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“Keep your taxonomy out of my field guide” – revisited

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Birds of Borneo (2009): based on taxonomic order from 2008, with some changes due to practical reasons, review here. The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Order of bird families, songbirds. Phillipps, Q. & van Balen, N.

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Bowling for Rhinos

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All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Date: May 1, 2009. Ask your friends, family, and coworkers to pledge money to BFR. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.

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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review

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Borneo is the third largest island in the world; politically it is divided amongst three countries–Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), Indonesia (Kalimantan) and the sultanate of Brunei. Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Artwork is by Karen Phillips.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Does it make a difference?

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What is a Catbird?

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Birds called catbirds include two species in the New World family, Mimidae, four from the bowerbird family, Ptilonorhynchidae, and one from the Old World babblers, Timaliidae. Both catbird species in the Americas are part of the family Mimidae along with the mockingbirds , thrashers, and tremblers.