AOU-NACC proposals 2013 (1 Viewer)

[mb1848]

This bit and the crack about "pelagic birders" in 2013-A shows a distance between birders reality and committee member's reality.

 

[Peter Kovalik]

" Are we sure that Calidris has priority over Philomachus?"
Answered I think by us here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=229663 .
Or here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=179310 .
Although who is the first revisor for Calidris?
Possibly Cuvier Anat. Comp. (in chart) 1805?

Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 8. Junius 1804

 

[Peter Kovalik]

www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/2013_A_votes_web.php

TiF Update:
September 1
The Bare-legged Screech-Owl has a new genus name, Margarobyas. This is because the old name Gymnoglaux is actually a junior synonym of Megascops (see Olson and Suárez, 2008; 54th AOU Supplement).
[Strigidae, Anomalogonates I, 2.74]

The original spelling Ptiliogonys has been restored for the Ptilogonys silky-flycatchers (see Gregory and Dickinson, 2012; 54th AOU Supplement). This changes the family name to Ptiliogonatidae.
[Ptiliogonatidae, Reguloidea and Bombycilloidea, 2.51]

 

[Richard Klim]

Proposal 2013-A-3: Sandwich Tern

Richard Banks from the Cabot's Tern proposal:
"I am not certain whether there are valid reports of Old World birds in North America, but I am sure there soon will be."

There was a Sandwich Tern in Chicago a few years back, and I happened to notice the extra-long, "old world style" bill. Richard Klim sent me this: Garner et al (Identification of American Sandwich Tern, Dutch Birding Vol:29:5) which I then sent to Greg Neise who subsequently ran with it:
http://www.nabirding.com/2011/09/25/sandwich-or-cabots/

Bill shape/size, primary pattern, and molt details seem to point to an Old World Sandwich Tern.

eBird, News and Features, 2 Sep 2013: Eurasian Sandwich Tern in North America.

 

[Richard Klim]

AOU Checklist

Updated online checklist (incorporating 54th supplement changes) posted today: checklist.aou.org/taxa/.

 

[Richard Klim]

Eurasian Sandwich Tern in North America

Richard Banks from the Cabot's Tern proposal: "I am not certain whether there are valid reports of Old World birds in North America, but I am sure there soon will be."

There was a Sandwich Tern in Chicago a few years back, and I happened to notice the extra-long, "old world style" bill. Richard Klim sent me this: Garner et al (Identification of American Sandwich Tern, Dutch Birding Vol:29:5) which I then sent to Greg Neise who subsequently ran with it: http://www.nabirding.com/2011/09/25/sandwich-or-cabots/
Bill shape/size, primary pattern, and molt details seem to point to an Old World Sandwich Tern.

Marshall Iliff, Mark Grantham & Martin Garner, Birding Frontiers, 4 Nov 2013: Eurasian Sandwich Tern in North America.

 

[Richard Klim]

ABA Checklist

Just noticed that ABA Checklist v7.5 (Dec 2013) was recently posted (taking into account the AOU Check-list 54th supplement)...
listing.aba.org/aba-checklist/

 

[jmorlan]

I noticed that the ABA list has Nutmeg Mannikin included with the Passeridae instead of the Estrildidae. Why is that?

 

[Richard Klim]

I noticed that the ABA list has Nutmeg Mannikin included with the Passeridae instead of the Estrildidae. Why is that?

Oops! v7.5.1...

[And maybe that common name should be reconsidered, given that it's not even a native American species. 'Nutmeg Mannikin' seems to be restricted to the pet trade (and AOU/ABA/Cornell) nowadays.]

 

[mb1848]

Back in the old days, 1997 , estrilids were in the Passeridae?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...ionid=7F8183FD32A25EB78324F2C7257EE7DA.f01t03 .

 

[Paul Clapham]

Back in the old days, 1997 , estrilids were in the Passeridae?

According to Monroe and Sibley's World Checklist of Birds (1993), they were.

 

[Richard Klim]

Estrildidae

Back in the old days, 1997 , estrilids were in the Passeridae?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...ionid=7F8183FD32A25EB78324F2C7257EE7DA.f01t03 .

But the introduction to the ABA Checklist states:

The ABA Checklist Committee follows all decisions of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (North and Middle America) of the American Ornithologists' Union (hereafter AOU) that relate to taxonomy and nomenclature.

 

[Mysticete]

more then likely it's a typo...

 

[MichaelRetter]

The ABA does not create its own taxonomy. It automatically accepts any changes in the AOU NACC list. So any difference will certainly be a typo, and further speculation about a deeper meaning is unwarranted. Please let the ABA know about any you find, so that they may be quickly corrected.

 

[Kratter]

I have already alerted Bill Pranty, chair of the ABA CLC

Andy

 

[jmorlan]

I contacted ABA and received the following.

It was simply an error of omission, and will be corrected soon. Thanks for the heads-up!
Cheers,
-greg neise

 

[Parulini]

Marshall Iliff, Mark Grantham & Martin Garner, Birding Frontiers, 4 Nov 2013: Eurasian Sandwich Tern in North America.

In addition to the Chicago and Cape Cod (2013) reports, a bird photographed at Renews, Newfoundland, Canada, on 30 June 2013 may also pertain to this taxon.
photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/89939334@N04/9187246046/in/pool-ebird
photos http://www.retiringwithlisadeleon.blogspot.ca/2013/07/sandwich-tern-inconspicously-sits-on.html

Mike

 

[bkrownd]

Oops! v7.5.1...

[And maybe that common name should be reconsidered, given that it's not even a native American species. 'Nutmeg Mannikin' seems to be restricted to the pet trade (and AOU/ABA/Cornell) nowadays.]

Nutmeg mannikin is the commonly used name for them in Hawaii.

 

[njlarsen]

Nutmeg mannikin is the commonly used name for them in Hawaii.

I overlooked that: Nutmeg Mannikin I believe is the commonly used name in field guides for the entire AOU area (Canada to Chile and everything in between including the Caribbean).

On the other hand, I can live with the alternative: Scaly-breasted Munia. If anyone has strong feelings, send a proposal to one of the AOU committees ...

Niels

 

[Richard Klim]

Nutmeg mannikin is the commonly used name for them in Hawaii.

That's to be expected in the AOU area. But it seems to be rarely used in its natural range.