Date:         Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:13:52 EDT
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Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bill BLakeslee <WPB900@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Changes to the AOU Check-list
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The July 2002 issue of The Auk contains the 43rd Supplement to The AOU
Check-list of North American Birds, and impacts the Georgia Checklist in five
places.

The scientific name of Roseate Spoonbill is changed from Ajaia ajaja to
Platalea
ajaja.

The scientific name of of Purple Gallinule is changed from Porphyrula
martinica to
Porphyrio martinica.

The Common Snipe is split into two species. Our snipe becomes the Wilson's
Snipe
Gallinago delicata and the Eurasian bird retains the name Common Snipe
Gallinago
gallinago. The 7th edition of the AOU Check-list cites some western Alaska
and Labrador records of G gallinago so some birders may have seen the old
world snipe there.

The scientific name of the Red Phalarope is changed from Phalaropus fulicaria
to
Phalaropus fulicarius.

The scientific name of the Blue Grosbeak is changed from Guiraca caerulea to
Passerina caerulea, putting it in the same genus as the Lazuli, Indigo and
Painted Bunting.

In the larger ABA area, the AOU has moved the Kelp Gull from the appendix
(hypo-
thetical list) to the main list for records on the Chandelier Islands, LA and
records in MD and TX. The Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
returns as a full species having been resplit from the Tufted Titmouse
Baeotophus bicolor. The Eared
Trogon is renamed the Eared Quetzal. US records of Loggerhead Kingbird are no
longer recognized.

Taxonomic proposals being considered but not yet accepted (or rejected)
include spltting the Cory's Shearwater, Green-winged Teal, Cave Swallow, and
Curve-billed Thrasher.

An updated list of the birds known from the AOU Check-list area may be
assessed at http://www.AOU.org/aou/birdlist.html.


Bill Blakeslee
Atlanta, GA
wpb900@aol.com

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