Daniel Philippe
Well-known member
On January 7, John Boyd rearranged the cormorants: http://jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html :
"The cormorants have been rearranged in accordance with Kennedy et al. (2000). Further, King Cormorant, Phalacrocorax albiventer, was merged into Imperial Cormorant, Phalacrocorax atriceps; Antarctic Shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis, and South Georgia Shag, Phalacrocorax georgianus, were split from Imperial Cormorant, Phalacrocorax atriceps."
I am fine with the whole rearrangement, but I am wondering about the 2 splits. Is there any recent study that would support this opinion ?
"The cormorants have been rearranged in accordance with Kennedy et al. (2000). Further, King Cormorant, Phalacrocorax albiventer, was merged into Imperial Cormorant, Phalacrocorax atriceps; Antarctic Shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis, and South Georgia Shag, Phalacrocorax georgianus, were split from Imperial Cormorant, Phalacrocorax atriceps."
I am fine with the whole rearrangement, but I am wondering about the 2 splits. Is there any recent study that would support this opinion ?