FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] AOU Check List 47th Supplement published

[K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The latest supplement to the AOU checklist has been published and
is available online.  I went through it quickly and didn't see
many drastic changes.  Lots of scientific name changes and some
taxonomic shuffling.  See the forwarded message below for the
web address where you can find the supplement.

Blue Grouse is split into Dusky Grouse and Sooty Grouse.

Cape Verde Shearwater and Black-bellied Storm-Petrel are added
based on birds seen on pelagic trips from the Outer Banks of
North Carolina (and a split for Cape Verde Shearwater)

Ringed Turtle-Dove becomes African Collared-Dove (Ringed Turtle-
Dove is considered a domesticated form of African Collared-Dove).

Skuas and Jaegars are elevated to family level (Stercorariidae)
between Laridae (Gulls and Terns) and Alcidae (Auks)

There's considerable taxonomic shuffling of species in the
Tringa sandpipers (Spotted, Solitary, Willet, yellowlegs, etc.),
the terns, and the cuckoos.  Lots of new scientific names here
and new listing orders.  Of note is that Lesser and Greater
Yellowlegs are no longer considered each other's closest
relative.  See the Supplement for the new list order.


Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN




---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 23:23:13 -0400
From: Phil Davis <pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: BRCF-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BRCF] AOU Check List 47th Supplement published

Birders:

The 47th Supplement to the AOU Check List is now available on the AOU web site, 
here ...

         http://www.aou.org/checklist/Suppl47.pdf

Phil


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