[TN-Bird] FWD: [BIRDWG01] AOU Checklist Supplement

From: kde@xxxxxxx
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:03:32 -0400 (EDT)
It's that time of year again when the AOU releases their annual
checklist supplement.  Very few changes this year that might
affect your life list and ABA list totals.  The AOU reworked
tern taxonomy last year; this year it's the gulls turn.  Note
that "American" and "Vega" Herring Gull are not yet split out
as Clements and others have done.

Below is a summary posted by Ian Paulsen to the ID-Frontiers list.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:23:33 -0700
Subject: [BIRDWG01] AOU Checklist Supplement

HI ALL:
  I just read about the latest changes made to the AOU Checklist in it's
latest supplement. Here's a quick rundown:

American Flamingo is (re-)split from Greater Flamingo. And the Flamingo
family is now placed after the Grebe family.

Mangrove Black-Hawk is now a subspecies of the Common Black-Hawk.

Eastern Spot-billed Duck is split from Indian Spot-billed Duck.

Clay-colored Robin is now Clay-colored Thrush.

The biggest news is the generic names and placement of the gulls; Here's
the new gull order:

Creagrus furcatus Swallow-tailed Gull A
Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris Red-legged Kittiwake
Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull
Xema sabini Sabine's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Gray-hooded Gull A
Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus Little Gull
Rhodostethia rosea Ross's Gull
Leucophaeus modestus Gray Gull A
Leucophaeus atricilla Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's Gull
Larus belcheri Belcher's Gull A
Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull A
Larus heermanni Heermann's Gull
Larus canus Mew Gull
Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull
Larus occidentalis Western Gull
Larus livens Yellow-footed Gull
Larus californicus California Gull
Larus argentatus Herring Gull
Larus michahellis Yellow-legged Gull A
Larus thayeri Thayer's Gull
Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull
Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull N
Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull
Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull
Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull
Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull

A= Accidental N= non-breeding species

-- 

Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
" Which just goes to show that a
   passion for books is extremely unhealthy."
  from Cornelia Funke's "Inkheart".


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