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  1. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    The name Akalat

    Hi all What is the origin of the name Akalat and what is the typical bird of this name? Does it designate a specific species or is it a general name?
  2. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Taxa with or without authority

    Is there an authority behind these taxa (here treated as subfamilies) ? Macrocephaloninae Xenoperdricinae Tropicoperdicinae Ammoperdicinae Pternistinae Rhizotherinae Eutriorchidinae Lophospizinae Melieracinae Berenicornithinae Jacamaralcyoninae (or Brachygalbinae) Corydoninae Myiobiinae...
  3. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Ending of family

    Hi Yesterday, I asked myself If the family names in -idae are in plural Latin, what is the Latin in the singular? -idai ?
  4. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Sijú Cotunto - Margarobyas lawrencii

    Howdy every Sijú, also found in the binomial name Glaucidium siju, is the local name of the Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) given to Cuba, but what is the meaning of Cotunto in Sijú Cotunto? Could it be the local name of the Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii) given to Cuba? Thankyou Jim
  5. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Bibliography in H&M website

    Hi all Do you know where is the bibliography on the Avian systematics (Howard & Moore) website, I can't find it? Thank you
  6. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    The meaning of Bankiva

    Clap bonjour ! I don't really understand the meaning of the name Bankiva in Gallus gallus bankiva. The key says this: But is Bankiva (or Ayam Bankiva) the name of the species in the origin language of its country (a name in apposition) or is it an adjective? Thanks 🙂
  7. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Flamingos phylogeny

    Frias-Soler & al. 2022. Phylogeny of the order Phoenicopteriformes and population genetics of the Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber: Aves) https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac040/6647631 Abstract Flamingos are highly mobile waterbirds...
  8. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    My taxonomic predictions

    I am creating this thread which will absolutely not advance the debate. It's just for fun (and also because I am bored). This is at most an aside discussion in which I imagine possible taxonomic revisions at the genus level. In particular, species that I believe should be placed in their own...
  9. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Names of famous naturalists

    Hi everybodyyyy Can you give me any names of naturalists from past centuries (20th, 19th), French, English, American, German, European, etc..., who contributed and proposed their own system of classification of birds. These authors may, of course, have described new taxa in their work. I can...
  10. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Identity of Dampier's Petrel

    Hi all. I I need your help to solve this mystery When the Petrel was described for the first time by Dampier in his "A Voyage to New Holland" (1703), he given this description : "The Petrel is a bird not much unlike a swallow, but smaller, and with a shorter tail, 'Til all over black, except...
  11. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Gondwana rainforests bird taxa

    Mitchell K.J., Hugall A.F., Heiniger H., Joseph L. & Oliver P.M. (2021). Disparate origins for endemic bird taxa from the ‘Gondwana Rainforests’ of Central Eastern Australia. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. XX, 1–17...
  12. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Phylogeny of Passeridae

    Päckert M., Hering J., Belkacem A.A., Sun Y.H., Hille S., Lkhagvasuren D., Islam S. & Martens J. (2021). A revised multilocus phylogeny of Old World sparrows (Aves: Passeridae). Vertebrate Zoology, 71: 353-366. Abstract The Old World sparrows include some of the best-studied passerine species...
  13. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Potential new species of Berrypecker (Melanocharis, Melanocharitidae)

    The Berrypeckers, or Piquebaies in French (😏), are members of the unknown papuan family Melanocharitidae, one of the first lineage under the infra-order Passerida. In fact, I just found this : https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi%253A10.5061%252Fdryad.fbg79cnsv Future new species ...
  14. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Acanthisitta chloris granti

    Withers S.J., Parsons S., Hauber M.E., Kendrick A. & Lavery S.D. (2021). Genetic divergence between isolated populations of the North Island New Zealand Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris granti) implicates ancient biogeographic impacts rather than recent habitat fragmentation. Ecology and...
  15. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Species limits and taxonomy in birds

    Kevin Winkler & Pamela C. Rasmussen (2021). Species limits and taxonomy in birds. Ornithology, ukab017 https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ornithology/ukab017/6217336?redirectedFrom=fulltext Abstract Despite the acknowledged importance of defining avian species...
  16. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    What's this Dove ? S. decaocto or roseogrisea ? in France

    Hi All I shooted this dove that I found different from these congeners. I thought it was the African Collared-Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) because of its small size and its color, but after reflection, I have a doubt, it could only be the Eurasian Collared-Dove. Can someone confirm or not...
  17. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Feraequornithes, new clade

    Sangster G. & Mayr G. (2021). Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves). Vertebrate Zoology, 71: 49-53. https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/61728/ Abstract Recent genomic data sets have...
  18. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Bulletin British Ornithologist's Club

    The full issue of the new volume of the Bull. Brit. Orn. Club is now available at : https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-140/issue-3/bboc.v140i3.2020.a11/Full-Issue/10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a11.full
  19. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Diversification Himalayan passerine birds

    Martin Päckert, Adrien Favre, Jan Schnitzler, Jochen Martens, Yue‐Hua Sun, Dieter Thomas Tietze, Frank Hailer, Ingo Michalak, Patrick Strutzenberger “Into and Out of” the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas: Centers of origin and diversification across five clades of Eurasian montane and...
  20. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Bowerbirds phylogenomic

    Per G P Ericson, Martin Irestedt, Johan A A Nylander, Les Christidis, Leo Joseph, Yanhua Qu Parallel Evolution of Bower-Building Behavior in Two Groups of Bowerbirds Suggested by Phylogenomics. Systematic Biology...
  21. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Pteroglossus beauharnaisii

    Normand David, Rick Wright, Andy Elliott, Thiago V. V. Costa Reasserting the valid name of the Curl-crested Aracari (Aves, RAMPHASTIDAE): Pteroglossus beauharnaisii Wagler, 1831 Abstract https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/61107 http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a022 As demonstrated by...
  22. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Sundaic passerine

    Here a very interesting paper Subir B. Shakya, M. Irham, Matthew L. Brady, Tri Haryoko, Yuli S. Fitriana, Oscar Johnson, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Nickson Joseph Robi, Robert G. Moyle, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga & Frederick H. Sheldon (2020) Observations on the relationships of some Sundaic passerine...
  23. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Chrysocorythus estherae new subspecies

    A possible new subspecies of Mountain Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae) Is the subspecies of Mountain Serin Chrysocorythus estherae from Lore Lindu National Park, northern Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia, an undescribed taxon? BirdingAsia. Numéro : 30. Pages : 54-59...
  24. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Cyornis flycatcher

    Chyi Yin Gwee, James A Eaton, Kritika M Garg, Per Alström, Sebastianus (Bas) Van Balen, Robert O Hutchinson, Dewi M Prawiradilaga, Manh Hung Le & Frank E Rheindt. (2019). Cryptic diversity in Cyornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) jungle-flycatchers flagged by simple bioacoustic approaches...
  25. Jim LeNomenclatoriste

    Australian extinct giant raptors

    Michael knap, Jessica E . Thomas, James Haile, Stefan Prost, Simon Y.W.Ho, Nicolas Dussex, Sophia Cameron-Christie, Olga Kardailsky, Ross Barnet, Michael Bunce, M.Thomas P. Gilbert, R.Paul Scofield. Mitogenomic evidence of close relationships between New Zealand’s extinct giant raptors and...
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