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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Eaton" data-source="post: 1877716" data-attributes="member: 12638">Al, I would assume all of the Asian taxonomy will be completely ignored once more! Though I would rather see the splits in peer-reviewed journals before they get accepted by Clements/IOC as there are a few I either disagree with or feel more research is required - particularly in Konig & Weick Owls book (Singapore Scops, Nias Wood Owl etc, they have already discredited a couple of their own from the first edition - ie Himalayan Wood Owl - the split from Brown).Collar's is frustrating as it was in a peer-reviewed journal and since followed in the field guides and HBW, taken up by IOC but not Clements - but that's a discussion for another thread!Thanks for the compliments Richard, slightly frustrating though was that I now have much better photos of affinis now (front on) and I have photos of b. mixtus but the book went to the printers literally the day before I got the photo, they only have specimens for that species.James</blockquote>