[birding] Fwd: [COBOL] Getting Lifers in the [Cyber] mail

[Joel Geier]

Hi All,

Some news on "new" species! 

I think Doug Robinson previously warned us about the Winter/Pacific Wren
split. 

The Black Scoter split was a surprise to me, though. I'm intrigued by
the idea of separating scoters by vocalizations. Next time one plops
down in the Philomath sewage ponds, I guess we'll need to wonder what
kind it is -- unless it sings?

Happy birding,
Joel

On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 21:11 -0700, cobol-request at lists.oregonstate.edu
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> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:33 -0800
> From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc at empnet.com>
> Subject: [COBOL] Getting Lifers in the [Cyber] mail
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> The news today is that the with the publication of the July issue of
> The
> Auk, the AOU has created a few more birds for us to count/chase.  For
> most
> of us it means two new North American species:
> 
>  
> 
> Species split
> 
> 1. Winter Wren is split into three species: Pacific Wren (Troglodytes
> pacificus) in northwestern North America; Winter Wren (Troglodytes
> hiemalis)
> in eastern North America; and Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
> in the
> Old World.  Vocal differences were important in this split; see the
> following on how to separate Pacific from Winter Wrens by song and
> call.
> http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/774 ;
> http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/826 
> 
> 2. Whip-poor-will is split into Mexican Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus
> arizonae) and Eastern Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus). Vocal
> differences were important here as well; see
> http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/2003 for ID tips.
> 
>  
> 
> 3. Black Scoter is split into American Scoter (Melanitta americana) in
> the
> New World and Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) in the Old World.  Once
> again
> vocal differences were key, and once again you can hear them in an
> earlier
> post. 
> 
>  
> 
> In July 2009 Eric VanderWerf submitted a proposal to the American
> Ornithologists' Union checklist committee recommending that the
> Elepaio be
> split into 3 species, one each on Kauai, Oahu, and Hawaii.  This
> recommendation was based on research that showed Elepaio on each
> island
> differ morphologically, genetically, and behaviorally.  The AOU
> Approved
> this suggestion and now Hawaiian birders can tick off three Elepaios.
> Copies of these research papers can be downloaded from the
> publications page
> of the Pacific Rim Conservation website (pdf #s 65 and 52)
> http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/reports.html 
> 
>  
> 
> News on name changes and taxonomic placement changes can be found here
> http://beforeitsnews.com/story/115/278/Latest_News_from_the_AOU.html 
> 
>  
> 
> Tom Crabtree, Bend
> 
>