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After HBW New Species is now available for all it would be interesting to know when the SACC will publish their proposals for the 15 new Amazonian species and the IOC will follow to include them in their list.
 
Melanie said:
After HBW New Species is now available for all it would be interesting to know when the SACC will publish their proposals for the 15 new Amazonian species and the IOC will follow to include them in their list.
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Has anyone drawn up a list of sub-oscine "old species" which are widespread in the Amazon basin and are yet to be split on the basis of fluvial separation? I assume there are plenty of inter-fluvial representatives within these "old species" yet to be described...

cheers, alan
 
Gyldenstolpe in gyldenstolpei

I guess the newly described species Campyloramphus (procurvoides?) gyldenstolpei ALEIXO ET AL 2013 is (without having the opportunity to read the type description yet) named after the Swedish Noble, zoologist, ornithologist, traveller and collector; Nils Gyldenstolpe (as he mostly is refered to) whose full name was: greve (= Count) Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe (30 September 1886–10 April 1961), assistant/curator at the Department of Vertebrates at Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History) in Stockholm from 1914 to 1954.

Is there any information in the HBW New Species that contradicts this?

The above mentioned Nils Gyldenstolpe is (by various sources, I haven´t, due to this uncertainty, taken the time to check them myself) said to be commemorated in, for example:
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg 1916 ("Gyldenstolpe's Worm Skink")
Limnonectes gyldenstolpei Andersson 1916 ("Gyldenstolpe's frog")
Afrocandezea gyldenstolpei Weise, 1924 (beetle)
Aethalopteryx gyldenstolpei Aurivillius 1925 (moth)
Miomantis gyldenstolpei Sjostedt 1924 (praying mantis)
Hestiasula gyldenstolpei Werner 1930 (another praying mantis).

Here´s some (far from a complete list) of the birds that (the same) Nils Gyldenstolpe described himself (according to likewise, various, by me univerified, sources):
Treron calvus vylderi 1924
Mirafra passerina 1926
Synallaxis c. cheriei 1930
Synallaxis cherriei napoensis 1930
Myrmotherula longicauda soderstromi 1930
Newtonia fanovanae 1933
Picumnus aurifrons transfasciatus 1937
Crocias langbianis 1939
Hylopezus auricularis 1941
Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae 1941
Picumnus aurifrons juruanus 1941
Veniliornis passerinus tapajozensis 1941
Campephilus rubricollis olallae 1945
Eubucco richardsoni purusianus 1951

For further information on him: Curry-Lindahl, K. 1961. Obituary: Nils Gyldenstolpe. The Ibis 103a (4): 627.

Reasonably not to be confused with his ancestor Count Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709) or other, more or less notorious, Swedes with the same name.
 
Nils Gyldenstolpe is indeed the eponym for this species. He was chosen because he was the first who characterised the distinctiveness and the distribution of the genus Campyloramphus. (HBW New species, p. 255)
 
Campylorhamphus gyldenstolpei

Aleixo et al 2013...
Etymology.— We are pleased to name the new species after the Swedish ornithologist Count Nils Gyldenstolpe, who was the first to characterize the distinctiveness and distribution of the new Campylorhamphus described herein, separating it from all other taxa known at the time grouped under both C. procurvoides and C. trochilirostris (Gyldenstople 1945a, 1951). Furthermore, the name of the new species represents a tribute to Gyldenstolpe's great contribution to Neotropical, and particularly Amazonian, ornithology, as shown by his unique and thorough monographs on the birds of northern Bolivia and the upper Juruá and Purus rivers in Brazil (Gyldenstolpe 1945a,b, 1951).
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HBW Special Volume: supp info

Richard Klim said:
www.lynxeds.com/hbw/special-volume-new-species-and-global-index
  1. Nystalus obamai - Western Striolated-Puffbird
  2. Myrmotherula oreni - Bamboo Antwren
  3. Epinecrophylla dentei - Roosevelt Stipple-throated Antwren
  4. Herpsilochmus stotzi - Aripuana Antwren
  5. Herpsilochmus praedictus - Predicted Antwren
  6. Hypocnemis rondoni - Manicore Warbling-Antbird
  7. Dendrocolaptes retentus - Xingu Woodcreeper
  8. Campylorhamphus gyldenstolpei - Tupana Scythebill
  9. Campylorhamphus cardosoi - Tapajós Scythebill
  10. Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae - Inambari Woodcreeper
  11. Zimmerius chicomendesi - Chico's Tyrannulet
  12. Tolmomyias sucunduri - Sucunduri Yellow-margined Flycatcher
  13. Hemitriccus cohnhafti - Acre Tody-Tyrant
  14. Cyanocorax hafferi - Campina Jay
  15. Polioptila attenboroughi - Inambari Gnatcatcher
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HBW Amazonian splits: recommended common names...

  • Nystalus (striolatus) obamai sp nov - Western Striolated-Puffbird
  • Nystalus (striolatus) striolatus - Natterer's Striolated-Puffbird
  • Nystalus (striolatus) torridus - Eastern Striolated-Puffbird

  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) certhia - Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) radiolatus - Napo Woodcreeper
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) juruanus - Juruá Woodcreeper (incl polyzonus)
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) concolor - Plain-colored Woodcreeper
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) ridgwayi - Ridgway's Woodcreeper
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) retentus sp nov - Xingu Woodcreeper
  • Dendrocolaptes (certhia) medius - Todd's Woodcreeper

  • Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) albolineatus - Lineated Woodcreeper
  • Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) duidae - Duida Woodcreeper
  • Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) fatimalimae sp nov - Inambari Woodcreeper
  • Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) fuscicapillus - Rondônia Woodcreeper (incl madeirae)
  • Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) layardi - Layard's Woodcreeper

  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) gyldenstolpei sp nov - Tupana Scythebill
  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) procurvoides - Curve-billed Scythebill
  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) sanus - Zimmer's Scythebill
  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) multostriatus - Snethlage's Scythebill
  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) probatus - Rondonia Scythebill
  • Campyloramphus (procurvoides) cardosoi sp nov - Tapajós Scythebill

  • Epinecrophylla (haematonota) haematonota - Napo Stipple-throated Antwren (incl fjeldsaai)
  • Epinecrophylla (haematonota) pyrrhonota - Negro Stipple-throated Antwren
  • Epinecrophylla (haematonota) amazonica - Madeira Stipple-throated Antwren
  • Epinecrophylla (haematonota) dentei sp nov - Roosevelt Stipple-throated Antwren

  • Myrmotherula (iheringi) iheringi - Ihering's Antwren
  • Myrmotherula (iheringi) oreni sp nov - Bamboo Antwren
  • Myrmotherula (iheringi) heteroptera - Purus Antwren
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Supporting information now posted: 15 New species of birds discovered in Amazonia.
 
I hesitate to ask such an obvious question, but given the existence of a breeding site for Oriental White-eye in coastal mangroves in Oman, I presume this species been excluded as a possibility?

Richard Klim said:
Not new, but perhaps worth including in this thread...

Newton 2006. A further mangrove white-eye (Zosterops) population in the Arabian Red Sea. Phoenix 22: 16–17.
[Includes a description and biometrics. Presumably also discussed in Jennings 2010 (ABBA)?]​
Porter & Aspinall 2010 (Birds of the Middle East, 2nd ed):

Jem Babbington, Birds of Saudi Arabia, 14 Aug 2013: Either Mangroves.

[Incidentally, Jem Babbington also recently confirmed the presence of an apparently healthy population of Small Buttonquail (presumably Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica lepurana) in SW Saudi Arabia: Malaki Dam Lake.]
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Mangrove white-eye sp?

DMW said:
I hesitate to ask such an obvious question, but given the existence of a breeding site for Oriental White-eye in coastal mangroves in Oman, I presume this species been excluded as a possibility?
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That's the obvious first thought. It's a pity that a specimen wasn't collected.

Newton 2006:
... Our impression was that they were smaller and brighter plumaged than the nearby montane populations of Abyssinian white-eye Z. abyssinica arabs with which we were very familiar. During a visit to our main study site on 1 December 1994, we succeeded in catching two white-eyes. Their biometrics are given in Table 1 below, alongside typical values (n=100+) for montane birds handled in the same time period. This comparison confirms their small size; photographs and tiny blood samples were also taken. ...

Description Crown and mantle yellowish olive-green, somewhat brighter on rump; throat bright canary lemon-yellow extending down the ventral keel line. Remaining breast, flanks, belly fawn-buff, vent area and undertail coverts sulphurous yellow. Prominent white eye-ring around a rich chestnut-brown iris. Lores bright yellow. Flight feathers medium grey-brown edged olive-green, tail (worn) brown edged yellowy olive-green. Legs and feet flesh coloured and claws flesh-grey. Proximal end of bill flesh coloured, distal half flesh-grey especially on upper mandible

Discussion Although blood samples were sent to a German laboratory who had expressed interest in the taxonomic problem, no information was forthcoming and contact was lost with the staff involved. Thus, the description and biometrics are the only material available on which a taxonomic prognosis can be made at the present time. Other East African species and races need to be considered as well as the Oriental white-eye. The former include other races of Abyssinian white-eye, montane white-eye Z. poliogaster and yellow white-eye Z. senegalensis. Of these, only the range of Abyssinian includes coastal lowlands in Kenya (Zimmerman et al. 1999) and in Sudan they are common in Acacia bush and woodland in Red Sea hills (Nikolaus 1987). Neither account mentions occurrence in mangroves. Usually, such races are more 'solid' yellow forms when compared to the Red Sea mangrove birds. Oriental white-eye remains a strong candidate but differences in the colour of the lores could rule this out.

Clearly DNA evidence may be necessary to unravel the bird's identity and efforts are underway to locate the 'lost' blood samples. Without a solution, for the purpose of the forthcoming ABBA Atlas, they may have to be treated as 'mangrove white-eye sp'.
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Jennings 2010:
Zosteropidae – White-eyes
... In addition, white-eyes that have been found in Black Mangroves Avicennia marina along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia may represent a third species (NEWTON 2006). These latter birds were recorded in three Atlas squares from December to May in 1994-1995. Examination in the hand showed them all to be smaller, over a range of measurements, than a large sample of Z. abyssinicus and plumage was generally brighter than nearby populations of that species. Although there were similarities to Z. palpebrosus, the birds could not be precisely matched to that species either.
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Email From Bob Ridgely

Am presently at Kapawi Lodge in se. Ecuador:

We saw the supposed pastazae form of Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris) this afternoon, two pairs in early-succession growth on a Rio Pastaza river island. Interesting bird. Apart from its strikingly disjunct distribution (probably unique), the song differs markedly and there are several quite striking morphological/plumage differences. Apart from that, we found that it responded strongly to its own song, but at best only marginally to songs from western Ecuador (it was a little hard to tell due to dense vegetation on the river island where we found them; any “response” may have just been chance).

It belongs on our PS list as a candidate to be a full species, Pastaza Sparrow.
 
Pastaza Sparrow

Frank Gill said:
Email From Bob Ridgely...
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Krabbe & Stejskal 2008. A new subspecies of Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris from south-eastern Ecuador. Bull BOC 128(2): 126–130.
[Sadly, BHL only includes Bull BOC up to vol 127.]

Ridgely & Tudor 2009 (Birds of South America: Passerines):
Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
... More than one species perhaps involved. ...olive above (... much grayer in se. Ecuador)... Songs vary. In se. Ecuador very different, a more piercing "wheep-wheep-wheep-wheep" and a "whee-goree" (N. K. Krabbe recordings). ...
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[There are seven recordings of pastazae by Niels Krabbe on xeno-canto.]

Rising 2011 (HBW 16):
A. c. pastazae Krabbe & Stejskal, 2008 - E Ecuador (R Pastaza, in Pastaza).
... pastazae is similar to nominate, but larger, with proportionately larger bill, greyer upperparts with little or no greenish tone, throat pure white, belly whiter, undertail-coverts light greyish.
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