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Waterbird

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07/03/2008 1:54 PM	Alert
Hi Jeff and welcome back from your trip. I just returned from an amazing and wonderful 3-week journey and birding trip to Australia. In looking at the "Birds Australasia, New Zealand, Antarctica 2007 Royal Australian Ornithological Union" description it says the list includes 9 subspecies. Is this correct? According to both field guides I was using (Field Guide to Australian Birds, by Michael Morcombe and Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Simpson and Day 7th ed.) there are many more than this. It is important to me because I saw many subspecies as we traveled most of the eastern portion of the country and I would like to document them. I have the new Clements, but it appears several of the subspecies identified in the field guides are not recognized by Clements. Thanks for your assistance. Mike S.

jjones

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07/03/2008 2:20 PM	Alert
Hi Mke, The author of that taxonomic list decided to include those 9 subspecies as he felt they were due to be split soon. The Clements tax list should contain all of the birds (specific or subspecific) that you might see down under. Please specify which are causing you problems and I will see if I can't resolve them to their entry in Clements. Jeff p.s. gone camping/birding for the next 4 days.

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jjones

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07/03/2008 2:23 PM	Alert
As an aside Mike - if you have an Advanced user license - then you can edit that taxonomic list and make additions as you see fit. However, word of warning, this is usually a complex task and you will need to make certain that you understand the underlying Diary "thing" objects and how they are attached to Clements in order to do it correctly. The first few topics in the Checklist forum attempt to explain this concept. \fyi Jeff

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