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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter Kovalik" data-source="post: 3527631" data-attributes="member: 80630">AOU Proposal Set 2017-B<a href="http://checklist.aou.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2017-B.pdf" target="_blank">AOU Classification Committee – North and Middle America</a><a href="http://checklist.aou.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2017-B.pdf" target="_blank">Proposal Set 2017-B</a>01 02 Recognize additional species in the Aulacorhynchus “prasinus” toucanet complex02 17 Treat the subspecies (A) spectabilis and (B) viridiceps as separate species from Eugenes fulgens (Magnificent Hummingbird)03 23 Elevate Turdus rufopalliatus graysoni to species rank04 26 Recognize newly described species Arremon kuehnerii05 30 Revise the classification of the Icteridae: (A) add seven subfamilies; (B) split Leistes from Sturnella; (C) resurrect Ptiloxena for Dives atroviolaceus; and (D) modify the linear sequence of genera06 34 Revise familial limits and the linear sequence of families within the nineprimaried oscines07 42 Lump Acanthis flammea and Acanthis hornemanni into a single species08 48 Split Lanius excubitor into two or more species09 54 Add Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris to the main list10 56 Revise the generic classification and linear sequence of Anas</blockquote>