Reconciliation (1 Viewer)

[Daniel Philippe]

McClure C.J.W., Lepage D., Dunn L., Anderson D.L., Schulwitz S.E., Camacho L., Robinson B.W., Christis L., Schulenberg T.S., Iliff M.J., Rasmussen P.C. & Johnson J., 2020. Towards reconciliation of the four world bird lists: hotspots of disagreement in taxonomy of raptors. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 287: 20200683, 1-7.

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[mb1848]

Thank you Daniel. Very interesting article. Still digesting but I have a knee jerk reaction to being told to not follow the code to save the birds. "Confusion over taxonomic revision or disagreement can hamper conservation "
Thanks again Daniel for all youer contributions to Bird Forum.

 

[Daniel Philippe]

I appreciate your comments Mark, but I think your contributions are just as valuable.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Seriamas are raptors? I know they are basal to the Australaves clade but not to the point of being seen as raptor

 

[Nutcracker]

Seriamas are raptors? I know they are basal to the Australaves clade but not to the point of being seen as raptor

Raptors aren't a clade anyway; they define it by behaviour / diet (look at the article). Seriemas show strong convergent evolution with Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius :t: