From: Eugene Hunn[SMTP:hunn at u.washington.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 1996 1:53 PM
To: Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney
Subject: Re: Articles in Wilson Bulletin Vol 108, No 1 (long)

Jon,

Could I ask a favor? Could you briefly summarize the taxonomic changes=20
in the latest AOU supplement for Mexican species? If it's too much=20
trouble I'll get to the library some day soon.

Gene.

Gene,

Being's I'm too lazy to sort out Mexican from Central American from =
Texican species (and because some of these feathered critters go from =
one part of the continent to the other *through* Mexico), I'll just do a =
quick summary of the 21 pages of the darned thing.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net


Page numbers refer to the 1983 AOU Check-list.

p 17 - Replace the entry for Pterodroma mollis with Pterodroma feae CAPE =
VERDE ISLANDS PETREL. Change the English name of Hydrobates pelagicus =
from British Storm-petrel to European Storm-petrel.

p 47 The Great Egret is moved from the Genus Casmerodius to the Genus =
Ardea.

p 65 Reinstate the account of Anser erythropus - LESSER WHITE-FRONTED =
GOOSE (Accidental on Attu Island 1994).

p 102 Change the English name of Elanoides forficatus to SWALLOW-TAILED =
KITE.

p 127 Change the English name of Falco subbuteo from Northern Hobby to =
EURASIAN HOBBY.

p 141 Agriocharis should not be separated from Meleagris - Meleagris =
ocellata - OSCELLATED TURKEY.

p 166 Change English name of Pluvialus apricaria from Greater =
Golden-Plover to EUROPEAN GOLDEN-PLOVER.

p 194 Change English name of Calidris ruficollis from Rufous-necked =
Stint to RED-NECKED STINT

p 214 Change English name of Larus ridibundus from Common Black-headed =
Gull to BLACK-HEADED GULL.

p 261-262 Split Leptotila wellsi GRENADA DOVE from L. rufaxilla.

p 313 Split Caprimulgus salvini into C. salvini - TAWNY-COLLARED =
NIGHTJAR and C. badius - YUCATAN NIGHTJAR.

p 316. Split Nyctibius griseus into N. griseus - COMMON POTOO and N. =
jamaicensis - NORTHERN POTOO.

p 322 Genus Aerodramus into Genus Collocalia. Collocalia bartschi - GUAM =
SWIFTLET introduced and established in Hawaii (Oahu).

p 331 Split Anthracothorax veraguensis - VERAGUAN MANGO (Panama) from A. =
prevostii - GREEN-BREASTED MANGO.

p 335 Split Chlorostilbon canivetii into C. auriceps - GOLDEN-CROWNED =
EMERALD (Sinaloa to Oaxaca), C. forficatus - COZUMEL EMERALD (Cozumel =
Island), and C. canivetii - CANIVET'S EMERALD (Tamaulipas to Belize).

p 394 Piculus callopterus - STRIPE-CHEEKED WOODPECKER (Panama) separated =
from P. leucolaemus and P. simplex.

p 395 Split Colaptes chrysoides - GILDED FLICKER from C. auratus.

p 449 Contopus caribaeus divided into C. caribaeus - CUBAN PEWEE =
(Bahama, Cuba), C. pallidus - JAMAICAN PEWEE (jamaica) and C. =
hispaniolensis - HISPANIOLAN PEWEE (Hispaniola)

p 459-460 Machetornis rixosus - CATTLE TYRANT moved to main list - found =
in 1991 in Panama

p 488 Change English name of Skylark to SKY LARK

p 489, 492 Genus Phaeoprogene merged into Genus Progene. Progene tapera =
- BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN

p 505 Aphelocoma californica WESTERN SCRUB-JAY and A insularis ISLAND =
SCRUB-JAY (Santa Cruz Is, Calif) split from A coerulescens FLORIDA =
SCRUB-JAY. =20

p 506 Change English name of Aphelocoma ultramarina to MEXICAN JAY =
(again)

p 555 Split Catharus minimus into C. minimus - GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and =
C. bicknelli BICKNELL'S THRUSH

P 576 Include Motacilla citreola - CITRINE WAGTAIL after C. flava, based =
on 1992 record in Mississippi.

p 578 Change English name of Anthus trivialis to TREE PIPIT.

p 578 Change English name of Anthus hodgsoni to OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT

p 667 Separate Saltator albicollis LESSER ANTILLEAN SALTATOR and S. =
striatipectus STREAKED SALTATOR.

p 668 Genus Pitylus is merged with Genus Saltator - Saltator grossus =
SLATE-COLORED GROSBEAK.

p 684 Split Piplio erythrophthalmus into P. erythrophthalmus EASTERN =
TOWHEE, P. maculatus SPOTTED TOWHEE (for maculatus and socorroensis =
groups).

p 709 Split Ammodramus caudacutus SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW and A. =
nelsoni NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW.

p 719 insert Emberiza leucocephalos PINE BUNTING based on 1985, 1990 =
and 1993 records.

p 720 Change English name of Emberiza pallasi to PALLAS' BUNTING

p 720 Change English name of Emberiza schoeniculus to REED BUNTING

p 737 Split Icterus galbula into I. galbula BALTIMORE ORIOLE, I. =
bullockii BULLOCK'S ORIOLE and I. abeillei BLACK-BACKED ORIOLE.

p 750 Add Cardeulis spinus EURASIAN SISKIN to main list based on 1993 =
specimen, 1978 report.

p 759 Split Hemignathus virens into H. virens HAWAII AMAKIHI, H. chloris =
OAHU AMAKIHI, and H. kauaiensis KAUAI AMAKIHI

p 777 Change account for Pterodroma mollis to Pterodroma feae CAPE VERDE =
ISLANDS PETREL, split from P mollis

What did I miss?

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