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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mysticete" data-source="post: 1559334" data-attributes="member: 67784">Woodhouse's and Sumichrasts are sister taxa, so if not split completely sumichrasts would probably be included within Woodhouse's.  I actually have come to appreciate the cautious nature of AOU, especially compared to taxonomic bodies like CNAH (which covers NA herps).  Sure it means splits take longer, but avoids a lot of the fickle genera assignment and splits that occur.As far as AOU goes, yes it does cover Panama and everything north.  I don't think you could really though find a smooth place to separate AOU and SACC.  You are bound to have overlap somewhere.  The AOU boundaries seem appropriate.  Interestingly, there has been a lot of editorials and commentary about changing the ABA area (currently Canada, AK, and the lower 48 states), and expand them to include anywhere up to all of the current AOU area.  No idea if this is just editorializing or something that they plan on having the next version of the checklist incorporate.</blockquote>