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Latest IOC Diary Updates
"Butcher" is a very emotive term this name change. Afterall, it has only been in use by the IOC for about 14 years (name changed from Spot-breasted in version 2.2).- Jacana
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Are these three monotypic?- Jacana
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I don't know about the kingfishers, but the monal-partridges were changed by Clements at the last update.- Jacana
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No, but they don't give any reason for the changes. Just that they've made the change. However, I think all of their changes conform to what the IOC and others already have, rather than coming up with something completely novel. Edit: although they do say in the introduction to the overall 2023...- Jacana
- Post #2,507
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A couple of Clements examples from the 2023 update: Marbled Teal to Marbled Duck White-crowned Koel to White-crowned Cuckoo Alexander's Swift to Cape Verde Swift A bunch of Tolmomyias Flycatchers became Flatbills Latakoo Lark to Melodious Lark There were tons of others. Full list here: 2023...- Jacana
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I'm not sure they are? It's just that we see IOC updates more frequently than we see updates from other authorities.- Jacana
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Mar 16 Post split of monotypic Tahiti Swallow and polytypic Pacific Swallow.- Jacana
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That's my reading of it too. Southern reaches as far as Beijing.- Jacana
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Finally, an armchair tick!- Jacana
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Mar 14 Post split of Sierra Madre Crow from Samar (formerly Small) Crow. Mar 14 Post split of Sulawesi Crow from Slender-billed Crow.- Jacana
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Large. I haven't seen Red-throated- Jacana
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It's missing from the Diary page, but there's a new split to report: Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula ADD AS Pale Crag Martin Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula (including bansoensis) is split from (Large) Rock Martin P. fuligula based on morphology supported by...- Jacana
- Post #2,469
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Geographically, yes. But the question was whether the Brush Cuckoos on Wetar/Timor are Sunda or Australian. IOC has Rote, Timor and Wetar populations in Australian. Sunda stops at Alor.- Jacana
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And from the subspecies: Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Add subspecies saturata. ADD Recognize U. e. saturata which is often lumped with the nominate, but which is morphologically distinct (Cramp et al. 1985; Ericson 1997; del Hoyo & Collar 2014). IIRC, saturata turns up in Europe on...- Jacana
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There have been a bunch of additional English name updates too (usually not posted on the diary page). Verreaux's Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge Change English name of Tetraophasis obscurus from Verreaux's Monal-Partridge to Chestnut-throated...- Jacana
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Mar 7 Post split of Olive-capped Coua from Red-capped Coua.- Jacana
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Mar 7 Post split of Gorgeous Sunbird from Beautiful Sunbird. And in the English name updates: Island Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus Caroline Swiftlet Change English name of Aerodramus inquietus from Island Swiftlet to Caroline Swiftlet for better clarity and to align with similarly...- Jacana
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What are the ID features for Qilian Bluetail other than song? Especially females and non-breeding plumage.- Jacana
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I suspect that we won't see anything until March at the earliest, given their update at the end of December:- Jacana
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IOC doesn't hyphenate like this. Cornell/eBird do, though I can't say why they hyphenate in one case and not the other. Whilst not wanting to reignite the Great BirdForum Hyphen Wars, Cornell/eBird's take on hyphenating in the first place is silly and inelegant, though I understand the logic.- Jacana
- Post #2,354
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An initiator of a thread doesn't have any "ownership" of it. Since Andy started a new thread elsewhere to keep it to his liking, then he can post there and ignore this "hijacked" one. At this risk of hand-bagging a fellow member of this forum, Andy is one of the most common sources of derailing...- Jacana
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It is my understanding that plover/dotterel have been used interchangeably for Hooded and Shore, whereas I'm not sure Black-fronted has been commonly known as anything other than Dotterel (same for Red-kneed)? I may well be incorrect though.- Jacana
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Annoying when that happens, isn't it?- Jacana
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Oct 15 Post lumps of Northern and Pacific Royal Flycatchers with Amazonian (now Tropical) Royal Flycatcher.- Jacana
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The name was only changed recently, in v12.1- Jacana
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