I still like OLDSQUAW a lot better then "Long-tailed Duck". I was fortunate
enough to experience the haunting calls of OLDSQUAWS over Alaskan Tundra at
Chevak, Old Chevak, Scammon Bay and the old Clarence Rhode NWR and later at
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge out of Kaktovik/Barter Island. Oldsquaws
at that time where the most common breeding ducks next to Pintails on the
coastal tundra.
The call of the Oldsquaw and the "go-back, go-back" of male Willow
Ptarmigans calling on the slopes of the Askinuk Mountains late in the
evening, were a sweet lullaby and the last thing we heard before going to
sleep in our tent after a hard day of birdying the spongy tundra in hip
waders.

Now "PACIFIC WREN" adds one to my life list, but did we loose any due to
lumping?

Cheers,

Hans Feddern
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA.
thefedderns&gmail.com

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Adam Sedgley <sedge.thrasher at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 split
>
> 1. Winter 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 <http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/826> and call<http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/774>
> .
> 2. 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<http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/2003> on
> this topic.
> 3. 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 <http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/1472>.
>
> 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?
>
>
> --
> Adam Sedgley
> S e a t t l e, WA
> sedge.thrasher [at] gmail [dot] com
>
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