[wisb] eBird taxonomy update
- From: Nick Anich <nicka29@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:57:00 -0800 (PST)
FYI, eBird has finished updating its taxonomy. For Wisconsin, this affects only
3 species, and because the boundaries are clear-cut on these species in our
area, eBird has updated them automatically. If you eBird in other regions, you
may want to check your lists to see how this update affected you -- eBird has a
complete list of the updates in an article on its front page. In some regions
they weren't able to reliably split species and left your record as a slash
(e.g., Winter/Pacific Wren) for you to fix yourself if you noted subspecies at
the time.
All checklist filters for Wisconsin currently have the new species (former
subspecies) as the only option, and should be updating normally from here on
out.
In Wisconsin:
Winter Wren split from Pacific Wren (on the west coast) and the bird we get
here
is still called Winter Wren. All but 2 reports in Wisconsin eBird have been
converted to (the new, eastern) Winter Wren (2 say Winter/Pacific for some
reason).
Eastern Whip-poor-will split from Mexican Whip-poor-will (in the southwest).
All
WI eBird reports transferred fine to Eastern.
Black Scoter was split from Common Scoter (in Europe). All WI records in eBird
are of Black Scoter.
It looks like Yellow-rumped Warbler may be on the chopping block for next year
(with options to split into 2, 3, or 4 species), so you may start want to start
keeping track of your subspecies now, if you're not already.
Nick Anich
Ashland, WI
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