Nomenclature changes (3 Viewers)

[IanF]

Any ideas where this one should fit in?

Mountain Thrush - Turdus abyssinicus

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/223007/limit/recent

I can't find any mention of it in Opus. Sounds like it was recently split from Olive Thrush.

 

[wintibird]

Any ideas where this one should fit in?

Mountain Thrush - Turdus abyssinicus

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/223007/limit/recent

I can't find any mention of it in Opus. Sounds like it was recently split from Olive Thrush.

It is a recent split. As it's not accepted by any of the big world list, it's not (yet) in Opus. I made redirects with the common and scientific name to Olive Thrush and mentioned it under Taxonomy. However it would be good to add the picture with a comment about the subspecies.

André

 

[IanF]

It is a recent split. As it's not accepted by any of the big world list, it's not (yet) in Opus. I made redirects with the common and scientific name to Olive Thrush and mentioned it under Taxonomy. However it would be good to add the picture with a comment about the subspecies.

André

Thanks André :t:

I'll add a photo.

 

[Alan Manson]

Neumann's Red-winged Starling moved to Neumann's Starling

Clements 08, H&M 03, IOC 08

 

[Alan Manson]

Lamprotornis Glossy Starlings changed to Glossy-Starlings.

Clements 08 and S&M 96

 

[Alan Manson]

Ashy Starling changed from Cosmopsarus unicolor to Lamprotornis unicolor.

 

[Alan Manson]

Black-winged Starling: Changed to Acridotheres melanopterus from Sturnus melanopterus.

H&M 03, Clements 08, IOC 08

 

[Alan Manson]

Latakoo Lark changed to Melodious Lark

S&M 96 and IOC 08 (Clements - Latakoo Lark, H&M - Melodious Bushlark)

 

[Alan Manson]

Fawn-colored Lark moved to Fawn-coloured Lark

"Old-world" spelling

 

[Alan Manson]

Indochinese Bushlark: Changed from Mirafra marionae to Mirafra erythrocephala.

 

[Alan Manson]

Page "Streaked Scrub Warbler" moved to "Streaked Scrub-Warbler".

S&M 96 and Clements 08

 

[wintibird]

Sousa's Shrike changed to Souza's Shrike

 

[Alan Manson]

Island Cisticola changed to Socotra Cisticola

Clements 08 and H&M 03 (and IOC)

 

[Alan Manson]

'''Collared Apalis''' changed to Ruwenzori Apalis

 

[Alan Manson]

Wire-crested_Thorntail, Black-bellied_Thorntail and Coppery_Thorntail moved from Popelairia to Discosura.

Following Clements 08, which now agrees with H&M 03.

 

[Alan Manson]

Blue-chinned Sapphire moved from Chlorostilbon to Chlorestes.

Clements 08 now agrees with S&M 96 (and IOC).

 

[Alan Manson]

Auckland Islands Teal (Flightless Teal) and Brown Teal have been corrected; scientific names were switched in Opus.

 

[AlexC]

Brush Finches -> Brush-Finches

per Clements, S&M base

 

[njlarsen]

Moved Wattled Lapwing to African Wattled Lapwing per consensus H&M, IOC, ABC (and against S&M + Clements). The tiebreaker for me was that Wattled Lapwing/Plover has been used with or without prefix for seven different species including Masked Lapwing, so I turned the original name into a disambiguation with geographic ranges given.

Niels