http://www.cassowarytours.com.au On 9 Nov 2020, at 9:42 AM, Geoffrey Dabb <gdabb@iinet.net.au> wrote: Shades of that old cold war question: ‘Who has the best Germans?’ Who has the … Read more
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 Hmm, I don’t agree with those … Read more
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
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