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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    2024 Proposals Proposals 2024-A 2024-A-1: Reconsider the generic placements of Haplospiza rustica and Acanthidops bairdi 2024-A-2a: Make changes to our classification of the herons (Ardeidae): Modify the linear sequence and existing taxonomic structure within the family 2024-A-2b: Make...
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    Plectropterus

    Hi there! Trying to figure out the phylogenetic position of the Spur-winged Goose, but can't seem to find any molecular studies. On morphological grounds, Del Hoyo et. al. 1992 has it in Cairini in Anatinae, Livezey 1997 in a tribe with Sarkidiornis in Tadorninae (but in Livezey 1987 in its own...
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    Chestnut-headed Crake

    Hi all! Does anyone have info on the systematic (and true taxonomic) whereabouts for Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas/Rufirallus castaneiceps)? There seems to be an extreme lack of consensus between IOC/Clements/BLI, both concerning correct genus and priority. Clements puts it in...
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    Which subspecies of Japanese Paradise Flycatcher in Taiwan?

    As the thread title reads, which is the subspecies that breeds on "mainland" Taiwan? Clements/e-bird has illex (which would be logical), IOC has atrocaudata (with illex strangely wedged in between in Ryukyu Islands only) and HBW Alive doesn't even mention Taiwan in the distribution, though it...
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    Scotocercidae vs Cettiidae

    Does anyone know which has priority of Scotocercidae and Cettiidae? Obviously either Clements or H&M/HBW/BL have it wrong. Both include Scotocerca in the same family as the cettids, named Cettiidae by Clements and Scotocercidae by the others.
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    TiF – where are you?

    Four months today since John Boyd’s last update. Should we worry?
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    Wish list for Clements update 2017

    Hi all! Clements yearly update coming up. What do you hope and wish for? Here's my list of updates/corrections I want to see (apart from the expected from the AOS update & I ignore actions in SACC area as well). Beware of long list! * Recognize Bunch of post-1500 extinctions! * Split species...
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    "Lagging" IOC taxonomy

    In bed with heavy cold scanning through the latest Clements and IOC updates. It strikes me that although being really up to date concerning species splits, there are a bunch of higher level taxonomic changes that hasn't been implemented yet in the IOC list. Just a quick comparison with...
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    Next 10 WP splits

    I love hypothetical guessing games. Inspired by this old thread, what are the next 10 splits in the West Palearctic? Let's take IOC as a baseline. Here's my take at it (ignoring extralimitals): * Heuglin's Gull * Seebohm's Wheatear * Maghreb Wheatear * Atlas Tawny Owl * Arabian and African...
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    What's next?

    Given the new interesting findings that Spotted Wren-Babbler is a family of its own, not a babbler at all, and given the fact that I am quite bored at the moment, I thought I'd through out this question to you wise people out there: Which possible weirdo candidates haven't been thoroughly...
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    Hanöbukten, Sweden – just a Willow Warbler?

    Not the best of pictures and seriously cropped. A friend of mine sailed through some bad weather on Hanöbukten, between Skåne and Blekinge, on May 21st. No sight of land. A bunch of passerines dropped down on the boat, among them a White Wagtail and this little guy. Just a wet Willow Warbler...
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