Acrocephalus
Well-known member
van den Berg, A.B. 2018. Dutch Birding bird names. Dutch Birding-vogelnamen. 1 January 2018. PDF
A quick scan I noted:
- The addition of Alectoris barbata (Cyrenaic Partridge, presumably based on this. Libyan Partridge is a better name in my opinion),
- The split of the African Royal Tern (expected),
- Changing the genus of the Eurasian Wren and marking the Caucasian subspecies as distinct.
- Changing the English name of Muscicapa tyrrhenica to Mediterranean Flycatcher.
- The African Silverbill is marked as introduced (in this edition, all introduced species are shown in green, so easily spotted).
Regarding the latter species, it’s generally not accepted as introduced. The HBW Live mentioned southern Algeria in the range but added ‘(origin of birds uncertain)’ citing an article (Belbachir 2000) that does not say anything about this. The only mention of the word ‘introduite’ is when the author mentioned the Red-billed Firefinch present also in the same region.
Belbachir, F. 2000. Première observation d’une colonie de Capucin bec-d’argent Euodice cantans, dans le Sahara Central algérien. Alauda 68: 149–151.
A quick scan I noted:
- The addition of Alectoris barbata (Cyrenaic Partridge, presumably based on this. Libyan Partridge is a better name in my opinion),
- The split of the African Royal Tern (expected),
- Changing the genus of the Eurasian Wren and marking the Caucasian subspecies as distinct.
- Changing the English name of Muscicapa tyrrhenica to Mediterranean Flycatcher.
- The African Silverbill is marked as introduced (in this edition, all introduced species are shown in green, so easily spotted).
Regarding the latter species, it’s generally not accepted as introduced. The HBW Live mentioned southern Algeria in the range but added ‘(origin of birds uncertain)’ citing an article (Belbachir 2000) that does not say anything about this. The only mention of the word ‘introduite’ is when the author mentioned the Red-billed Firefinch present also in the same region.
Belbachir, F. 2000. Première observation d’une colonie de Capucin bec-d’argent Euodice cantans, dans le Sahara Central algérien. Alauda 68: 149–151.
