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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim LeNomenclatoriste" data-source="post: 3964205" data-attributes="member: 133735"><a href="http://jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html" target="_blank">TiF Update February 29</a>I'm celebrating Leap Day by updating the list. I was unhappy with the previous treatment of Turdus, and a couple of new papers have helped matters.It's still the case that I don't have the time necessary to do regular updates, so it will probably be a while before the next one.Thrushes: There have been several taxonomic changes, as well as a general rearrangement of Turdus using Batista et al. (2020) and Nagy et al. (2019), as well as some adjustments to Catharus based on Everson et al. (2019).The Groundscraper Thrush, Turdus litsitsirupa, has been returned to genus Psophocichla.Ethiopian Thrush, Psophocichla simensis, has been split from from Groundscraper Thrush, Psophocichla litsitsirupa, based on Nylander et al. (2008) and the HBW Checklist.The Chinese Thrush, Turdus mupinensis, has been moved to the monotypic genus Otochichla based on Nylander et al. (2008), Nagy et al. (2019), and the HBW Checklist.Split Dagua Thrush, Turdus daguae, from White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis (Ridgely and Greenfield, 2001; IOC).[Turdidae, Muscicapoidea II, 3.14]</blockquote>