thyoloalethe
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Some comments posted on SACC Proposal #605 (Change linear sequence of species in Sporophila) by Kevin Zimmer indicate that the Cone-billed Tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca) is likely to belong in Sporophila:
Liam
Vocal evidence, bill morphology, plumage pattern and progression, ecology, etc. all point to mesoleuca being a Dolospingus, which now would mean that it is actually a Sporophila, and should be placed immediately following fringilloides in the sequence.
Liam
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