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  1. Jacana

    Gruiformes and Charadriiformes

    It's German, not Swedish. Ochropus: große Sandläußer (No idea, but I'm guessing "big sandpiper") Tringa: Brachvogel (which refers to Curlews these days)
  2. Jacana

    How many of the potential raptor species for the U.K have people seen?

    Levant Sparrowhawk should also be included on any list of potential new species for the UK. While I don't think there have been too many records in Western Europe (but I also know next to nothing about this species), it seems like it should be easily as likely as some of the other suggestions...
  3. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    185. Pallid Swift One member of the tiny colony that breeds in the centre of Gijón.
  4. Jacana

    Question about Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

    No problem. It's funny because it's something that I was actually thinking about myself this weekend after seeing my first Western Black-eareds.
  5. Jacana

    Question about Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

    As far as I'm aware there's no definitive study that has looked at the cause for the difference, however it is likely to be a polymorphism (like, say eye colour in humans) that might be governed by a few alleles and not necessarily a difference between subspecies per se. There's a relatively...
  6. Jacana

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    Lilac?
  7. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Last ones from this little trip. This time in the Villafáfila area: 171. Hen Harrier 172. Black-winged Stilt 173. Gull-billed Tern 174. Wood Sandpiper 175. Rock Sparrow 176. Pied Avocet 177. Common Redshank 178. Little Owl 179. Greater Flamingo 180. Little Ringed Plover 181. European Pied...
  8. Jacana

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    My only suggestion would be to switch "heliotrope" for something else. I don't know why but I absolutely hate that word 😅
  9. Jacana

    Turdidae

    If I remember correctly, this isn't the first paper on selection against hybrids due to the migratory divide. Maybe there wasn't enough evidence for the proposal to pass then. Maybe now?
  10. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Two more along the river in Zamora this afternoon: 169. Eurasian Penduline Tit 170. Common Reed Warbler
  11. Jacana

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Today outside Zamora, Thekla's Lark quickly followed by a stunning Western Black-eared Wheatear took me to 2164
  12. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Very successful morning in the Douro River area, just outside Zamora. Managed to get two lifers! 158. Eurasian Hoopoe 159. European Bee-eater 160. Western Subalpine Warbler 161. Thekla's Lark 162. Western Black-eared Wheatear 163. Rock Bunting 164. Spanish Sparrow 165. Common Cuckoo 166. Black...
  13. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    And one more this evening in Zamora: 157. Tawny Owl
  14. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    A few more on a walk around Salamanca: 151. Common Swift 152. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 153. Common Nightingale 154. Western Bonelli's Warbler 155. Cirl Bunting 156. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  15. Jacana

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Iberian Magpie, near Toro, Spain. Takes me to 2162. Hopefully I'll get a couple more in the next few days.
  16. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    I'm on a short trip to Salamanca and Zamora. Got a few new ones today on the drive down from Oviedo, including a short detour for a lifer! 142. Western Marsh Harrier 143. Booted Eagle 144. White Stork 145. Crested Lark 146. Lesser Kestrel 147. Iberian Magpie 148. Black-crowned Night Heron 149...
  17. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    141. Sandwich Tern Gijón
  18. Jacana

    Phasianidae

    One that I think has slipped through the net: Lu, Q., Wang, P., Chang, J., Chen, D., Gao, S., Höglund, J., & Zhang, Z. (2024). Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii). Avian Research, 15...
  19. Jacana

    Phylogeny of birds

    Click on the "Nature" link instead of the DOI link, then you'll get it.
  20. Jacana

    Petition for a dedicated sub-sub forum for eponymous name rants

    Some big taxonomy news is going to be released in about 25 minutes. So hopefully that will keep people distracted for a while.
  21. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    139. Golden Eagle 140. Red-billed Chough Just two today on my hike in the hills of Asturias. Also upgraded my Red-legged Partridge tick to a genuine wild one, as opposed to the feral UK ones.
  22. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    138. Common Grasshopper Warbler A very obliging singing male just outside Oviedo.
  23. Jacana

    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    One more today in Gijón: 137. Common Ringed Plover
  24. Jacana

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    "Butcher" is a very emotive term this name change. Afterall, it has only been in use by the IOC for about 14 years (name changed from Spot-breasted in version 2.2).
  25. Jacana

    Sporophila

    It's interesting how perceptions can vary. I agree that they don't only go on genetics and I wasn't suggesting that, quite the reverse . It's just that genetics often seems to be a critical point that they often want in conjunction with other parameters. Usually when these proposals come up they...
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