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Message: <blockquote data-quote="l_raty" data-source="post: 3525193" data-attributes="member: 24811">Reports 1-8 are now online at <a href="http://www.birdlife.se/tk/rapporter-dokument/" target="_blank">http://www.birdlife.se/tk/rapporter-dokument/</a>. (The domain <a href="http://www.sofnet.org" target="_blank">www.sofnet.org</a> appears to be expired.)But they switched from maintaining a Holarctic list to maintaining a WP list in 2014, albeit using a broader WP than that of BWP:Lagerqvist, Jirle. 2014. Från Holarktis to Västpalearktis. Rapport från SOF:s Taxonomikommitté. Vår Fågelvärld 2014(3):42-44. [<a href="http://www.birdlife.se/1.0.1.0/1529/download_22934.php" target="_blank">direct link to pdf</a>]Eight report:Lagerqvist, Jirle, Tyrberg, Fromholtz. 2017. Nya arter i Tk:s lista. Vår Fågelvärld 2017(1):1-15. (Alt., <a href="http://www.birdlife.se/tk/rapporter-dokument/" target="_blank">on the Tk page</a>: "2017: Taxonomiska förändringar som berör Västpalearktislistan – Rapport 8 från Tk. Fullständiga rapporten för nerladdning.") [<a href="http://birdlife.se/1.0.1.0/1529/download_35303.php" target="_blank">direct link to pdf</a>]Decisions:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Struthio molybdophanes split from S. camelus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Phasianus versicolor split from Ph. colchicus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ardenna split from Puffinus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis split from H. p. pelagicus (i.e., H. p. now has two sspp, rather than being monotypic).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Phoeniconaias split from Phoenicopterus (Phoenicoparrus retained for the extralimital S American species only).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nyctanassa split from Nycticorax.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Microcarbo split from Phalacrocorax.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Threskiornis bernieri split from T. aethiopicus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clanga and Hieraaetus (re)split from Aquila (Tk had previously lumped Hieraaetus into Aquila).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Circus hudsonius split from C. cyaneus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Buteo socotraensis and B. bannermani split from B. buteo.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rallus indicus split from R. aquaticus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ichthyaetus and Leucophaeus split from Larus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Larus vegae and L. mongolicus split from L. argentatus (assuming I'm understanding it correctly, Tk had already split a monotypic L. smithsonianus).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">L. heuglini split from L. fuscus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thalasseus split from Sterna.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Strix nivicolum split from S. aluco.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">S. hadorami split from S. butleri.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Todiramphus sacer, T. colonus, T. sordidus, T. albicilla and T. tristrami split from T. chloris.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Picus sharpei split from P. viridis</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Falco pelegrinoides lumped into F. peregrinus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Myiopsitta luchi split from M. monachus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Periparus melanolophus lumped into P. ater.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Poecile weigoldicus split from P. montanus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alaudala split from Calandrella.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Galerida macrorhyncha split from G. cristata.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Locustella amnicola split from L. fasciolata.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Turdus simillimus, T. maximus and T. mandarinus split from T. merula.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cercomela melanura transferred to Oenanthe.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pica pica fennorum split from P. p. pica (i.e., P. p. now has two sspp in Scandinavia, rather than one).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Terpsiphone incei and T. affinis split from T. paradisi.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cyanoptila cumatilis split from C. cyanomelana.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anthreptes platurus and A. metallicus moved to Hedydipna; Nectarinia asiatica and N. habessinica moved to Cinnyris.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Carpospiza and Gymnoris split from Petronia.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uragus lumped into Carpodacus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Serinus citrinella moved to Carduelis; Serinus rothschildi and S. menachensis moved to Crithagra; Carduelis chloris moved to Chloris; Carduelis spinus moved to Spinus; Carduelis cannabina, C. yemenensis and C. flavirostris moved to Linaria; C. flammea moved to Acanthis.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Carduelis hornemanni lumped into Acanthis flammea.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fringilla polatzeki split from F. teydea.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Carpodacus stoliczkae split from C. synoicus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rhynchostruthus percivali and R. louisae split from R. socotranus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vermivora celata and V. ruficapilla moved to Leiothlypis; Parula americana moved to Setophaga; Dendroica petechia, D. pensylvanica, D. caerulescens, D. pinus, D. dominica, D. virens, D. fusca, D. tigrina, D. magnolia, D. coronata, D. palmarum, D. striata and D. castanea moved to Setophaga; Seiurus motacilla and S. noveboracensis moved to Parkesia; Oporornis philadelphia moved to Geothlypis; Wilsonia citrina moved to Setophaga, Wilsonia pusilla moved to Cardinella.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Emberiza goslingi split from E. tahapisi.</li> </ul>Issues left pending: species limits in Cory's Shearwater, Cattle Egret, Osprey, Stone Curlew, Barn Owl, Ural Owl, Pacific Swift, Shore Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Whitethroat, Siberian Stonechat.</blockquote>

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