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AOU-NACC Proposals 2024
Aside from the mind-boggling odds against finding a Eurasian Sparrowhawk in the extremely limited range of these (there's still no records in the Americas, and if we ever get one it's much more likely to be in the Lesser Antilles than the Greater), I think the typical yellow eye would be a dead...- awiner
- Post #76
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2024
The Caribbean subspecies (I've only seen Hispaniolan - the Puerto Rican one is critically endangered, and I haven't been to Cuba yet) are very distinctive, with obvious rufous or buffy faces. Check it out - this is a really distinctive bird: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144519620- awiner
- Post #74
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2024
T.a. clarus is typically considered the subspecies found on Trinidad. (eBird includes this as part of the range of clarus; IOC omits it.)- awiner
- Post #73
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2024
... I was so very confused by the proposal on this point: it doesn't mention tobagensis at all, and its text about albicans is: (11) albicans—This taxon occurs both on Trinidad and in northern mainland South America This doesn't match up at all with either eBird or IOC taxonomy. But...- awiner
- Post #57
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2024
Spot-backed Wren? Don't love it, but it is a distinction between this and the other two forms.- awiner
- Post #23
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature