Latest IOC Diary Updates (28 Viewers)

[Larry Sweetland]

Shouldn't grumble at losing one I suppose, considering that they were both still Great Tit when I first saw Cinereous.

I do think we should start a petition though, to put a stop to the splitting of things on islands that no-one's heard of, and a stop to lumping globally widespread easy to see things 🥴😆

 

[Andy Adcock]

I am hoping folks come up with a new name for the combination of Cinereous + Japanese. It's always confusing when you get a relump of two wide-ranging species and one of lumped species common name gets used for both. Oriental Tit?

I only have "Japanese" Tit, but the former Cinereous would have been a probable lifer on my big birding trip next year, so it does deny me a near future tick.

Indo-Pacific?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Jul 10 Accept lump of Barlow's Lark with Dune Lark.

Jul 10 Accept lump Foxy Lark with Fawn-colored Lark.

Luckily, evaded this one too having only seen Barlow's and Fawn-coloured.

 

[Mysticete]

Indo-Pacific?

I always think of Indo-Pacific as a reference to marine or island dwelling species. I suppose you could call it Eastern Tit?

 

[Jacana]

Or Lesser Tit, to match the scientific name and contrast with Great Tit.

To be honest, I have no problem with Cinereous Tit.

 

[Jacana]

Jul 10 Accept lump of Barlow's Lark with Dune Lark.

Namibia looses its only endemic.

 

[redpandacat]

I am hoping folks come up with a new name for the combination of Cinereous + Japanese. It's always confusing when you get a relump of two wide-ranging species and one of lumped species common name gets used for both. Oriental Tit?

In China they were recently lumped and the common name is now essentially Great Tit (with Parus major being Eurasian Great Tit).

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

In China they were recently lumped and the common name is now essentially Great Tit (with Parus major being Eurasian Great Tit).

China is a part of Eurasia, so, Eurasian Great Tit is a lil' bit confusing.

Or : Eurasian Great Tit for major and South-asian Great Tit for cinereus ? (Yeah but a trinomial name gives the impression that both are subspecies)

 

[Andy Adcock]

Jul 12 Post splits of Highland Lark, Sentinel Lark, Plains Lark and Plateau Lark from Rufous-naped Lark.

Jul 12 Post split of Kidepo Lark from Red-winged Lark.

Jul 12 Revise genera and species within Alaudidae.

 

[Xenospiza]

All these new names mean nothing to anyone, so here is the full listing:

Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	ADD	AS	Eastern Clapper Lark	Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis (including kathangorensis) is split from Red-winged Lark Corypha (Mirafra) hypermetra based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Highland Lark	Corypha kurrae	ADD	AS	Red-winged Lark	Highland Lark Corypha kurrae (including henrici, batesi, stresemanni, and bamendae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corrypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	ADD	AS	Rufous-naped Lark	Sentinel Lark Corypha athi (including harterti) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii	ADD	AS	Sentinel Lark	Monotypic Plains Lark Corypha kabalii is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	ADD	AS	Plains Lark	Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens (including nyikae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).

 

[twitcherf]

Jul 12 Post lump of Ash's Lark with Somali Lark

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

All these new names mean nothing to anyone, so here is the full listing:

Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	ADD	AS	Eastern Clapper Lark	Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis (including kathangorensis) is split from Red-winged Lark Corypha (Mirafra) hypermetra based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Highland Lark	Corypha kurrae	ADD	AS	Red-winged Lark	Highland Lark Corypha kurrae (including henrici, batesi, stresemanni, and bamendae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corrypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	ADD	AS	Rufous-naped Lark	Sentinel Lark Corypha athi (including harterti) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii	ADD	AS	Sentinel Lark	Monotypic Plains Lark Corypha kabalii is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	ADD	AS	Plains Lark	Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens (including nyikae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).

My proposal in my own list (with translation)

kidepoensis : Alouette du Kidepo / Kidepo Lark
kurrae : A. du Soudan / Sudan Lark (exceptif there already is a Sudan Lark)
athi : A. de Hartert / Hartert's Lark
kabalii : A. de Kabali / Kabali's Lark
nigrescens : A. noirâtre / Blackish Lark

 

[gusasp]

Wonderful! Some thoughts on the English names though of Red-winged and Rufous-naped Larks s.s. To avoid confusion, it would be preferable that they were given new names, especially since the red wings and rufous napes surely aren't unique characters, especially now. Any suggestions?

 

[DDonsker]

Wonderful! Some thoughts on the English names though of Red-winged and Rufous-naped Larks s.s. To avoid confusion, it would be preferable that they were given new names, especially since the red wings and rufous napes surely aren't unique characters, especially now. Any suggestions?

We are planning to rename Corypha africana "Red-naped" Lark. The Updates haven't caught up to that yet.

Not so for Red-winged Lark, but will ponder.

Thanks

 

[Ian Lewis]

is there a map available of the ranges of the five species that used to be Rufous-naped Lark. I'm struggling to work out which I've seen?

 

[andrew147]

is there a map available of the ranges of the five species that used to be Rufous-naped Lark. I'm struggling to work out which I've seen?

Not perfect, but this might help...

 

[Ian Lewis]

Not perfect, but this might help...

Thanks, but that's a map of Red-winged Lark, Sharp's Lark, Somali Lark and Rufous-naped Lark pre-split

 

[andrew147]

Thanks, but that's a map of Red-winged Lark, Sharp's Lark, Somali Lark and Rufous-naped Lark pre-split

It also shows the type localities of all forms under discussion.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Jul 12 Post splits of Highland Lark, Sentinel Lark, Plains Lark and Plateau Lark from Rufous-naped Lark.

Jul 12 Post split of Kidepo Lark from Red-winged Lark.

Jul 12 Revise genera and species within Alaudidae.

What happened to this table which I posted here before?

Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	ADD	AS	Eastern Clapper Lark	Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis (including kathangorensis) is split from Red-winged Lark Corypha (Mirafra) hypermetra based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Highland Lark	Corypha kurrae	ADD	AS	Red-winged Lark	Highland Lark Corypha kurrae (including henrici, batesi, stresemanni, and bamendae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corrypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	ADD	AS	Rufous-naped Lark	Sentinel Lark Corypha athi (including harterti) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii	ADD	AS	Sentinel Lark	Monotypic Plains Lark Corypha kabalii is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	ADD	AS	Plains Lark	Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens (including nyikae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).

 

[twitcherf]

What happened to this table I posted here before?

Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	ADD	AS	Eastern Clapper Lark	Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis (including kathangorensis) is split from Red-winged Lark Corypha (Mirafra) hypermetra based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Highland Lark	Corypha kurrae	ADD	AS	Red-winged Lark	Highland Lark Corypha kurrae (including henrici, batesi, stresemanni, and bamendae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corrypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	ADD	AS	Rufous-naped Lark	Sentinel Lark Corypha athi (including harterti) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii	ADD	AS	Sentinel Lark	Monotypic Plains Lark Corypha kabalii is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).
Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens	ADD	AS	Plains Lark	Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens (including nyikae) is split from Rufous-naped Lark Corypha (Mirafra) africana based on a comprehensive integrated analysis including plumage, morphometrics, vocalizations, display and phylogenetics (Alström et al. 2024).

You didn't post here - you posted on the other parallel thread -

IOC splits and lumps - no techno babble​