Latest IOC Diary Updates (15 Viewers)

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Nov 6 Post proposed lump of Benguela Long-billed Lark with Karoo Long-billed Lark.

Nov 6 Post proposed lump of Beesley's Lark with Spike-heeled Lark.

Nov 6 Post split of Kalao Blue Flycatcher from Mangrove Blue Flycatcher.

Nov 6 Post lump of Tanahjampea Blue Flycatcher with Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Nov 5 Move Abbott's Starling to the resurrected monotypic genus Arizelopsar.

Nov 5 Restore Sharpe's Starling to the monotypic genus Pholia.

Yes ! Yes ! I've been using these two genera for years, I knew that one day they would be restored

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Nov 7 Post proposed lump of Barlow's Lark with Dune Lark.

Nov 6 Post proposed lump of Foxy Lark with Fawn-colored Lark.

Nov 6 Post proposed lump of Agulhas Long-billed Lark with Cape Long-billed Lark.

 

[Jacana]

Nov 7 Post proposed lump of Singing Bush Lark with Horsfield's Bush Lark.

Nov 7 Post proposed split of Sharpe's Lark from Rufous-naped Lark.

Alaudidae is taking quite a hammering!

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Restore Ruaha Chat Myrmecocichla collaris as a subspecies of Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti (del Hoyo & Collar 2016; HBW/BirdLife). Change scientific name to leucolaema Fischer & Reichenow, 1880 which has priority.

Can someone explain to me the case of the name leucolaema?

 

[mb1848]

Can someone explain to me the case of the name leucolaema?
Short communications: Comments on two Myrmecocichla chats in Tanzania | Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology .
5, 1880 - Ornithologisches Centralblatt - Biodiversity Heritage Library .

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Nov 7 Reassign Grey-winged Robin-Chat from the genus Cossypha to Sheppardia.

 

[DMW]

Nov 7 Post proposed lump of Singing Bush Lark with Horsfield's Bush Lark.

Nov 7 Post proposed split of Sharpe's Lark from Rufous-naped Lark.

Alaudidae is taking quite a hammering!

So is my list 😣

 

[Larry Sweetland]

So is my list 😣

Mine too! More Lumps than splits for me for sure 🥴. Think the next update is the one that will put me back below 50%. And since I've given up travelling, it looks like I'm there to stay 😭

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Mine too! More Lumps than splits for me for sure 🥴. Think the next update is the one that will put me back below 50%. And since I've given up travelling, it looks like I'm there to stay 😭

For sure, quite a few lumps, but you guys must still be unlucky - about four times more splits than lumps in this update so far!
Up until now I've lost 4 and gained 15.

 

[DMW]

For sure, quite a few lumps, but you guys must still be unlucky - about four times more splits than lumps in this update so far!
Up until now I've lost 4 and gained 11.

I've not worked out my totals, but have lost 4 larks alone!

 

[Andy Adcock]

I'm up a Stork -

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

I'm up a Stork -

No, you're a shoebill 😏

 

[Mysticete]

If you have birded a lot in the neotropics, you are more likely it seems to gain a bird than lose one, as a pretty big chunk of the splits are amongst flycatchers.

Should be fun to see what happens when they tackle Furnariidae...

 

[Jacana]

I've managed to avoid any lumps, but I've also managed to miss out on getting any armchair ticks too unfortunately.

 

[pbjosh]

If you have birded a lot in the neotropics, you are more likely it seems to gain a bird than lose one, as a pretty big chunk of the splits are amongst flycatchers.

Should be fun to see what happens when they tackle Furnariidae...

Lots of Hummingbirds too. Indeed, furnarids will be interesting

 

[opisska]

furnarids ... interesting

Don't see those two words on one line too often
Along with the flycatchers, furnarids are the second group that suffers from the "this-colored that-part bird" name faith so that would be a challenge to follow as well ... As if it weren't difficult already, considering how similar some of their subgroups are.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

If you have birded a lot in the neotropics, you are more likely it seems to gain a bird than lose one, as a pretty big chunk of the splits are amongst flycatchers

True, but there are lumps there too, eg I've lost White-bellied/White-crested Tyrannulet

 

[MJB]

Nov 7 Reassign five species in Muscicapidae from Cyornis to Eumyias.

From Cyornis hyacinthinus, Cyornis hoevelli, Cyornis sanfordi, Cyornis oscillans, Cyornis stresemanni

(Timor Blue Flycatcher, Blue-fronted Blue Flycatcher, Matinan Blue Flycatcher, Flores Jungle Flycatcher, Sumba Jungle Flycatcher)

To Eumyias hyacinthinus, Eumyias hoevelli, Eumyias sanfordi, Eumyias oscillans, Eumyias stresemanni
MJB

 

[Mysticete]

I've managed to avoid any lumps, but I've also managed to miss out on getting any armchair ticks too unfortunately.

I've gotten a fair few name changes, but I haven't birded widely enough to benefit from the splits, since I have only seen 1 of each of the complexes