mb1848
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Four birds added to the ABA check-list. Most interesting to me is the committee is struggling over the common name of the River Warbler.
"There is still a question as to whether the bird will be represented on the ABA Checklist as “Eurasian River Warbler” as it is on the Clements list or, as is preferred by some on the committee, simply “River Warbler”. The committee has asked the American Ornithologist’s Society Classification Committee for guidance on the name to use for this bird."
http://blog.aba.org/2018/05/aba-checklist-committee-adds-four-species-to-aba-checklist.html .
There already is a River Warbler in the new world . Phaeothlypis rivularis WIED-NEUWIED 1821. HBW calls them Southern River Warbler. Neotropical River Warbler and Eurasian River Warbler makes sense to me.
Looking at the SACC site first they put the bird in a new genus and they gave the bird a new common name: Myiothlypis rivularis Riverbank Warbler Although usually called "River Warbler" in New World literature, this is the long-standing name of Old World Locustella fluviatilis; therefore, we reluctantly create a new English name, which retains as much similarity as possible to the historical name. Clements & Shany (2001) called it "Neotropical River Warbler," Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001) called it "Streamside Warbler," and Hilty (2003) called it "Riverside Warbler." Sibley and Monroe 1990 called fluviatilis Eurasian River Warbler.
Also of interest the committee's interpretation of Rock Dove population dynamics in the Indian Peafowl case same? as that of the 2018 AOS check-list??
"There is still a question as to whether the bird will be represented on the ABA Checklist as “Eurasian River Warbler” as it is on the Clements list or, as is preferred by some on the committee, simply “River Warbler”. The committee has asked the American Ornithologist’s Society Classification Committee for guidance on the name to use for this bird."
http://blog.aba.org/2018/05/aba-checklist-committee-adds-four-species-to-aba-checklist.html .
There already is a River Warbler in the new world . Phaeothlypis rivularis WIED-NEUWIED 1821. HBW calls them Southern River Warbler. Neotropical River Warbler and Eurasian River Warbler makes sense to me.
Looking at the SACC site first they put the bird in a new genus and they gave the bird a new common name: Myiothlypis rivularis Riverbank Warbler Although usually called "River Warbler" in New World literature, this is the long-standing name of Old World Locustella fluviatilis; therefore, we reluctantly create a new English name, which retains as much similarity as possible to the historical name. Clements & Shany (2001) called it "Neotropical River Warbler," Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001) called it "Streamside Warbler," and Hilty (2003) called it "Riverside Warbler." Sibley and Monroe 1990 called fluviatilis Eurasian River Warbler.
Also of interest the committee's interpretation of Rock Dove population dynamics in the Indian Peafowl case same? as that of the 2018 AOS check-list??
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