Friday, August 12, 2016

new names for birds....

 It was time again .. and so I will put the birds from the highlands down below who we can gratulate with new names! (in red) And for us poor birdwatchers, we have to get use to it again, but only 5 this time :) around Boquete.....see second link down below for more new bird names in other areas.
Good luck! greetings Terry
 http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/updates-corrections-august-2016/

Gray-necked Wood-Rail  Aramides cajaneus
 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus is split into two species: Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris, and Gray-cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus.


 Green Violetear  Colibri thalassinus
Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus is split into two species, a monotypic Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus, which is equivalent to the former eBird group Green Violetear (Northern) Colibri thalassinus thalassinus; and the polytypic Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus, which includes the eBird groups Green Violetear (Costa Rican) Colibri thalassinus cabanidis and Green Violetear (Andean) Colibri thalassinus cyanotus/crissalis
With the split of Green Violetear into two species, change the names of the monotypic group Green Violetear (Costa Rican) Colibri thalassinus cabanidis to Lesser Violetear (Costa Rican) Colibri cyanotus cabanidis; and change the names of the polytypic group Green Violetear (Andean) Colibri thalassinus cyanotus/crissalis to Lesser Violetear (Andean) Colibri cyanotus cyanotus/crissalis.

 Blue-crowned Motmot  Momotus coeruliceps

 Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus coeruliceps is split into two species. The monotypic group Blue-crowned Motmot (Blue-crowned) Momotus coeruliceps coeruliceps is elevated to species rank as Blue-capped Motmot Momotus coeruliceps; and the remaining taxa, of the polytypic group Blue-crowned Motmot (Lesson’s) Momotus coeruliceps [lessonii Group], become Lesson’s Motmot Momotus lessonii, which includes the subspecies lessonii, goldmani, and exiguus. “Momotus coeruliceps is treated as separate from M. lessonii on the basis of strong differences in plumage maintained in apparent parapatry”


  Plain Wren  Cantorchilus modestus
Plain Wren is split into three species, in accord with NACC (Chesser et al. 2016): Cabanis’s Wren Cantorchilus modestus, Canebrake Wren Cantorchilus zeledoni, and Isthmian Wren Cantorchilus elutus. This split is based on differences in vocalizations and on genetic divergence (Mann et al. 2003, Saucier et al. 2015). Each species is monotypic; subspecies roberti (with range “Caribbean lowlands of Honduras”) and vanrossemi (with range “Pacific lowlands of El Salvador”) are considered to be synonyms of modestus (Saucier et al. 2015). Revise the range of Cabanis’s Wren from “S Mexico (Oaxaca) to Guatemala and n Nicaragua” to “southern Mexico (Oaxaca) south on the Pacific slope to northwestern Costa Rica; locally on the Caribbean slope from southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras.”


 Three-striped Warbler  Basileuterus tristriatus
Change the scientific name of the monotypic group Three-striped Warbler (Costa Rican) from Basileuterus tristriatus chitrensis to Basileuterus tristriatus melanotis (Wetmore et al. 1984). In accord with AOU-NACC (Chesser et al. 2016), this group is elevated to species rank as Costa Rican Warbler Basileuterus melanotis; this action is based “on differences in genetics and vocalizations (Gutiérrez-Pinto et al. 2012, Donegan 2014)” (Chesser et al. 2016).
In accord with AOU-NACC (Chesser et al. 2016), the monotypic group Three-striped Warbler (Tacarcuna) Basileuterus tristriatus tacarcunae also is elevated to species rank as Tacarcuna Warbler Basileuterus tacarcunae.


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