These guys have waaaaaay too much time on their hands. I wonder how long it will take them to shift them all back and discover that it was only diet or a few cross-bred individuals that got caught up in the mix. I will always believe that our craving for accurate naming isn't recognized by the birds but only by those who trusted the print out of a computer program. One would think that such minute redefinitions are based on the limitations of breeding within each category - same species breeding with same species. But who tells the birds?
I hope one of the recently split species doesn't find one of the former grouped individuals attractive. We could have a birdie revolution on our hands. Maybe this could be the start of the '60 generation for birds. We could be opening the doors to promiscuous birdie outdoor concerts and feathered love-ins. I need to start looking for bell bottom tarsul coverlettes. I gotta get a stronger pair of binoculars for this. Film at eleven. Can't wait to see the film documentary of AviaryStock - perhaps they will feature Crossbill - Stilts - Nashville and Young, Tern Years After or Jimi Wrendrix! I love good straight man material. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN On Jul 27, 2010, at 6:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Yikes! There goes my AviSys. > > Sid Stivland > Plymouth, MN > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "tbirdboy10" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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. > [email protected] > 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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
