Grey Fantail at Green Cape, NSW
Identification history
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 6 May 2017 | ArcherCallaway | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Mar 2017 | RossMannell |
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10 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
4 Jul 2017
Looks like a juvenile grey fantail, but why is it albiscapa (Tasmanian race according to Pizzey and Knight) and not fuliginosa (general name for all grey fantail races)?
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
22 Jul 2017
Who's responsible for the ALCW taxonomy? This can easily be modified under admin. The are 2 different scientific names entered for Great Egret as well, which ought to be merged
JackieMiles
wrote:
24 Jul 2017
Sounds like something to be brought up at the moderators' meeting. It's an on-going problem I guess when taxonomists keep fiddling with the names and some changes get accepted (by some people) and some not. All very confusing.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
24 Jul 2017
It seems the general name now is albiscapa. I have in the meantime merged Ardea modesta (Eastern Great Egret) which some still recognise as a subspecies into Ardea alba (Great Egret).
JackieMiles
wrote:
24 Jul 2017
Hi Ryu, want to tackle cattle egret too while you are at it? That's the only other thing I've noticed that is in under two names, though many are there with unfamiliar scientific names and maybe should have their old name added as a synonym if it isn't already. Not so crucial for birds as for plants I guess since most people only worry about the common name anyway.
JackieMiles
wrote:
29 Jul 2017
Yeah, there are: Ardea ibis and Bubulcus ibis. My books all say Ardea, but that may be out of date.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
29 Jul 2017
I thought it was ardea too but seems bubulcus is more recent. Have merged and added ardea ibis as a synonym
JackieMiles
wrote:
10 Aug 2017
Checked on the web re the scientific name of grey fantail. Apparently fuliginosa is now the NZ species and the eastern Aust taxon is albiscapa. I can see my field guides need a few marginal notes to update the names.
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.004975-37.156118
- Maps Ben Boyd National Park
- Places Green Cape, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 15 Feb 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- RossMannell Recorded by
Species information
- Rhipidura albiscapa Scientific name
- Grey Fantail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1349.7m Recorded at altitude
- 568 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa
