Talk:Melampitta/GA1

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Casliber in topic GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:10, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply


I'll take this - notes below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:10, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

being considered at one time related to the pittas, Old World babblers and birds-of-paradise. - they weren't considered related to all three at once...? So reword/ add "variously" or something?
it's not "melam", but rather melas "black", or stem is melano- - from p. 431 of my Liddell & Scott Ancient Greek Dictionary, meaning "dark, gloomy, dusky, black"
could link "taxonomic dustbin" to Wastebasket taxon
Both species have a discontinuous distribution across New Guinea, and the greater melampitta is generally a rare bird that is seldom encountered, although this may because it lives in seldom visited areas - recommend changing one "seldom" and hyphen after the second one.
"disconfirmed" ? - could find a plainer word than this I suspect.
link terrestrial

Otherwise looking pretty "Good"....

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Pass or Fail:   - nice read Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:21, 12 June 2017 (UTC)Reply