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    Sumatran Mesia

    Only BL split it. Not sure I follow your second paragraph; OBC haven't published a list since 1996, so the split of Sumatran Mesia by BirdLife was done two decades later. A.
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    Sumatran Mesia

    It's just that the BirdLife International account hasn't been updated since 2016...incidentally, I did update it last week for publication/update next year.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    The identification of these in winter is ably covered in the latest BirdingASIA: Bakewell D. (2022) Identification of Siberian Charadrius [mongolus] mongolus and Tibetan C. [m.] atrifrons Sand Plovers. BirdingASIA 38: 23-35. Available to all OBC members (£15 a year): Join OBC — Oriental Bird Club
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    HBW-BirdLife Version 6.0b (July 2022)

    To be clear on why this was done: 2022 is somewhat unique in its comprising of two IUCN Red List change updates. The update published (version 6b) here is made up almost solely of Red List changes and a handful of 'inconsequential' (from the Red List perspective) nomenclature changes we chose to...
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    HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (December 2021)

    Not sure what has happened with that pdf(!) -- will fix it on Monday.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Well Eaton et al. doesn't even remotely follow 'IOC' taxonomy, so I don't see how it is relevant?
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    Anatidae

    Could someone send this over to me too, please. Cheers,
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Written by yours truly... https://www.birdguides.com/articles/taxonomy/a-birders-guide-to-the-new-look-rufous-antpitta-complex/
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    Black-browed babbler (Malacocincla perspicillata)

    There is a follow up paper with more detail in the next Forktail/Journal of Asian Ornithology (summer 2021), which will include (approximate) locality, habitat etc.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Some new genera being created here! :ROFLMAO:
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    https://bioone.org/journals/Bulletin-of-the-British-Ornithologists-Club/volume-140/issue-2/bboc.v140i2.2020.a9/Species-rank-for-Rheinardia-ocellata-nigrescens-Phasianidae/10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a9.full
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    Parrots

    Difficult to interpret much of it, but check out divergences in Pezoporus, perhaps time to resurrect Geopsittacus for Night Parrot?
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    Kiwi Taxonomy

    Do you have access, Peter? Could you please send me? Cheers.
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    HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4

    English names for English birds...like laughingthrushes.
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    Resplendent Quetzal

    Good point! I make it 7...
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    Picidae

    See Shakya et al. (2017), "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Alex
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    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    It's out folks! https://ebird.org/news/2019-ebird-taxonomy-update?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=535f9e7ab7-ebird+enews+august+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-535f9e7ab7-317298765
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    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    Cream-eyed Bulbul P. pseudosimplex & Blue-throated Hillstar O. cyanolaemus have been added...this could be a very long process...best wait for the spreadsheet!
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    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    Jerdon's Minivet has been split...better late than never
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    Philippines from 11th Jan 2019

    Andy, Could you maybe put a few people in contact (myself included) who expressed interest in a Jan 2020 trip? (Either DM or email: ajb.birding 'at' AOL 'dot' co.uk Best, Alex
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    Papua New Guinea June/July 2019

    I was vaguely thinking of doing a DIY trip to West Papua in Jul 2019; are you able to email me (ajb.birding 'AT' aol 'DOT' co.uk) me itinerary & prices? Cheers,
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    Nightjar/hawk sp. near Tortuguero (Costa Rica)

    2 seen on the beach, current thoughts are Common/Lesser Nighthawk or imm. C.Pauraque ? Any help much appreciated
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