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Crows and Allies |
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The
split/merge of Hooded Crow and Carrion Crow is one of those long standing
taxonomic debates for which a whole body of literature has been produced. We are not doing
the case justice at all by providing just this one reference but it is a fairly recent
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Hooded Crow Corvus
cornix
Linnaeus 1758
Ireland; n Scotland; n Denmark; Scandinavia; n Russia e to w Siberia; s to Italy; se
France; Italy; Balkan; Turkey; Middle East; n Iraq; Iran; s S.S.R.
split from: Corvus corone
insert after: Corvus corone
N. Saino & S. Villa,
Pair composition and reproductive success across a hybrid zone of
Carrion Crows and Hooded Crows
The Auk 109, ? (1992): 543-555
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Mallee Whipbird Psophodes
leucogaster
Howe & Ross 1933
s Australia: internal e W Australia, se S Australia to extreme nw Victoria.
Mallee scrub.
split from: Psophodes nigrogularis
insert after: Psophodes nigrogularis
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus
leucogaster
Gould 1838
sw Australia: sw W Australia: from Geraldton and Norseman s to Albany
split from: Falcunculus frontatus
insert after: Falcunculus frontatus
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus
whitei
Campbell 1910
cn Australia: ne W Australia (e Kimberleys) and n N Territories
split from: Falcunculus frontatus
insert after: Falcunculus leucogaster
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Sangihe Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla
sanghirensis
Oustalet 1881
ne Indonesia: Sangihe Island, off ne Sulawesi
split from: Colluricincla megarhyncha
insert after: Pachycephala lanioides
Frank G. Rozendaal & Frank R. Lambert,
The taxonomic and conservation status of Pinarolestes
sanghirensis, Oustalet 1881,
Forktail 15 (1999): 1-13
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Cuban Palm-Crow Corvus
minutus
Gundlach 1852
Cuba
split from: Corvus palmarum
insert after: Corvus palmarum
Orlando H. Garrido, G.B. Reynard & A. Kirkconnell,
Is the Palm Crow, Corvus palmarum (Aves: Corvidae), a
monotypic species?
Ornitologia Neotropical 8 (1997): 15-21
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Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus
argenteus
Gould 1841
n Australia: ne W Australia from Port Hedland e to Arnhem Land, n N Territories
split from: Cracticus torquatus
insert after: Cracticus torquatus
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Green Figbird Sphecotheres
viridis
(Vieillot) 1816
e Indonesia: c Lesser Sunda Is., Roti and Timor
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Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres
vieilloti
Vigors & Horsfield 1827
se New Guinea; nw,n,e Australia
split from: Sphecotheres viridis
insert after: Sphecotheres viridis
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura
fuliginosa
(Sparrman) 1787
New Zealand incl. Lord Howe Island, Chatham Is.
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Grey Fantail Rhipidura
albiscapa
Gould 1840
New Caledonia; Vanuatu: Lifu; Banks Is.; s Solomon Is.: San Cristobal; Australia incl.
Tasmania, but excluding coastal mangrove and arid interior.
split from: Rhipidura fuliginosa
insert after: Rhipidura fuliginosa
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Rufous Fantail Rhipidura
rufifrons
(Latham) 1802
Melanesia: D'Entrecasteaux Arch., Louisiade Arch., Solomon Is., Santa Cruz Is.; e,se
Australia: n Queensland s to e,s Victoria
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This
split seems to involve also a re-attribution of populations of Rusty-bellied
Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni, of which the distribution I believe is now:
Wallacea: Mariana Is., Caroline Is., Moluccas, Flores Sea Is., Sulawesi, Palau, Sula
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Arafura Fantail Rhipidura
dryas
Gould 1843
se Indonesia: Lesser Sundas, Tanimbar Is., Kai Is., Aru Is., w Papuan Is.; sw New
Guinea (Mimika river); n Australia: ne W Australia (Kimberleys) e to (?) nw Queensland
(precise eastern limit unknown to me)
split from: Rhipidura rufifrons
insert after: Rhipidura rufifrons
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Frilled Monarch Arses
telescophthalmus
(Garnot) 1827
New Guinea: incl. Aru, Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati and Misool. Lowland forests and second
growth to 1500 m.
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Frill-necked Monarch Arses
lorealis
De Vis 1895
ne Australia: n Queensland (n Cape York s to Archer and Chester rivers)
split from: Arses telescophthalmus
insert after: Arses telescophthalmus
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra
nana
(Gould) 1870
sc New Guinea: Merauke region; n Australia: nw W Australia to n N Territories and sw
Queensland (Normanton region)
split from: Myiagra inquieta
insert after: Myiagra inquieta
R. Schodde & I.J. Mason,
The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO Publishing,
1999
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