Was it the dark morph individuaI that was initiaIIy id'd as a Macaroni off of Bruny?
Any species that you aren't confident on the id of don't go on your year Iist.
That'd make sense, isn't it common practice to do so for bookings anyways?
Some photographs of the bird in-situ here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S159124640 What a stunner!!!
Oh I sort of meant how unique it was in comparison to Australia with regards to Tasmania (if that makes sense?), ie. New Guinea has a few endemic...
I mean New Guinea also only separated from Australia/Sahul ~8000 years ago, although it's fauna & flora is a lottt more unique
Seen at the Otira Valley, 16/01/24
Bit of a late happy new year, haven't abandoned last years thread I just still need some invert ids sorted along with writing it all up and stuff,...
Oh, BOTW has Vanuatu Honeyeater as a different genus so I didn't even bother looking it up, my apologies.
This particular pdf doesn't seem to list Vanuatu Honeyeater? Just lists White-bellied Honeyeater & Dark-brown Honeyeater
Honestly I very much believe the latter(as this seems like a common mistake a tourist would make), BOTW only lists them as occurring on the...
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