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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Fixed, I think
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    IOC World Bird List v9.2

    Just a touch of whimsey for the transition :)
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    Australo-Papuan robins

    Thanks f
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    IOC World Bird List v8.2

    Fixed w thanks f
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    IOC World Bird List v8.2

    My copy is clean in this regard; so possibly an issue on your computer?
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    Birds Of Wallacea taxonomic changes?

    Hi Frank G, Sorry about the confusion: Banggai Jungle-Fly probably the better name, as it denotes the whole archipelago, and the bird should not be endemic to Peleng only. Frank R
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    IOC World Bird List 8.1

    ok, now? thanks
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    IOC World Bird List 8.1

    Apologies - line number mistake fixed now, I hope f
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    IOC World Bird List 8.1

    Try this : http://www.worldbirdnames.org/IOC_8.1_vs_other_lists.xlsx
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    Crowned-Pigeons

    Thank you, Laurent, and Happy New Year to all
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    AOU 2017 Checklist proposals

    There is good stuff in the pipeline. We'll wait :)
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    Anatidae

    Yes Sibirionetta, Spatula, Mareca, Anas,
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    African/Eurasian reed warbler

    DD: We tentatively included ambiguous in A. baeticatus based on Olsson et al 2016. Attached. See Figure 2 and discussion. The clade (ambiguous + minor) + (baeticatus + hallae + cinnamomeus) forms a clade sister to the Eurasian Reed Warbler clade (A. scirpaceus + fuscus + avicenniae). Given...
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    IOC World Bird List 7.1

    The relationships of these three in Gibson and Baker (Fig 1) are (tenuirostris (canutus, virgata)), so Great Knot Red Knot Surfbird See also H&M4 and NACC Supplement 54: Genus Calidris Merrem, 1804 tenuirostris (Horsefield, 1821) Great Knot canutus (Linnaeus, 1858) Red Knot virgata...
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    IOC World Bird List 6.4

    Fixed Thanks f
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    "Lagging" IOC taxonomy

    Laggards we are! Tracking subfamilial radiations by revising the genera of birds definitely challenges us. We tend to favor a conservative approach given the rapidly changing protocols and surprises from new genomics. Also, we prefer to wait for a comprehensive revision of a family rather...
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    Ioc 6.3

    See "Updates Highlighted" link here: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/master-list-2/
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    Ioc 6.3

    DD: The authorship of Pelecanoides garnotii and Letocoma aspasia is based on the conclusions published in the following reference: Dickinson, EC., MD Bruce & N David. 2015. A review of the authorship and dates of publication of birds newly described from the ʺVoyage de la Coquilleʺ (1822‐1825)...
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    Ioc 6.3

    We’ve chosen to use the spelling “Banjkovski” following the favored transliteration of the name used in Zoonomen. Alan Peterson argues that “in Cyrillic the name has a tvardy znak (hard sign) after the "n" has convinced me to change from "i" to "j" If the "n" had been followed by an "e"...
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    Ioc 6.3

    You'll be able to access it through the website in a couple of days
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    Laridae

    Nudge noted :)
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    Piopio

    Aha..Thanks. Those pages need attention.
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    Piopio

    IOC puts Turnagra in Oriolidae following Johansson et al. 2011
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    Macropygia cuckoo doves

    typo. Apologies w thanks
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    Macropygia cuckoo doves

    DD's notes: The exclusion of mentioning the transfer of borneensis to M. tenuirostris in the subspecies updates was merely an oversight which will be immediately fixed. In regards to the English name, Ng et al use “Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove” for M. tenuirostris presumably because this species...
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