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  1. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    How on earth did you crunch those stats so quickly!!!!
  2. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    I'm no scientist but, I thought BSC had been using c2% as the baseline?
  3. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    The IOC's more holistic approach would suggest to me that they're more on the PSC track? The BSC maybe be 'leading the pack' with scientists but many, actual, field birders prefer the less rigid PSC. Nobody has mentioned the 'Tobias scale' which awards points for certain criteria and like...
  4. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    Safe politically? I have no issue with species conservation, just to add.
  5. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    And you're introducing politics over science?
  6. Andy Adcock

    What is a species?

    Being a taxonomist solves none of your problems because there isn't afaik, a single, unified, definition of what a species is. 'Looking at the latest IOC update, they state that species are added of deleted based on differences in morphology, vocalisation and genetics. I'd probably add habitat...
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