When excited I automatically switch to Marsh Hawk from Harrier, Gallinule from Moorhen and &? Sparrow Hawk from Kestrel.? Drives all the new birders nuts when I'm leading a trip.?

RCC

Richard Carlson

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--- On Tue, 7/27/10, Adam Sedgley <sedge.thrasher at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Adam Sedgley <sedge.thrasher at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Pacific Wren / American Scoter - AOU checklist changes
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 3:58 PM

Hi Tweets,
Forget Winter Wrens?or Black Scoters 'round these parts, the AOU changes are now official: these species are now referred to as?Pacific Wren?(in the PNW) and?American Scoter (in the New World).

An interesting summary from http://earbirding.com/blog/
Species splitWinter Wren is split into three species:?Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)?in northwestern North America;?Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)in eastern North America; and?Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)?in the Old World.? Vocal differences were important in this split; see my older posts on how to separate Pacific from Winter Wrens by?song?and?call.
Whip-poor-will is split into?Mexican Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus arizonae)?and?Eastern Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus). Vocal differences were important here as well; see my?earlier post?on this topic.
Black Scoter is split into?American Scoter (Melanitta americana)?in the New World and?Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)?in the Old World.? Once again vocal differences were key, and once again you can hear them in an?earlier post.

A couple of Latin American trogon species, the Greater Antillean Oriole, and the Elepaio of the Hawaiian islands were also split.

I am also curious, what old names persist for other Tweets? I have been known to resurrect - especially in times of excitement - Solitary Vireo. Others? Rock Dove? Western Flycatcher? Blue Grouse? Oldsquaw? Long-billed Marsh Wren?


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Adam Sedgley
S e a t t l e, WA
sedge.thrasher [at] gmail [dot] com


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