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Thirty-Sixth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds THIRTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS The 36th supplement to the A.O.U. Check- p. 34. After Sula nebouxii,insert: list of North American Birds (the second sup- Sula variegata (Tschudi).PERUVIAN BOO•3¾. plement after the 6th edition, 1983) consistsof changes adopted by the Committee on Classi- Dasyporusvariegatus Tschudi, 1843, Arch. Natur- fication and Nomenclature as of 1 March 1987. gesch.,9, p. 390. (coastsand islands of Pacific The changes fall into ten categories: (1) ten Ocean = islands off coast of Peru.) species(Sula variegata,Glareola maldivarum, Nu- Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds on islands off coasts meniusminutus, Sterna albifrons, Larosterna inca, of Ecuador,Peru and Chile, and rangesat seaoff west- Calliphloxmitchellii, Dendrocopos major, Muscicapa ern South America. dauurica,Luscinia cyane, Chlorophonia fiavirostris) Accidental off the Pacific coastof Panama (Bay of are added to the main list because of new dis- Panama), where present in summer 1983 (maximum about 3500 individuals on 17 June) in apparent as- tributional information; (2) one species (Vireo sociation with a major "El Nifio Southern Oscilla- fiavoviridis)is added to the main list becauseof tion"; photographic confirmation (N. G. Smith, un- a taxonomic decision; (3) the names of two published photo deposited in VIREO). species(Lathrotriccus euleri, Oryzoborus nuttingi) are changed (but without the addition of a p. 90. Under Melanitta nigra, to recognize species)because of taxonomicdecisions; (4) one two taxonomic groups that may possibly be species(Creagrus furcatus) is transferred from species (Cramp and Simmons, 1977, Birds W. Appendix A to Appendix B; (5) one species(Sax- Palearctic,1, p. 642), change accountas follows: icolatorquata) is transferred from Appendix B to the main list because of new distributional Distribution.--Breeds [americanagroup] in North information; (6) one species (Ficedula mugi- America ... [account as in 6th edition] .... and in eastern Siberia from the Lena River east to Anadyr- maki) is added to Appendix A; (7) two species land, Sakhalin and Kamchatka; and [nigra group] in (Daption capense,Acestrura heliodor) are trans- Eurasia from Iceland, the British Isles, Spitsbergen ferred from the main list to Appendix B; (8) and Scandinavia east across northern Russia and Si- three species in the main list (Vireo magister, beria to the Lena River. Summerswidely and possibly Parulasuperciliosa, Piranga bidentata) require as- breeds [americanagroup] from southern Yukon and signment of A.O.U. numbers becauseof a val- southern Mackenzie east to Labrador and Newfound- idated occurrence of each in the United States; land. (9) nomenclatural changes affecting scientific Winters[americana group] in North America . [ac- names are made; and (10) typographical errors count as in 6th edition]... and Florida, and in eastern that affectscientific names, citations, or English Asia to eastern China and Japan;and [nigragroup] in Eurasia... [account as in 6th edition] ... and Korea. namesare corrected.No other changesare made, Casual[americana group] throughout... [accountas nor is new distributional information included in 6th edition]. for speciesalready in the list, except as noted Notes.--Also known as COMMON $COTER. The two above. Criteria for documentation remain as groups are sometimes regarded as separate species, published in the 35th supplement (1985, Auk M. americana(Swainson, 1831) [AMERICANSCOTER, 102: 680-686). The Committee's actions with re- 163.1] and M. nigra [BI•ACK$COTER]. spectto the main list bring the total number of speciesrecognized in North America to 1935. p. 175. After Recurvirostraamericana, insert: The following are the results of Committee Family GLAREOLIDAE. Coursersand Pratincoles actionsand changesto be made in the 6th edi- Genus GLAREOLA Brisson tion (page numbers pertain thereto): GloreolaBrisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 141. Type, by tautonymy, GlareolaBrisson = p. 15. Delete account of Daption capense Hirundopratincola Linnaeus. (transferred to Appendix B, see account under "p. 777" below) and replacewith the following: Glareola maldivarum Forster. ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE. [224.1.] [Daption capense(Linnaeus). CAPEPETREL.] See Ap- pendix B. Glareola(Pratincola) Maldivarum J. R. Forster, 1795, 591 The Auk 104: 591-596. July 1987 592 Thirty-sixthSupplement [Auk,Vol. 104 Faunula Indica, ed. 2, p. II. (Open sea in the Larosterna inca (Lesson). INCA TERN. latitude of the Maldive Islands.) SternaInca Lesson, 1827, Voy. Coquille, Zool., At- Habitat & Distribution.--Breedsin grassysteppe las, livr. 3, pl. 47. (Lima, Peru.) in eastern Asia from southern Siberia south to India, Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds on islands off the Ceylon, the Andaman Islandsand easternChina, and coastof Peru and Chile, and rangesalong the Pacific wintersfrom southernAsia and the Philippinessouth coast of South America. to Australia. Accidentalin the Aleutian Islands(Attu, 19-20 May Accidentaloff the Pacificcoast of Panama(Bay of 1985, specimen;Am. Birds 39: 339, 1985). Panama)where presentin moderatenumbers during early June 1983(maximum of 65 individuals)in ap- p. 184. Before Numeniusborealis, insert: parent associationwith a major "El Nifio Southern Oscillation";photographic confirmation (N. G. Smith, Numenius minutus Gould. LITTLECURLEW. [266.1.] unpublished photo depositedin VIREO). Numenius minutus Gould, 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1840), p. 176.(New South Wales,Aus- p. 333. Changespelling of"Orthorhynchus" tralia.) to "Orthorhyncus"in all four placesname ap- pearson this page. Habitat & Distribution.--Breedsin grassyclear- ings and meadowsin stuntedsubalpine forest in cen- tral Siberia and winters from Indonesia and the Phil- p. 354. After Calliphloxbryantae, insert: ippines south to Australia and New Zealand. Calliphlox mitchellii (Bourcier). PURPLE-THROATED Accidentalin California (SantaMaria Valley, Santa WOODSTAR. BarbaraCounty, 16 September-14October 1984, pho- to; Lehman and Dunn, 1985, Am. Birds 39: 247-250). TrochilusMitchellii Boutclef, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. Notes.--Also known as LITTLE WHIMBREL. See com- London, p. 47. (Zimapfin [Colombia].) ments under N. borealis. Habitat & Distribution.--Resident in forest and forest edge in western Colombia and western Ecua- p. 225. In Creagrusfurcatus entry, change"See dor. Appendix A" to "See Appendix B"; seealso cor- Presumablyresident in eastern Panama (Cana re- rections under "p. 774" and "p. 782" below. gion, Cerro Pirre, easternDari6n), where known from two femalespecimens: 13 April 1938(Wetmore, 1968, p. 232. BeforeSterna antillarum, insert: Smithson.Misc. Collect.150(2): 373, reported as Aces- trura heliodor)and I1 August 1982 (Robbins, Parker Sterna albifrons Pallas. LITTLETERN. [74.1.] and Alien, 1985, A.O.U. Ornithol. Monogr., no. 36, Sternaalbifrons Pallas, 1764, in Vroeg, Cat. An- p. 203). umbr., p. 6. (Maasland, Netherlands.) Notes.--For a full discussionof these two speci- mens, see Robbins, Parker and Alien (loc. cit.). Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds along coasts,rivers and lakes in the Palearctic from the British Isles and p. 359. TransferAcestrura heliodor to Appen- southern Scandinavia east to Japan, and south to northern Africa, southern Asia, Indonesia and Aus- dix B (seepreceding speciesand accountunder tralia, and winters from southern Eurasia south to "p. 784" below). After citation for the genus southern Africa and Australia. Acestrura,substitute for the speciesaccount: Accidental in the Hawaiian Islands (Tern Island, [Acestruraheliodor (Boutclef). GORGETEDWOODSTAR.] French Frigate Shoals, 2 June 1985, specimen; Am. See Appendix B. Birds 40: 163, 1986). Notes.--See comments under S. antillarum. p. 389. After Xiphidiopicuspercussus, add: p. 232. Original citation for Sternaantillarum Genus DENDROCOPOS Koch should read: "Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847, Dendrocopos.... [original citation as on p. 389]. Notes.--Frequently merged in Picoides,but treat- p. 236. After Chlidoniasniger, insert: ment of mostOld World forms in Dendrocoposseems warranted upon the recommendation of Ouellet (1977, Genus LAROSTERNA Blyth Ardea 65: 165-183) and karyotypic data from Shields (1982, Condor 84: 45-58). LarosternaBlyth, 1852,Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc. (1849), p. 293. Type, by monotypy, Sternainca Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus). GREATSPOTTED Lesson. WOODPECKER.[401.1.] July1987] Thirty-sixthSupplement 593 Picusmajor Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, Accidental in the Aleutian Islands (Attu, 25 May p. 114. (in Europa = Sweden.) 1985, specimen;Am. Birds 39: 339, 1985). Notes.--Also known as BROWN FLYCATCHER or ASIAN Habitat & Distribution.--Resident in forests and BROWNFLYCATCHER. For us•eof M. dauurica instead of woodland in Eurasia from the British Isles and Scan- M. latirostris,see Watson,Traylor and Mayr (1986, in dinavia east to eastern Siberia, and south to north- Peters, Birds World, 11, p. 318). western Africa, the Mediterranean region and south- ern Asia. p. 547. After Lusciniasvecica (and beforeTar- Accidental in the Aleutian Islands (Attu, 27 April sigercyanurus, 35th supplement), add: 1986,specimen, Univ. of Alaska Museum). Luscinia cyane (Pallas).SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN. [764.3.] p. 389. Delete the original citation of Den- drocoposfrom the synonymy of Picoides.At the MotacillaCyane Pallas, 1776, Reise Versch. Prov. Russ. Reichs, 3, p. 697. (Dauria, between the end of the synonymy of Picoides,add: Onon and the Argun [southeasternTransbai- Notes.--See commentsunder gendrocopos. calia].) Habitat
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