eBird taxonomy changes in Aug 2021 (1 Viewer)

[Tero]

We don't have details for any area yet. But strange new species are popping up in the US. Read the notice: Taxonomy Update Coming! - eBird

 

[Tero]

Sedge wren:
Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren.
Changes to
Cistothorus stellaris Sedge Wren
Others

Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds

This is the 21st supplement since publication of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It

academic.oup.com

 

[Mysticete]

More discussion can be found in the bird taxonomy forum.

 

[Tero]

More discussion can be found in the bird taxonomy forum.

OK. I searched eBird as topic and all those threads were in the Birds and Birding section.
The main point was that you do notneed to edit strange birds, it will sort out automatically.