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(Fwd) AOU changes



It looks like the latest AOU check-list supplement is out.  The only 
changes for Carolina birds this time appear to be the lumping of 
Catharacta (Skuas) with Stercorarius (Jaegers) and the change of the 
American common name Oldsquaw to the more descriptive English name Long-
tailed Duck.

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Date:    Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:17:20 -0700
From:    ian paulsen <ipaulsen@LINKNET.KITSAP.LIB.WA.US>
Subject: AOU Checklist supplement

HI ALL:
  The latest checklist supplement arrived with the following changes:
1)Nazca Boody is split from Masked Booby
2)Chinese Pond-Heron is added
3)Oldsquaw is now Long-tailed Duck
4)Black Kite is added. (Hawaiian records)
5)Gunnison Sage-Grouse is split from Greater Sage-Grouse
6)Catharacta (Skuas) is merged into Stercorarius (Jaegers)
7)Arizona Woodpecker is split from Strickland's Woodpecker
8)Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) is split from Eurasian Magpie (P.
pica)
9)Stripe-headed Tanager is split into 4 species: Western,Jamaican, 
Puerto Rican, and Hispaniolan Spindalis.
10) Yellow-throated Bunting is added

The rest of the changes refer to Central American species. One possible
split in the future is splitting the White-winged Crossbill into 2
species. Anybody know the details on this?

Sincerely
Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen
Bainbridge Is., WA, USA
ipaulsen@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
"Rallidae all the way"

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