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  1. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    The thing is a lot of the "subspecies groups" are really just plain subspecies. Because again, folks haven't taken the time to properly review and synonymize them. The biggest issue with how Clements and Birds of the World deal with subspecies groups is that it's inconsistently applied, as...
  2. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot of interest in subspecies, so a lot of named subspecies are probably not diagnosable or are of dubious utility. Not many people are really interested in critical appraisal of their morphology as the focus of research. I don't think this is a USA only...
  3. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    Excel encourages taxonomic splitting. That might be one of the silliest things I have yet heard on this site.
  4. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    ABA (American Birding Association) would probably need to switch to Ebird, which has subspecies groups that sort of represent this (Which I would actually support if the WGAC starts resulting in further mismatch between the lists). AOS (American Ornithological Society) really doesn't pay much...
  5. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    They have a complete list of subspecies, but a lot of these may not be valid or field-identifiable. A closer model would be the the subspecies group system that Cornell uses for the Clements and Ebird checklists. Hopefully the WGAC checklist will keep adopt that system as well when it comes out.
  6. Mysticete

    Listing sub species

    I keep my list in excel, which allows me to have separate sheets. My main sheet has the list of species, following IOC, alongside taxonomy, location(s) where seen, date, etc I then have a separate sheet called "Holding Sheet for Splits". This is where I put down every unique subspecies or...
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