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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 3506780" data-attributes="member: 7427">There is a similarity between the Vermilion example you mention and the spfl: the majority of the latter still is called Spotted Flycatcher because that name still encompass the large majority of the birds that were included under the old concept. In a future split of Med Fly, the split would be much more down the middle, and therefore, keeping the name for one half would be much less appropriate. The stability you want is found in the scientific name. So, I think we have to agree to disagree. Niels</blockquote>