Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | merula/azorensis/cabrerae/mauritanicus/aterrimus/syriacus/intermedius | |
Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | sowerbyi/mandarinus | Chinese Blackbird T. mandarinus including sowerbyi, but not intermedius, is split from Common/Eurasian Blackbird (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Robson 2008; Nylander et al. 2008; H&M 4). |
Tibetan Blackbird | Turdus maximus | Turdus maximus is split from T. merula (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Nylander et al. 2008). | |
Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | nigropileus/simillimus/bourdilloni/kinnisii | Turdus simillimus is split from T. merula (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Nylander et al. 2008). |
Thanks Mark. No description of any kind: this being published after 1960, there is no way that a name was formally established here."Wolters used Nesoctitinae on p. 156"
Tibetan is maximus
Common Blackbird Turdus merula merula/azorensis/cabrerae/mauritanicus/aterrimus/syriacus/intermedius Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus sowerbyi/mandarinus Chinese Blackbird T. mandarinus including sowerbyi, but not intermedius, is split from Common/Eurasian Blackbird (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Robson 2008; Nylander et al. 2008; H&M 4). Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus Turdus maximus is split from T. merula (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Nylander et al. 2008). Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus nigropileus/simillimus/bourdilloni/kinnisii Turdus simillimus is split from T. merula (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005; Collar 2005; Nylander et al. 2008).
This is from IOC - Looks like a catching up proposal
I don't think there's a tibetanus?
yes I meant to say no recordsIs there a "no" missing in the first sentence of this post?
Niels
My bad, Andy. Thanks!Tibetan is maximus
Falconers in the US use native species almost exclusively, and there are records of every bird kept by all falconers anyway.How do they know it was not a falconry bird flown by its owner? Legs are not clearly visible. This would explain why such a huge bird appeared and disappeared again without trace.
At a big name AZA zoo like that, a bird of prey escapes would have made the news. I'm not sure they still have the bird, anyway, that photo is from 2016. I think there is no way that this sea eagle, if real, was anything but a natural vagrant.There is a Steller's Sea Eagle at the Fort Worth Texas Zoo.
https://zooinstitutes.com/animals/black-sea-eagle-826/ .
Clements has accepted it, too.Don't have full access to my files at the moment but I think this is long since adopted by the IOC?
(Speaking of Mew Gulls, it might be a good2021-A-3: Split Mew Gull Larus canus brachyrhynchus and rename as Short-billed Gull
Fortunately I got one in Massachusetts a few years ago. Still froze my butt off.Going to make a Newfoundland winter trip just that more enticing, given that Common Gull is a wintering bird most winters IIRC.
What does Mew mean ? Mew sounds like a Pokémon 🤨I think Mew Gull is a lovely name and it would be a shame to lose it. I prefer Mew Gull for the Nearctic birds and Common Gull for the Palaearctic birds.
It's a Germanic word for gull, cf. German Möwe, Icelandic máfur, Dutch meeuw etc. So it means Gull GullWhat does Mew mean ? Mew sounds like a Pokémon 🤨
"Mouette" in French.It's a Germanic word for gull, cf. German Möwe, Icelandic máfur, Dutch meeuw etc.