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Recent content by Reuven_M

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    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I don't like this idea - both Black-throated Green and Blackburnian Warbler are very strongly associated with hemlocks in much of their range. To the point where you can locate hemlock groves from several hundred metres away just by listening for these two species while walking through hardwood...
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    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Swainson's Hawk to Grasshopper Hawk seems like a no-brainer. Not sure if there's any other species that already have a colloquial alternate name. Other than Jackpine Warbler for Kirtland's Warbler, but not sure if they'll choose that out of confusion with Pine Warbler. Worth noting that the...
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    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    The AOS checklist does not include subspecies or provide English names for them.
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    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I am curious about where they will eventually draw the line - presumably the AOS is not going to try to change the name of Blyth's Reed Warbler, Pallas's Bunting and other rare vagrants.
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    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Another note on the list above - Strickland's Woodpecker is endemic to Mexico so wouldn't be covered (at least right away?), and there are a number of other species which don't meet the qualification of being primarily in the US or Canada (at first glance Morelet's Seedeater, many of the...
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    Jones Beach State Park, Long Island NY

    #4 is a Black-bellied Plover, otherwise you're correct.
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    Swamphen or Gallinule (Very bad photos)

    A bit more complicated than that, and depending on what checklist you're using. This species has been called Purple Swamphen for as long as they've been present in Florida (and Porphyrula martinica is just Purple Gallinule according to AOU, IOC and eBird/Clements, not American Purple Gallinule)...
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    Grebe Help - Long Island, NY - 1/10/2017

    Second bird is a Red-necked Grebe with that long bill and neck
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    South Florida - January 2017

    Prairie and Orange-crowned for me
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    Plover in New York

    Black-bellied - the black armpits are diagnostic
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    Flycatcher Toronto

    Willow/Alder. These two species aren't reliably separated except by voice.
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    2 birds to id - South Florida, USA

    Great Crested Flycatcher and Pine Warbler
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    Biggest Year in Central America Birding

    And see this previous thread, which comes up with a total of about 1200 species in Central America not including Mexico. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=214243
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    Biggest Year in Central America Birding

    Central America, including Mexico, has about 1500 species: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=CAM&list=howardmoore
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    Possible Thayer's Gull - Owen Sound, Ontario

    I don't think you can necessarily eliminate Thayer's here, but there no reason to think it isn't a Herring Gull which is far more likely. I've seen ones with hoods like this although it's by no means common.
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