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Subspecies groups and future splits (11 Viewers)

Jim LeNomenclatoriste said:
Hyphen, authorized by ICZN ?
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Yes, this is the only type of case where a hyphen must be retained in a name.

32.5.2. A name published with a diacritic or other mark, ligature, apostrophe, or hyphen, or a species-group name published as separate words of which any is an abbreviation, is to be corrected.
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32.5.2.4. In a compound species-group name of which the first part consists of an abbreviation in Latin letters, or a Latin letter or a number of Latin letters qualifying the second part, whether or not separated by punctuation or a hyphen, the parts are to be united as follows.
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32.5.2.4.3. If the first element is a Latin letter used to denote descriptively a character of the taxon, it must be retained and connected to the remainder of the name by a hyphen.
Example. c-album, in Polygonia c-album, so named because a white mark on the wing of the butterfly is similar to the letter c.
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Of the three categories, vocal is always based on something in the literature/books/etc. Morphology is the only category where I can give a personal assessment, and even then I prefer when available to have some literature source because books can overemphasize differences and underestimate individual variation.

I don't remember the basis of Black-capped Tinamou, but will check later.
 
Moving into Galliformes, specifically Megapodiidae and Cracidae. Again, both groups largely occupy regions where my knowledge of avifauna is more limited, so suggestions are more than appreciated.

Megapodiidae

Australian Brush-Turkey
Yellow-wattled Brush-Turkey - Alectura [lathami] lathami
Purple-wattled Brush-Turkey - Alectura [lathami] purpureicollis

Micronesian Megapode
Mariana Megapode - Megapodius [laperouse] laperouse
Palau Megapode - Megapodius [laperouse] senex

Dusky Megapode
Dusky Megapode - Megapodius [freycinet] freycinet
Forsten's Megapode - Megapodius [freycinet] forstenii

Cracidae

Red-throated Piping Guan
Gray-crested Piping Guan - Pipile [cujubi] cujubi
White-crested Piping Guan - Pipile [cujubi] nattereri

Rusty-margined Guan
Rusty-margined Guan - Penelope [superciliaris] superciliaris
Blue-faced Guan - Penelope [superciliaris] pseudonyma
Caatinga Guan - Penelope [superciliaris] ochromitra
Alagoas Guan - Penelope [superciliaris] alagoensis

Spix's Guan
Spix's Guan - Penelope [jacquacu] jacquacu
Grant's Guan - Penelope [jacquacu] granti

Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Rufous-vented Chachalaca - Ortalis [ruficauda] ruficrissa
Rufous-tipped Chachalaca - Ortalis [ruficauda] ruficauda

Speckled Chachalaca
Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis [guttata] guttata
Parana Chachalaca - Ortalis [guttata] remota

Bare-faced Curassow
Bare-faced Curassow - Crax [fasciolata] fasciolata
Belem Curassow - Crax [fasciolata] pinima
 
Cadu Agne said:
Great Tinamou
Tinamus [major] major
Tinamus [major] serratus

Amazonian races peruvianus and serratus previously treated as a separate species (IOC and SACC).
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Also Tinamus [major] robustus for the non-crested Middle American forms
Cadu Agne said:
"Peruvian Brown Tinamou" - Crypturellus [obsoletus] ochraceiventris (Stolzmann, 1926)
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Are you including traylori in this group?
 
andrew147 said:
Also Tinamus [major] robustus for the non-crested Middle American forms

Are you including traylori in this group?
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For the list purposes I have only divided the Brown Tinamou up into three widely separated forms. I haven't seen much fine scale work to suggest the Andean birds should be further split.

I've also avoided so far dividing up Great Tinamou. Mostly because I don't think anyone has a handle on how best to divide them up, or if they need to be divided up. Probably could get a pretty solid phylogeography study (studies) out of Great Tinamou
 
Mysticete said:
For the list purposes I have only divided the Brown Tinamou up into three widely separated forms. I haven't seen much fine scale work to suggest the Andean birds should be further split.

I've also avoided so far dividing up Great Tinamou. Mostly because I don't think anyone has a handle on how best to divide them up, or if they need to be divided up. Probably could get a pretty solid phylogeography study (studies) out of Great Tinamou
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Thanks, but was actually asking Cadu Agne about the brown tinamous - as it was them who brought up the Peruvian group :)

The obscurus group makes no biogeographical sense, so I assume further splits are needed in the western range - and the blackish traylori was posited as a separate species decades ago but I've not seen it considered since.

Enjoying your lists Mysticete, look forward to the updates.
 
Next batch of subspecies groups, Guinefowl and New World Quail; Suggestions always appreciated. Also because this is a short list I also included the Rollulinae in with this batch. Not sure how likely a split of Guineafowl is, and I think its very unlikely the Bobwhite will be split based on lack of much genetic differentiation.

Helmeted Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] meleagris
West African Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] galeatus
Tufted Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] - mitratus
Reichenow's Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] reichenowi
Morrocan Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] sabyi


Spot-bellied Bobwhite
Spot-bellied Bobwhite - Colinus [leucopogon] leucopogon
Dickey's Bobwhite - Colinus [leucopogon] dickeyi

Northern Bobwhite
Eastern Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] virginianus
Black-headed Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] coyoleos
Grayson's Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] graysoni
Godman's Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] godmani
Rufous-bellied Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] pectoralis
Masked Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] ridgwayi

Montezuma Quail
Montezuma Quail - Cyrtonyx [montezumae] montezumae
Salle's Quail - Cyrtonyx [montezumae] sallei


Red-breasted Partridge
Red-breasted Partridge - Arborophila [hyperythra] hyperythra
Kinabalu Partridge - Arborophila [hyperythra] erythrophrys
 
Mysticete said:
Next batch of subspecies groups, Guinefowl and New World Quail; Suggestions always appreciated. Also because this is a short list I also included the Rollulinae in with this batch. Not sure how likely a split of Guineafowl is, and I think its very unlikely the Bobwhite will be split based on lack of much genetic differentiation.

Helmeted Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] meleagris
West African Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] galeatus
Tufted Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] - mitratus
Reichenow's Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] reichenowi
Morrocan Guineafowl - Numida [meleagris] sabyi


Spot-bellied Bobwhite
Spot-bellied Bobwhite - Colinus [leucopogon] leucopogon
Dickey's Bobwhite - Colinus [leucopogon] dickeyi

Northern Bobwhite
Eastern Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] virginianus
Black-headed Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] coyoleos
Grayson's Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] graysoni
Godman's Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] godmani
Rufous-bellied Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] pectoralis
Masked Bobwhite - Colinus [virginianus] ridgwayi

Montezuma Quail
Montezuma Quail - Cyrtonyx [montezumae] montezumae
Salle's Quail - Cyrtonyx [montezumae] sallei


Red-breasted Partridge
Red-breasted Partridge - Arborophila [hyperythra] hyperythra
Kinabalu Partridge - Arborophila [hyperythra] erythrophrys
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Spot-winged Wood-Quail
Spot-winged Wood-Quail - Odontophorus [capueira] capueira
"Ceará" Wood-Quail - Odontophorus [capueira] plumbeicollis

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njlarsen said:
What is the evidence in favor of the multi-way Bobwhite split?
Niels
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Morphology, however they are almost genetically identical, although I don't believe a really comprehensive set of genes has been used to address the complex. I included them there for the sake of completeness, as I consider them a less likely split.

Crested Bobwhites seem to show more genetic structure, but I am not sure how that breaks down really with what subspecies go where.
 
Here is the next batch, covering Phasianinae. FYI, when I have wrapped up Galliformes, I will update the dropbox file. At present it doesn't reflect the last few posts.

Suggestions for additional subspecies groups, different common names, etc more than welcome

Sclater's Monal
Band-tailed Monal - Lophophorus [sclateri] sclateri
White-tailed Monal - Lophophorus [sclateri] arunachalensis

Koklass Pheasant
Himalayan Koklass - Pucrasia [macrolopha] macrolopha
Golden-collared Koklass - Pucrasia [macrolopha] xanthospila
Eastern Koklass - Pucrasia [macrolopha] darwini

Ruffed Grouse
Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa [umbellus] umbellus
Vancouver Grouse - Bonasa [umbellus] brunnescens

Greater Prairie Chicken
Heath Hen - Tympanuchus [cupido] cupido
Greater Prairie Chicken - Tympanuchus [cupido] pinnatus

Willow Ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan - Lagopus [lagopus] lagopus
Red Grouse - Lagopus [lagopus] scoticus

Rock Ptarmigan
European Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] muta
Newfoundland Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] welchi
Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] evermanni
Turner's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] atkhensis
Townsend's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] townsendi

Spruce Grouse
Spruce Grouse - Canachites [canadensis] canadensis
Franklin's Grouse - Canachites [canadensis] franklinii

Copper Pheasant
Copper Pheasant - Syrmaticus [soemmerringii] soemmerringii
White-rumped Pheasant - Syrmaticus [soemmerringii] ijimae
Scintillant Pheasant - Syrmaticus [soemmerringii] scintillans

Common Pheasant (There are of course more named subspecies, but recent genetic evidence largely finds the below three groups)
Turkestan Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus [colchicus] colchicus
Yunnan Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus [colchicus] elegans
Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus [colchicus] vlangallii
 
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Mysticete said:
Rock Ptarmigan
European Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] muta
Newfoundland Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] welchi
Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] evermanni
Turner's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] atkhensis
Townsend's Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus [muta] townsendi
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There is a lot of Rock Ptarmigan distribution not covered by these 5 range-restricted forms.

I recognise 4 of these but have ssp townsendi within Arctic Ptarmigan Lagopus [m.] rupestris.
 
andrew147 said:
There is a lot of Rock Ptarmigan distribution not covered by these 5 range-restricted forms.

I recognise 4 of these but have ssp townsendi within Arctic Ptarmigan Lagopus [m.] rupestris.
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Good catch. I checked another earlier compilation/project looking at this issue, and I have 10 different subspecies groups. Problem is that there is a very little work done on any of old world populations. Like the Japanese population that isn't listed above I would imagine could be very interesting, and I wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't worthy of species rank.
 
Mysticete said:
Good catch. I checked another earlier compilation/project looking at this issue, and I have 10 different subspecies groups. Problem is that there is a very little work done on any of old world populations. Like the Japanese population that isn't listed above I would imagine could be very interesting, and I wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't worthy of species rank.
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On that matter, watch this space.
 

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