Thirty-Sixth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

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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 southern 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 & Distribution.--Breeds in dense forest p. 445. BeforeAphanotriccus, insert: undergrowth in eastern Asia from southern Siberia south to northeastern China and Japan, and winters Genus LATHROTRICCUS Lanyon in southeastern Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines. LathrotriccusLanyon and Lanyon, 1986,Auk, 103, Accidental in the Aleutian Islands (Attu, 21 May p. 347. Type, by original designation,Empido- 1986, specimen;Am. Birds 39: 339-340, 1985). chanes euleri Cabanis. p. 548. Saxicolatorquata is transferredfrom Notes.--For evidence that the specieseuleri should not be placedin the genusEmpidonax, see Zink and Appendix B to the main list with the following Johnson(1984, Syst.Zool. 33: 205-216). For recogni- entry: tion of Lathrotriccusfor euleri,see Lanyon and Lanyon Saxicola torquata (Linnaeus).STONECHAT. [765.1.] (1986,Auk 103:341-350) and Lanyon (1986,Am. Mus. Novit., no. 2846, pp. 30-37). Motacilla torquataLinnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, p. 328. (Cape of Good Hope.) Lathrotriccus euleri (Cabanis). EULER'SFLYCATCHER. Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds in open country EmpidochanesEuleri Cabanis .... [original citation with scatteredbushes throughout the Palaearcticand and accountas for Empidonaxeuleri, p. 452, ex- Africa;eastern populations are migratoryto southern cept in "Notes" change"E. lawrenceiAllen" to Asia and northeasternAfrica, the remaining popu- "L. lawrencei(Allen)"]. lations generally sedentary. Accidental in New Brunswick (Grand Manan Is- p. 452. Transfer "Empidonaxeuleri" account land, ! October 1983, photo; Wilson, 1986, Am. Birds to p. 445, with changesas indicated above. 40: 16-17) and Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, 5 June 1985, photo, Am. Birds 39: 340, 1985;and Ga- lena, 19 April 1986, specimen, Univ. of Alaska Mu- p. 545. BeforeFicedula parva, insert: seum). [Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck). MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER.]See Appendix A. pp. 597-598. Split Vireo olivaceu$into following: p. 546. After Muscicapagriseisticta, insert: Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus). RED-EYEDVIREO. [624.] Muscicapa dauurica Pallas. GRAY-BREASTED [Original citation unchanged.] FLYCATCHER.[773.1.] Habitat.--[unchanged]. MuscicapaGrisola var. DauuricaPallas, 1811, Zoogr. Distribution.--[Remove"avoviridis" group; retain Rosso-Asiat.,1, p. 461. (Onon River, Dauria, "olivaceusgroup" and "hivi" group under V. oliva- Siberia.) ceu$.]Remove "Fernando de Noronha (off Brazil)" Muscicapalatirostris Raffles, 1822, Trans. Linn. Soc. from range. London, 13(2), p. 312. (Sumatra.) Notes.--The two groups are sometimesregarded Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds in forest, wood- as separatespecies because of a wide hiatus in distri- land and bamboo in eastern Asia from southern Si- bution, but recent biochemical studies (Johnson and beria south to northern India, northern China and Zink, 1985, Wilson Bull. 97: 421-435) indicate that Japan, and wintersin southern Asia, Indonesia and chiviand olivaceusare closelyrelated and presumably the Philippines. conspecific,whereas V. fiavoviridisis distinct at the 594 Thirty-sixthSupplement [Auk, Vol. 104 specieslevel; the closeapproach (and possiblysym- Distribution.--[as for "nuttingi group"; remove patry) without any intergradation of the breeding "maximilianigroup" and "atrirostrisgroup" from range]. ranges of olivaceusand fiavoviridisin southern Texas Notes.--Sometimes regarded as a subspeciesof O. and of the chivigroup and fiavoviridisin easternPan- maximiliani Cabanis, 1851 (GREAT-BILLEDSEED-FINCH) ama and northwestern Colombia also supports rec- but better considered a different species(see Stiles, ognitionof fiavoviridisat the specieslevel. 1984, Condor 86: 118-122).

Vireo flavoviridis (Cassin).YELLOW-GREEN VIREO. [625.] pp. 756-758. The original citation of the ge- Vireosylviafiavoviridis Cassin, 1851, Proc. Acad. nus "Telespyza"(p. 756) should read: Nat. Sci.Philadelphia, 5, p. 152,pl. 11. (Panama and San Juande Nicaragua= San Juandel Sur, Genus TELESPIZA Wilson Nicaragua.) Telespyza[= error for Telespiza]S. B. Wilson, 1890, Habitat.--Open forest, woodland, secondgrowth, Ibis, p. 341. Type, by monotypy, Telespyza[sic] scrub and mangroves. cantans Wilson. Distribution.--[as for "fiavoviridisgroup"]. Notes.--The correct spelling of this genus is Tele- Notes.--See V. olivaceus. spiza,as indicated on the plate accompanyingthe de- scription; the spelling in text as Telespyzais consid- p. 598. AssignVireo magister A.O.U. number ered a lapsuscalami (see Olson and James,1986, Bull. 623.1 (accidental, near Crystal Beach, Bolivar Br. Ornithol. Club 106: 84-86). Some authors merge Peninsula,Galveston County, Texas,photo; Am. the genera from Telespizathrough Chloridopsas a sin- Birds 38: 934, 1984). gle genus Psittirostra;others maintain Psittirostraas distinct, combining the rest in Loxioides. p. 607. Assign Parula superciliosaA.O.U. number 649.2 (casual,southern Arizona, photo; Change spelling of genus in the scientific Heathcote and Kaufman, 1985, Am. Birds 39: 9- names of Laysan and Nihoa finches (pp. 756- 11). 757), and in the "Notes" sections under the genera Telespiza,Psittirostra, Loxioides, Rhodacan- p. 647. BeforeChlorophonia occipitalis, insert: thisand Chloridops(pp. 756-758). In original citation of "Telespyzacantans" (p. 756), add "[sic]" Chlorophonia flavirostris Sclater.YELLOW-COLLARED after genus;remove "[sic]" in original citation CHLOROPHONIA. of Telespizaultima (p. 757). Chlorophoniaflavirostris P. L. Sclater, 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 129. (Ecuador.) APPENDIX A Habitat & Distribution.--Resident in humid cloud forest in southwestern Colombia (Narifio) and west- p. 774. Delete account of Creagrusfurcatus ern Ecuador. (transferredto Appendix B);see under "p. 782" Recorded from eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre, east- below. ern Darien, photo; Capparella,1986, Am. Birds 40: 194-195), where possiblyonly a vagrant. p. 775. After Machetornisrixosus, add: p. 660. AssignPiranga bidentata A.O.U. num- Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck). MUGIMAKI ber 607.1 (accidental, southern Arizona, photo; FLYCATCHER.[771.1.] Am. Birds 39: 335, 1985). MuscicapaMugimaki Temminck, 1835, Planches Color., livr. 97, pl. 577, fig. 2. (Japan.)

p. 669. The English name of Rhodothraupis Habitat & Distribution.--Breeds in coniferous for- celaeno should be CRIMSON-COLLARED GROSBEAK. est in southeastern Siberia and northeastern China, and winters in southeastern Asia and Indonesia. pp. 688-689. ChangeOryzoborus maximiliani Sight record.--Aleutian Islands (Shemya, 24 May to: 1985;Am. Birds 39: 339, 1985); photos not definitive.

Oryzoborus nuttingi Ridgway. NICARAGUAN SEED-FINCH. APPENDIX B

Oryzoborusnuttingi Ridgway, 1884, Proc. U.S. Natl. p. 777. After Phoebetriapalpebrata, insert: Mus., 6, p. 401. (Los S•balos,[Rio San Juan,] Nicaragua.) Daption capensis(Linnaeus). CAPEPETREL. Habitat. --[unchanged]. Procellariacapensis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. July1987] Thirty-sixthSupplement 595

10, 1, p. 132. Basedprimarily on "The white new to the check-list area (or new to the United and black Spotted Peteril" Edwards, Nat. Hist. Statesand Canada) based on photographs and Birds,2, p. 90, pl. 90, right fig. (ad Cap. b. Spei = notes on characteristics,including vocaliza- Cape of Good Hope.) tions.In somecases, specific identity of the bird All Northern Hemisphere recordsof this southern is beyonddoubt but in othersis highly probable ocean species,including those from Maine and off although not absolutely certain. Photographs the Pacific coastof North America, are regarded as do not always rule out the possibility that the questionable (Bourne, 1967, Ibis 109: 141-167; Bin- bird in questionmay be a hybrid, an aberrantly ford, 1986, W. Birds 17: 2). plumagedindividual, or a speciessimilar to the p. 782. After Catharactachilensis, insert ac- presumptiveone but from a geographicallyre- count of Creagrusfurcatus from Appendix A (p. mote range and thus lesslikely to occurwithin 777), with following change: the area. Descriptionsof vocalizationsare not Remove"Sight record"statement, and change subjectto preciseanalysis as are recordingsand end of preceding paragraph to read: "... as an soundspectrograms made from them.The Com- error, and a sight record from Panama (north- mittee feels that acceptanceof non-specimen west of PitiasBay, Darien, 18 July 1957;Robins, recordsbased on high probability but not sub- 1958,Condor 60: 302) is regarded as unsatisfac- ject to completeverification should be avoided tory." and that it should adhere vigorously to its criteria. To do less would lead inevitably to an p. 784. After Amazilia tobaci,insert: erosionof standardsof acceptability.As a result of applicationof this policy, the Committeehas Acestrura heliodor (Bourcier). GORGETEDWOODSTAR. made the following decisions: Ficedulamugi- Ornismyaheliodor Bourcier, 1840, Rev. Zool. [Paris], maki is assignedto Appendix A, and the pro- 3, p. 275. (Santa-F•de Bogota[Colombia].) posalsfor assignmentof A.O.U. numbers (based on reports from the United Statesor Canada) A resident of humid mountain forest in north- to Myiopagisviridicata and Elaeniamartinica are western South America, this specieswas erroneously recorded from eastern Panama (see Robbins, Parker rejected;the United Statesrecord of Ptilogonys and Allen, 1985, A.O.U. Ornithol. Monogr., no. 36, cinereusis also rejected becauseof uncertainty p. 203, and the account of Calliphloxmitchellii). of origin of the individual in question. Still under study by the Committee are the p. 786. Delete account of Saxicolatorquata following proposals: revised heron relation- (transferred to main list). ships and taxonomy; taxonomy and status of exoticpopulations of Streptopeliadoves in North pp. 798-809, the following A.O.U. number America;recognition of genusPhilohydor for Pi- corrections/entries should be made: tanguslictor; split of Parusbicolor and P. atricris- '74.1 S. albifrons tatus;split of Polioptilamelanura and P. califor- 102. [Daptioncapense] nica;split of Anthusrubescens and A. spinoletta; 163. Melanittanigra [nigraô] and possibleassignment of A.O.U. numbers for '163.1 = 163 [americanaô] Cairinamoschata, Aratinga holochlora, Ciccaba vir- '224.1 Glareola maldivarum gata and Molothrusbonariensis. The Committee '266.1 N. minutus also reviewed a large amount of data on the '401.1 Dendrocoposmajor Carduelishornemanni-exilipes-fiammea problem '607.1 P. bidentata (Williamson, 1961, Br. Birds 54: 238-241; Troy, '623.1 Vireomagister 1980, M.S. thesis, Univ. of Alaska; Troy and 624. V. olivaceus Brush, 1983, Condor 85: 443-446; Troy, 1984, 625. V. fiavoviridis Can. J.Zool., 62, pp. 2302-2306;Troy, 1985,Auk *649.2 Parula superciliosa 102:82-96; Molau, 1985,V,Sr Ft•gerviild 44: 5-20; *764.3 Lusciniacyane Marten and Johnson, 1986, Condor 88: 409-420) '765.1 Saxicolatorquata and concludedthat further study (especiallyof '773.1 M. dauurica breeding biology, pairing, vocalizations and 774. Telespizacantans ecology)will be required before the systematics can be determined. There have been, and doubtless will continue to be, increasing numbers of reports of species BURT L. MONROE, JR., Chairman 596 Thirty-sixthSupplement [Auk,Vol. 104

Committee: RICHARD C. BANKS HENRI OUELLET JOHNW. FITZPATRICK JAMESV. REMSIN THOMAS R. HOWELL ROBERT W. STORER NED K. JOHNSON

Preferred citation for this supplement:American Ornithologists'Union. 1987. Thirty-sixth Supplementto the AmericanOrnithologists' Union Check-listof North AmericanBirds. Auk 104:591-596.

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