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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 1298319" data-attributes="member: 7427">Discussion thread for <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-backed Troupial" target="_blank">Orange-backed Troupial</a>. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.This species is part of the Troupial trio, Venezuelan Troupial, Campo Troupial, and Orange-backed Troupial. The trio has been split in three by Clements, in two (Venezuela T vs the rest) by Sibley and Monroe, and not split by H&M. Our consensus is therefore not completely clear about what to do in this case, but to flag the problem, I did add a "Merge" template (even if the result was not quite what I expected), with a note that this one should be merged with Campo Troupial. I propose holding off from doing the actual work of merging until we know if the next issue of H&M change their views, given that the page already exist in opus. Niels</blockquote>