Very interesting. I didn't know this. Thank you for sharing.
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On 2015-12-27 21:45, Joe Roller wrote: 

> Can anyone confirm that what I heard is true, that the AOU has recently voted 
> to split the Olive-backed LEGO? 
> Those pesky taxonomists have been at it again, and the split is supposed to 
> take place soon - on January 1, 2016. * 
> Yea! I get to add a species to my Ecuador list! 
> 
> Olive-backed LEGO is being split into the coastal species, the 
> "Greenish-backed LEGO" and the inland species 
> the "Mossy-backed LEGO," _Legans bryophyta. _The key to telling them apart is 
> that the dorsal aspect of the 
> sluggish inland species is mostly mossy, especially on its north side. 
> It is found in mossy areas of the tropics - mostly. 
> 
> Whereas the frenetic "Greenish-backed" species, _Legans frenzyi,_ gathers 
> no.... 
> well, you know. 
> 
> Joe Roller, 
> Denver 
> Happy, Healthy and Birdy New Year! 
> 
> * The split was to have taken place on 4/1/16, but the date got moved up. 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Joan Larrabee <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Very clever! 
> 
> Joan Larrabee
> Colorado Springs, CO 80906
> 719.576.4598 [1]
> 
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> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 19:32:35 -0800
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Olive-backed LEGO Larimer County 
> 
> On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 6:18:45 AM UTC-7, Ray Brakke wrote: What is a 
> LEGO??? 
> 
> I thought everyone knew. This is the olive-backed variety: 
> 
> [2] 
> 
> P.s. A few real birds, if anybody's interested. Yesterday, Sat., Dec. 26, at 
> White Rocks Trail, Boulder County, a NORTHERN SHRIKE and a KILLDEER. Today, 
> Sun., Dec. 27, at Boulder Creek, 109th St. crossing, Boulder County, an 
> AMERICAN PIPIT, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and another KILLDEER; also a nice 
> falcon show in the general area, with PRAIRIE MERLIN, PRAIRIE FALCON, and 
> many AMERICAN KESTRELS. Pix, comments, and "likes" at CFO's Facebook site. 
> (Leatherman heads for the nearest window...) 
> 
> Ted Floyd 
> Lafayette, Boulder County 
> 
> Ray Brakke
> Morrison, CO 
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