Yikes! There goes my AviSys. Sid Stivland Plymouth, MN
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "tbirdboy10" <tim.bird...@gmail.com> To: nebi...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NEBirds] 51st Supplement to the AOU Checklist Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:23:03 -0000 Hi NEBirders, I saw this on another listserv and thought it might be of interest. Several of the changes apply to Nebraska birds. "The American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) has released its Fifty-first supplement to the checklist of North American Birds in the latest issue of their journal The Auk. Here are just a few of the many changes that are noteworthy: Our Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) has been split from the nominate Old World form. The species gets the new name AMERICAN SCOTER (M. americana). Puffinus gravis previously known as Greater Shearwater is renamed GREAT SHEARWATER PACIFIC WREN (Troglodytes pacificus) occurring on the Pacific Coast of North America is newly recognized after being split from Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis). The genus Warbler genus Vermivora has been split. Orange-crowned Warbler (V. celata), Tennessee Warbler (V. peregrina), Nashville Warbler (V. ruficapilla), Virginia's Warbler (V. virginiae), Colima Warbler (V. crissalis) and Lucy's Warbler (V. luciae) are all moved into the genus OREOTHLYPIS. Also two Paurula species; Flame-throated Warbler and Crescent-chested Warbler, are moved into Oreothlypis. Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler and Bachman's Warbler remain in the genus Vermivora. The Blue-winged Warbler gets a new scientific name (V. cyanoptera). Tropical Parula and Northern Parula remain in the genus Parula. The Waterthrushes are moved from the genus Seiurus to PARKESIA. The new names are: Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), and Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) The four brown towhees are moved from Pipilo into the genus MELZONE: Melozone fusca Canyon Towhee Melozone albicollis White-throated Towhee Melozone crissalis California Towhee Melozone aberti Abert's Towhee The southwest subspecies of Whip-poor-will (subspecies arizonae) is split from the nominate form as a distinct species. It becomes the MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL(Caprimulgus arizonae) and the nominate form is now the Eastern Whip-poor-will (C. vociferus). The genus PEUCAEA is resurrected for the several sparrow species formerly included in Aimophila: Peucaea carpalis Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea humeralis Black-chested Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis Bridled Sparrow Peucaea botterii Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow Also, the Five-striped Sparrow (Aimophila quinquestriata) is transfered to the genus Amphispiza. McCown's Longspur (Calcarius mccownii) is moved from the genus Calcarius to the monotypic genus RHYNCHOPHANES. White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)and Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus) are added to the Checklist. The Order Pelicaniformes has been dismembered and rearranged considerably: The Tropicbirds are moved from the order Pelicaniformes to the new order PHAETHONTIFORMES. A new order, SULIFORMES, is created to include the Frigatebirds, Boobies,Cormorants, Darters, and their allies. Members of the family Ardeidae (e.g.Herons, Bitterns, and Allies) previously placed within the Order CICONIIFORMES are now moved to the Order Pelicaniformes (!) which includes the Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies. The large Ciconiiformes now only includes the Storks (the single family Ciconiidae). The new order ACCIPITRIFORMES is split from the Falconiformes to include the Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies." Tim Hajda Broken Bow, NE Custer Co. tim.bird...@gmail.com www.ebird.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
