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  1. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    Another Swainson's Thrush paper just came out. Mapping seasonal migration in a songbird hybrid zone -- heritability, genetic correlations, and genomic patterns linked to speciation...
  2. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    For those curious about the votes of the proposal in question: https://americanornithology.org/about/committees/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2021-proposals/comments-2021-c/#2021-C-19
  3. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    IIRC, there was a failed proposal to split Swainson's Thrush a few years ago that the AOS voted on. I wonder if this paper would change there minds, or if selection against hybrids due to migration patterns mismatch is not considered a "valid mechanism" to enforce speciation.
  4. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    ebird/Clements have made only a very small number of decisions different from NACC, mostly concerning taxa that are largely old world. But yes...IOC generally has more differences, including recognizing splits for several fairly well known North America birds. Although in recent years they have...
  5. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    Interesting....I wasn't sure what was going to happen on the NACC/SACC end. If either committee rejects a proposal, does that mean it's sunk for inclusion in the new checklist? Or will discrepancies continue to exist?
  6. Mysticete

    Turdidae

    I dunno, seems like a really messy situation, with different folks placing it in different species and treating it as a unique species. Not surprising a no vote, in contrast to some other proposals. Although I say that with having zero experience with Dagua Thrush
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