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    jts1882 replied to the thread Accipitridae.
    The IOC also recognise erythronemius (rufous-thighed hawk) and ventralis (plain-breasted hawk) as species and it seems this is an old...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Accipitridae.
    The authors do point out that they limited sampling to one per species, even though some species are not monophyletic. They mention...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Accipitridae.
    Sent.
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Trochilidae.
    The are quite a few differences between the H&M5 sequences and IOC, but the IOC sequence is compatible with the subfamilies and tribes...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Trochilidae.
    Yes, I'm pretty sure the search is picking up version 4.1. If you search for Chalcostigma, it only shows the five species, as version...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Trochilidae.
    Interesting, I've never tried the search like that. The search is picking up the old H&M4.1 arrangement. The Trochilidae are among the...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Trochilidae.
    Oxypogon is in the old version based on H&M4.1 H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names.
    Yet with all these difficult and possibly insoluble problems, here is something they can make a statement on that could be popular with...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names.
    I don't think the support of Republican legislatures in Conservative states is a good thing. I doubt they genuinely care about bird name...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Latest IOC Diary Updates.
    The complication is that Oriental has changed meaning. The well-known Oriental Express went to Turkey. Then Orient included South Asia...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Latest IOC Diary Updates.
    Yet Occidental doesn't carry the baggage that Oriental does, Surprised to see a renaming to Oriental. P.S. There are a few uses in...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Time calibration and Linnean ranks in birds.
    For anyone thinking that the chronotaxonomy needs to take evolution rates into account, there is an interesting new paper on the slow...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Time calibration and Linnean ranks in birds.
    Question on subfamilies of Tinamidae. In your older split (post #2) you mention Nothurinae as the traditional subfamily to be elevated...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Time calibration and Linnean ranks in birds.
    I like this split. It provides a better view of the diversity. The current arrangement under-represents it, with half the total families...
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    jts1882 replied to the thread Accipitridae.
    Also Lophospiza for “Accipiter” trivirgatus and “Accipiter” griseiceps [not sampled]. They also suggest subfamily Lophospizinae.
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