Richard Klim
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Dutch Birding 31 (1) includes the annual round-up of WP taxonomical changes recognised by DB.
- Anser middendorffii is split from A fabalis as Middendorff's Bean Goose.
- Oceanodroma monteiroi is split from O castro as Monteiro's Storm Petrel.
- Grant's Storm Petrel is also recognised as a species but remains unnamed for the time being.
- Anhinga rufa is split from A melanogaster as African Darter.
- Casmerodius albus is renamed Western Great Egret (to reflect split of C modestus).
- Threskiornis aethiopica is renamed African Sacred Ibis (to reflect split of T bernieri).
- Tyto alba is renamed Western Barn Owl (to reflect split of T javanica).
- Athene glaux [including 'saharae' (synomymised with glaux), indigena & lilith] is split from A noctua as Lilith's Owl.
- Luscinia megarhynchos hafizi Eastern Nightingale is renamed L m golzii.
- Zoothera sibirica is reassigned to Geokichla.
- Sylvia subalpina is split from S cantillans as Moltoni's Warbler.
- Lanius elegans is split from L meridionalis (now monotypic) as Desert Grey Shrike.
- Sturnus sturninus is reassigned to Agropsar.
- Sturnus roseus is reassigned to Pastor.
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