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[K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some of us may have added a few birds to our life lists without
knowing it this weekend.  Yep, it's that time again.  Time when
the AOU announces taxonomy changes.  I'm attaching a post from
BirdChat below with some details.

Two big changes for the lower 48, actually reversals of earlier
lumpings.  The Black-crested Titmouse of Texas is once again
considered a full species, separate from our Tufted Titmouse.
Our snipe, Wilson's Snipe, has been resplit from the Common Snipe
of Europe and Asia.  That lump always bothered me.  Wilson's and
Common Snipe have different number of tail feathers.

Still waiting on several splits including Green-winged Teal,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Warbling Vireo and the dreaded
Red Crossbill 8-way split.

A few scientific name changes and rearrangements as well including
Roseate Spoonbill, Blue Grosbeak, the phalaropes and gallinules.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



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Date:    Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:53:41 -0700
From:    Ian Paulsen <ipaulsen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: AOU Checklist supplement

HI ALL:
 Since I have had SO many requests I'll post a condensed version here:
1) Dark-rumped Petrel is split into Hawaiian and Galapagos Petrels
2) Wilson's Snipe is REsplit from Common Snipe
3) Black-crested Titmouse is REsplit from Tufted Titmouse
 (Other splits occur south of USA that don't affect the ABA area)

SPECIES ADDED (New records)
1) Gray-hooded Gull (Florida)
2) Kelp Gull (mostly  Louisiana)
3) Mitred Parakeet (southern CA, introduced)
4) Stygian Owl (Texas)
5) Black-browed Albatross, Bermuda Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel (Atlantic
Coast)
6) Piratic Flycatcher (SW USA)
7) Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Texas)
8) Yellow-browed Warbler (Alaska)

NAME CHANGES:
1) Roseate Spoonbill is now in the genus Platalea
2) Porphyrula (Gallinules) is now Porphyrio
3) Red Phalarope is now P. fulicarius
4) Blue Grosbeak is now in the genus Passerina and the order of the genus is
rearranged.
5) Eared Trogon =Eared Quetzal
6) Guam Swiftlet =Mariana Swiftlet

sincerely

Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
ipaulsen@xxxxxxx
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way"


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