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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richard Klim" data-source="post: 2929333" data-attributes="member: 773">FL exoticsMorgan, I'm not suggesting that delisting should be either premature or easy. But there are two very different cases...<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The FL state list currently includes at least three exotic species that apparently never satisfied FOSRC's acceptance criteria (White-winged Parakeet, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Spot-breasted Oriole). I'm suggesting that these should be (exceptionally) delisted to establish a consistent baseline. Although it might be mildly annoying for those birders (including me!) who have wandered the streets of Kendall for the dubious pleasure of adding them to their ABA Area lists, it's surely logical to apply the same acceptance criteria to all exotics on the state list, challenging questionable historical decisions rather than treating them as commandments inscribed on tablets of stone. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Where formerly-established populations of exotic species have subsequently declined to a level where they no longer satisfy FOSRC's acceptance criteria (eg, Budgerigar), they should nevertheless remain on the state list (as per recently-extinct native species, eg, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman's Warbler).  In Britain, such species (so far, only Lady Amherst's Pheasant) are permanently retained on the list but are labelled as 'Category C6' (former naturalized species whose naturalized populations are either no longer self-sustaining or considered extinct).</li> </ol></blockquote>

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