When in doubt I follow the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of NA and
they still say* chinensis.*

*Dianna Moore*
*O.S.*

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 10:55 PM Constance Sidles <constancesidles at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hey tweets, I'm updating my life list to put it into harmony with the

> latest AOS, something I haven't attended to in *years.*

>

> I'm confused about the nomenclature for Spotted Dove, and I was hoping

> some taxonmically inclined Tweeters might help me out.

>

> As best as I can tell, the latest AOS list puts Spotted Dove in the genus *Streptopelia,

> *with the species being: *chinensis.*

>

> However, other authorities place Spotted Dove in the genus *Spilopelia,*

> with the species being *suratensis.*

>

> There is a discussion in Wikipedia about this. The article quotes DNA

> research from 2001 to claim that *Spilopelia* is the correct genus.

> Wikipedia, however, retains the species nam *chinensis.*

>

> Which of these variations is correct? I'm inclined to follow AOS, since

> that is the authority I am using for other data, including taxonomic order.

> Does anybody know if the AOS committee considered the 2001 data discussed

> in Wikipedia (and then rejected it)? Help! - Connie, Seattle

>

> constancesidles at gmail.com

>

> csidles at constancypress.com

>

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