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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3496300" data-attributes="member: 3357">If it was not true, bird guidebooks would be in a big disagreement with each other over identification characters. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />I think you are confusing subtly different things. Birds which are similar but are separate species because they were found to be highly different in voice, behavior, genetics etc.Birds which are similar and trivial or no new information came about the differences in voice, behavior, genetics etc, which were raised to species because standards of what is a species became more permissive.And birders' pleasure in new experiences, not more of the same experiences. The last point is what I am talking about.I am completely happy to accept that different malaria mosquitoes are different species and it is crucial to world's health, although they look identical for me.</blockquote>