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Taxonomic changes since the Birds of East Africa was published. (1 Viewer)

You may have earlier included the del Hoyo et al 2014 split of Green Bee-eater (also BLI DZ) into the superspecies, African Green Bee-eater M. [o.] viridissimus (2 sspp, nominate & cleopatra), Arabian Green Bee-eater M. [o.] cyanophrys (2 sspp nominate & muscatensis) & Asian Green Bee-eater M. [o.] orientalis (4 sspp).
MJB
del Hoyo, J, N Collar and GM Kirwan. 2014. Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys). In: del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, J Sargatal, D Christie and E de Juana. Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

That one is not on the Kenyan list apparently, so I didn’t pick it up
James
 
There are a lot of splits / 'new' taxa in Tanzania, eg

'Broad-winged White-eye' group hugely split, key in Tanzania are South Pare, Kilimanjaro and Mbulu White-eyes
Usambara DC Sunbird
Tsavo and Pemba Sunbirds (from Violet-breasted agg)
Rubeho Warbler (should be lumped with Moreau's; same bird!)
Rubeho Akalat
Mountain Greenbul splits various
Usambara Hyliota

cheers, alan
 
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