Mysticete
Well-known member
Hey folks,
I am in the process, while working on my own checklist project, of trying to compile a better and more consistent list of future splits using the subspecies group concept.
So far I have made it through Sandgrouse in my project, but that is a bit to cover so below I will just include Paleognathes below. Groups are initially based on the subspecies groups presented in All the Birds of the World and the Clements Checklist (which are NOT the same, although they do have similarities). I've also included other groups based on papers I am aware of, while also discarding some groups that don't seem likely to represent future splits. Species taxonomy follows IOC as far as what is or isn't recognized at that level.
Anyway, here is my preliminary list. Hopefully people find it useful, and if you have additional suggestions (missed groups, different common names, etc) I would be more than likely to hear them!
Paleognaths
Lesser Rhea
Darwin's Rhea - Rhea [pennata] pennata
Puna Rhea - Rhea [pennata] tarapacensis
Southern Brown Kiwi
South Island Brown Kiwi - Apteryx [australis] australis
Stewart Island Brown Kiwi - Apteryx [australis] lawryi
Highland Tinamou
Southern Highland Tinamou - Nothocercus [bonapartei] bonapartei
Costa Rican Highland Tinamou - Nothocercus [bonapartei] frantzii
Black Tinamou
Osgood's Tinamou - Tinamus [osgoodi] osgoodi
Hershkovititz's Tinamou - Tinamus [osgoodi] hershkovititzi
Brown Tinamou
Brazilian Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] obsoletus
Andean Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] castaneus
Gray-bellied Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] griseiventris
Red-legged Tinamou
Red-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] erythropus
Colombian Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] columbianus
Santa Marta Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] idoneus
Magdalena Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] saltuarius
Yellow-legged Tinamou
Southern Yellow-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [noctivagus] noctivagus
Northern Yellow-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [noctivagus] zabele
Black-capped Tinamou
Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus [atrocapillus] atrocapillus
Garlepp's Tinamou - Crypturellus [atrocapillus] garleppi
Thicket Tinamou
Eastern Thicket Tinamou - Crypturellus [cinnamomeus] cinnamomeus
Western Thicket Tinamou - Crypturellus [cinnamomeus] occidentalis
I am in the process, while working on my own checklist project, of trying to compile a better and more consistent list of future splits using the subspecies group concept.
So far I have made it through Sandgrouse in my project, but that is a bit to cover so below I will just include Paleognathes below. Groups are initially based on the subspecies groups presented in All the Birds of the World and the Clements Checklist (which are NOT the same, although they do have similarities). I've also included other groups based on papers I am aware of, while also discarding some groups that don't seem likely to represent future splits. Species taxonomy follows IOC as far as what is or isn't recognized at that level.
Anyway, here is my preliminary list. Hopefully people find it useful, and if you have additional suggestions (missed groups, different common names, etc) I would be more than likely to hear them!
Paleognaths
Lesser Rhea
Darwin's Rhea - Rhea [pennata] pennata
Puna Rhea - Rhea [pennata] tarapacensis
Southern Brown Kiwi
South Island Brown Kiwi - Apteryx [australis] australis
Stewart Island Brown Kiwi - Apteryx [australis] lawryi
Highland Tinamou
Southern Highland Tinamou - Nothocercus [bonapartei] bonapartei
Costa Rican Highland Tinamou - Nothocercus [bonapartei] frantzii
Black Tinamou
Osgood's Tinamou - Tinamus [osgoodi] osgoodi
Hershkovititz's Tinamou - Tinamus [osgoodi] hershkovititzi
Brown Tinamou
Brazilian Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] obsoletus
Andean Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] castaneus
Gray-bellied Tinamou - Crypturellus [obsoletus] griseiventris
Red-legged Tinamou
Red-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] erythropus
Colombian Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] columbianus
Santa Marta Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] idoneus
Magdalena Tinamou - Crypturellus [erythropus] saltuarius
Yellow-legged Tinamou
Southern Yellow-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [noctivagus] noctivagus
Northern Yellow-legged Tinamou - Crypturellus [noctivagus] zabele
Black-capped Tinamou
Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus [atrocapillus] atrocapillus
Garlepp's Tinamou - Crypturellus [atrocapillus] garleppi
Thicket Tinamou
Eastern Thicket Tinamou - Crypturellus [cinnamomeus] cinnamomeus
Western Thicket Tinamou - Crypturellus [cinnamomeus] occidentalis