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    Can a species that includes subspecies also stand alone?

    It does indeed help to have a concrete example. I understood before that the species was the container for all the subspecies. What I didn't know if, as in the case you used, the formerly monotypic species had to have a subspecies appended or if it could remain a binomen. (Thank you, @l_raty for...
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    Can a species that includes subspecies also stand alone?

    Could not think how to phrase that question better. Say you've got a bird species, Genus species, and it has subspecies subspecies1, subspecies2, subspecies3, etc. Would or could there be a Genus species that has no subspecies designation or does the "parent" species always get a subspecies...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Finally got a Snowy Owl recently and it was just down the road from my house
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    Your WORST identifiable photos

    Tha That’s the one!
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    Your WORST identifiable photos

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    Is the IOC “the” Authoritative Source for Bird Names?

    These are good details to know. Thank you.
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    Is the IOC “the” Authoritative Source for Bird Names?

    Thank you, everyone for your replies and especially @dantheman. You've made me realize I didn't ask the question I was looking for an answer to. Now the first pot of tea is finished and I'm a little sharper. I believe I was looking for the authoratative taxonomic list. A big inspiration for this...
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    Is the IOC “the” Authoritative Source for Bird Names?

    EDIT: I've clarified my question in another reply below. I’ve undertaken a project to get my life list and other lists tidied up and standardized before they get too big to do so. For reference I’m using an IOC names list from here: Master Lists – IOC World Bird List Now that I’ve gotten far...
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    Hello and Hola!

    Happy 2022 from south-central Wisconsin, USA! I’m a longish-time but still pretty casual/amateur birder. Unlike most people, I think, my birding actually decreased during “the current situation.” I know my travel certainly has. I keep an eye on my feeders but they’ve been pretty quiet lately so...
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