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FORTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Richard C. Banks,1,11,12 R. Terry Chesser,2 Carla Cicero,3 Jon L. Dunn,4 Andrew W. Kratter,5 Irby J. Lovette,6 Pamela C. Rasmussen,7 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,8 James D. Rising,9 and Douglas F. Stotz10 1,2U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 4RR2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 5Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 6Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 USA; 7Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; 8Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 9Department of Zoology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada; and 10Evironmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
This is the seventh Supplement since publica- Spizaetus), two because of a splitt ing of genera tion of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North (Megaceryle from Ceryle); (5) one English name American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union is changed because of a split of the species [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made (Anser fabalis) and (6) one species is added to the by the AOU’s Committ ee on Classifi cation and Appendix (Threskiornis aethiopicus). Further, one Nomenclature—North America between 1 family (Cathartidae) is removed from the Order January and 31 December 2006. The Committ ee Ciconiiformes and returned provisionally to the has continued to operate in the manner outlined Order Falconiformes, its traditional placement in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Two new before 1998, although its true phylogenetic posi- members were added to the committ ee in 2006— tion remains uncertain. R. Terry Chesser and Irby J. Lovett e. Changes in this Supplement fall into the following catego- The addition of fi ve species to the main list ries: (1) two species are added because of splits (four of which are also added to the list of spe- in species already on the list (Anser serrirostris, cies known to occur in the United States) brings Buteogallus gundlachii); (2) three species are added the total known to occur in the Check-list area (two transferred from the Appendix) because of to 2,046. new distributional information (Oceanodroma hornbyi, Mesophoyx intermedia, Falco vespertinus); Literature that provides the basis for the (3) the name of one species is changed because Committ ee’s decisions is cited at the end of of a split from an extralimital species (Larus the Supplement, and citations not already in michahellis); (4) three generic names are changed, the Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with one because of a merger of genera (Spizastur into Supplements) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area may be found at
p. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of Accidental off California (22.2 km west- the list of species to 2,046. Insert the following southwest of west end of San Miguel Island, 2 names in the proper position as indicated by the August 2005, photos; Pyle et al. 2006). text of this Supplement: Notes.—Also widely known by the alterna- tive name Hornby’s Storm-Petrel. Anser serrirostris Tundra Bean-Goose. (A) Oceanodroma hornbyi Ringed Storm-Petrel. (A) p. 41. Because of new distributional informa- Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret. (A) tion, Mesophoyx intermedia is removed from the Buteogallus gundlachii Cuban Black-Hawk. Appendix and added to the main list. Following Falco vespertinus Red-footed Falcon. (A) the account for Ardea alba and before the genus Egre a, insert: Change the following scientifi c names, retain- ing the English names: Genus MESOPHOYX Sharpe Spizastur melanoleucus to Spizaetus melano- leucus Mesophoyx Sharpe, 1894, Bull. Br. Ornithol. Larus cachinnans to Larus michahellis (A) Club, 3, p. xxxviii. Type, by original designation, Ceryle torquatus to Megaceryle torquata Herodias intermedia = Ardea intermedia Wagler. Ceryle alcyon to Megaceryle alcyon Notes.—Placement of this genus is uncertain. It is o en merged with Egre a, but genetic stud- Change the following English name: ies (Sheldon 1987) suggest a closer relationship Anser fabalis from Bean Goose to Taiga Bean- to Ardea. Goose. Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler). Intermediate Move the Cathartidae* and its included spe- Egret. cies from the Ciconiiformes to the beginning of the Falconiformes. The asterisk indicates Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1829, Isis von Oken, uncertainty as to exact placement (see Banks col. 659. (Java.) et al. 2003:924). Habitat.—Marshes, fl ooded fi elds, swamps, p. 24. Because of new distributional informa- estuaries, and mangroves. tion, Oceanodroma hornbyi is removed from the Distribution.—Breeds in Africa south of the Appendix and added to the main list. Before the Sahara, and from India east through China and account of Oceanodroma leucorhoa, insert: Southeast Asia, to Japan and the Philippines, and south through Indonesia and western New Oceanodroma hornbyi (Gray). Ringed Storm- Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Petrel. Winters throughout much of the breeding range, but in eastern Asia only from southeast- Thalassidroma Hornbyi G. R. Gray, 1854, Proc. ern China and Taiwan south. Zool. Soc. London (1853), p. 62. (north-west Casual in Cape Verde Islands, northern China, coast of America, error = west coast of South Russian Far East (Ussuriland and Sakhalin America, fi de Murphy, 1936, Oceanic Birds Island), the Ogaswara, Iwo, and Daito Islands South Amer., p. 741.) (Japan), Norfolk Island, and New Zealand. Accidental on Marion Island, Prince Edward Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nesting unknown. Islands, Egypt (Sinai), Jordan (Dead Sea), and Distribution.—Breeding grounds unknown, central Asia. but interior records suggest an inland nesting Accidental in Alaska (Buldir Island, area in the coastal desert from central Peru to Aleutians; one found dead, specimen preserved northern Chile. and identifi ed as E. i. intermedia, 30 May 2006; Ranges at sea in the Humboldt Current off Lorenz and Gibson 2007). northern Chile, Peru, and southern Ecuador Notes.—Also known as Yellow-billed Egret from about 33° to 1° south latitude. and Plumed Egret. A specimen reportedly taken Casual north to Colombia (Isla Gorgona, 29 May 1879 at Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British specimen). Columbia, may have been obtained elsewhere July 2007] Forty-eighth Supplement 1111
(Godfrey 1986). A bird photographed on Midway Revise the account of A. fabalis and follow it Island on 25 June 1997 and identifi ed as an with a new account for A. serrirostris as follows: Intermediate Egret (Richardson 1999) was prob- ably the Asian subspecies of the Catt le Egret, Anser fabalis (Latham). Taiga Bean-Goose. Bubulcus ibis coromandus (Banks et al. 2004). The citation is unchanged.
p. 51. Reconsideration of the evidence for Habitat.—Swamps and lakes of northern for- moving the family Cathartidae from the order ested areas, in winter in open country, marshes, Falconiformes to the order Ciconiiformes (AOU and agricultural lands. 1998), re-evaluation of the analysis of Griffi ths Distribution.—Breeds from northern Norway, (1994), and preliminary information from Sweden, Finland, and Russia east to eastern continuing genetic studies (e.g., Cracra et al. Siberia. 2004, Fain and Houde 2004, Ericson et al. 2006) Winters in Great Britain, Europe, the Middle indicate that the move was in error, although East, and southern Asia to eastern China and the true relationships and thus placement of the Japan. family are still not fully resolved. Accidental in Alaska in the Pribilof Islands Move the entries for the family Cathartidae (specimen, St. Paul Island; reported as A. f. and the included species (pp. 51-53) to a posi- sibiricus, now = middendorffi i, by Gabrielson and tion in the Order FALCONIFORMES just Lincoln 1959). Birds seen at the Iowa-Nebraska before the Suborder ACCIPITRES (p. 86) under border (Amer. Birds 39:172, 182, 1985), at Cap- the heading Suborder CATHARTAE: American Tourmente, Quebec (Amer. Birds 42:46, 1988), Vultures. Under the heading for the Family Phelps County [Funk Lagoon], Nebraska (Field Cathartidae, insert the following: Notes 52:350, 1998), and Hoquiam, Washington Notes.—This family was moved to the order (Mlodinow 2004) were believed to be of the sub- Ciconiiformes (AOU 1998) but is now ten- species A. f. middendorffi i. tatively returned to the order Falconiformes Notes.—Formerly included A. serrirostris and a er re-evaluation of the reasons for the earlier called Bean Goose, but separated by Sangster change. Further, some genetic studies (Cracra and Oreel (1996). The closely related A. brachy- et al. 2004, Fain and Houde 2004, Ericson et al. rhynchus is also part of this complex. 2006) have shown that the New World vultures are not closely related to the storks, although Anser serrirostris Swinhoe. Tundra Bean-Goose. their precise phylogenetic relationship to the Anser segetum var. serrirostris Swinhoe, 1871, Falconiformes is yet undetermined. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 417. (Near Amoy, China.) p. 56. Anser serrirostris is separated from A. fabalis on the basis of studies of morphology Habitat.—Arctic tundra, in winter in open (size and proportions, color), behavior (vocal- country, marshes, and agricultural lands. izations, activity patt ern), and banding returns Distribution.—Breeds in the tundra zone that reveal two distinct winter groups that from Novaya Zemlya and the Taimyr Peninsula disperse to allopatric breeding grounds. Both east across northern Siberia to the Chukotski groups show clinal variation in size and bill Peninsula. color. There is no large zone of intermediates as Winters in northern Europe, Russia, Turke- previously believed (Sangster and Oreel 1996). stan, China, and Japan. Sangster and Oreel (1996) considered variation Accidental in Alaska in the Aleutian Islands in both species to be clinal and considered both (Amchitka), Pribilofs (St. Paul Island), and St. species monotypic. Because subspecifi c identifi - Lawrence Island (Palmer 1976), and in Quebec cations of most North American bean geese are (Cap-Tourmente; Amer. Birds 37: 158-160, 1983); based on sight reports rather than specimens, also reported from Whitehorse, Yukon (Eckert allocation to the proper species when split is 2000). problematic. Anser fabalis includes the formerly Notes.—Formerly included in A. fabalis, but see recognized (Delacour 1954) subspecies fabalis, Sangster and Oreel (1996). Identifi cation of the johanseni, and middendorffi i, and A. serrirostris Quebec record to the subspecies rossicus, included includes serrirostris and rossicus. in serrirostris, was based on measurements of a 1112 Banks et al. [Auk, Vol. 124 bird shot by a hunter (Amer. Birds 37:159, 1983). Add the following to the account of S. mela- See comments under A. fabalis. noleucus: Notes.—Formerly placed in the monotypic p. 97. Buteogallus gundlachii is recognized as genus Spizastur, but merged with Spizaetus a species rather than a subspecies of B. anthraci- because DNA sequence data show that mela- nus because the Cuban population diff ers from noleucus is the sister species to Spizaetus ornatus mainland birds in size, plumage coloration (Helbig et al. 2005). and patt ern, and voice (Wiley and Garrido 2005). This returns to previous classifi cations p. 109. Because of new distributional infor- (Hellmayr and Conover 1949, Friedmann 1950). mation, a species is added to the Check-list. A er the account for Falco sparverius, insert: Revise the account for Buteogallus anthracinus by removing the phrases [anthracinus group] Falco vespertinus Linnaeus. Red-footed Falcon. and the text concerning the gundlachii group from the Distribution section, and by replac- Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ing the fi rst clause of the second sentence of the ed. 12, 1, p. 129. (Ingria [former district of early Notes with: Formerly included B. gundlachii, Russia, now in Saint Petersburg Oblast] = west- now separated because of diff erences in size, ern Russia.) plumage, and voice (Wiley and Garrido 2005). Habitat.—Open country with trees. Insert the following entry a er the account of Distribution.-–Breeds mainly from Belarus B. anthracinus: south to Hungary, northern Serbia, Romania, Moldova, and eastern Bulgaria eastward Buteogallus gundlachii (Cabanis). Cuban Black- through the Ukraine and northwestern and Hawk. southern Russia, northern Kazakhstan and extreme northwestern China and Siberia (upper Hypomorphnus Gundlachii Cabanis, 1855, Lena River), occasionally west to western France Journ. Ornith. 2 Suppl.:80. (Cuba.) and north to Sweden and central Finland. Winters mainly in southwestern Africa from Habitat.—Mangroves. southern Angola and southwestern Zambia and Distribution.—As for the gundlachii group in Zimbabwe south to northern South Africa. present B. anthracinus account. Migrates through the Mediterranean region, Notes.—Formerly included in B. anthraci- the fall route being more easterly than the nus, but separated on the basis of diff erences spring route. Relatively few noted in the north- in size, plumage coloration and patt ern, and ern half of Africa (mostly west of the Ri Valley). voice (Wiley and Garrido 2005). This returns to Regular (especially spring) to northwestern previous classifi cations (Hellmayr and Conover Europe, including the United Kingdom. 1949, Friedmann 1950), for which no convincing Casual to Morocco, the Canary Islands, Spain, evidence for change has been published. Also Portugal, and Iceland. known as Cuban Crab Hawk. Accidental in Massachusett s (second calendar- year male at Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, 8–24 p. 104. Genetic studies (Helbig et al. 2005) August 2004, photos; Laux 2004, Sibley 2004). indicate that the genus Spizastur should be merged into Spizaetus, and that the species mela- Notes.–Also known as Western Red-footed noleucus is closely related to S. ornatus. Falcon. Delete the heading for the genus Spizastur; move the citation for that generic name to the p. 190. Larus michahellis (including atlantis) synonymy of Spizaetus, below the citation for has been separated from L. cachinnans. Birds that name. Move the account for S. melanoleucus in our area were identifi ed (Wilds and Czaplak to follow that for S. ornatus, with the heading: 1994) as belonging to the michahellis group, which retains the English name Yellow-legged Spizaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot). Black-and- Gull. 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Larus michahellis Naumann. Yellow-legged Gull. et al. 2004) to follow the generic citations, as: Notes.—Megaceryle was formerly (AOU 1983, L[arus] Michahellis Naumann, 1840, Naturgesch. 1998) treated as a subgenus of Ceryle Boie, but is Vögel. Deutschl. 10:382. (Coast of Dalmatia.) returned to earlier generic status (AOU 1957) on Habitat.—Sea cliff s, rocky islands, coastal the basis of evidence from mitochondrial and wetlands, cultivated areas. nuclear DNA (Moyle 2006). Distribution.—Breeds along Atlantic coasts Change the headings of the two species as of France, Portugal, and Morocco, coasts and follows: islands of Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Megaceryle torquata (Linnaeus). Ringed King- seas, and some inland lakes in southern Europe. fi sher. Winters in the breeding range and north to Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus). Belted Kingfi sher. Great Britain, southern Scandinavia, and the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. p. 387. Steinheimer et al. (2006) have shown Resident in Azores, Madeira, and Canary that some generic names att ributed to Darwin Islands. should instead be att ributed to G. R. Gray. Accidental in Quebec (Fatima, Madeleine Change the heading of the Genus Myiobius Islands; specimen), Newfoundland (St. John’s; to: Genus Myiobius G. R. Gray. Change the photograph), Maryland (Sandy Point), and citation to: District of Columbia (photographs); see Wilds Myiobius G. R. Gray in Gould, 1839, Zool. and Czaplak (1994). Voy. Beagle 3(9): 46. New name for Tyrannula Notes.—Larus michahellis was formerly con- Swainson, preoccupied. sidered a subspecies of L. cachinnans Pallas, 1811 [now Caspian Gull]. Both were previously con- p. 688. Delete the account for Oceanodroma sidered races of L. argentatus. Separation of the hornbyi, now moved to the main list. forms in the argentatus complex is largely based on diff erences in haplotype in mitochondrial p. 689. Delete the account for Mesophoyx inter- DNA (Crochet et al. 2002, Pons et al. 2005). Larus media, now moved to the main list. michahellis and L. cachinnans diff er in plumage, morphology, and nesting behavior (Klein and p. 689. One species is added to the Appendix. Buchheim 1997), as well as in mtDNA (Crochet et Before the account for Platalea leucorodia, insert al. 2002). The specimen from Quebec was reported the following: as a probable hybrid between L. argentatus and L. fuscus (Gosselin et al. 1986) but was re-identifi ed Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham). Sacred Ibis. as L. cachinnans atlantis (Wilds and Czaplak 1994) and is now allocated to L. michahellis atlantis. Tantalus aethiopicus Latham, 1790, Index Ornith., p. 706. (Aethiopia =?Egypt.) p. 291. New information on synonymy (Pacheco and Whitney 2006) indicates that a Feral individuals have been seen in Florida phrase must be added to the citation of the since about 1992, apparently having escaped genus Chlorostilbon. To that citation, add: = following Hurricane Andrew. Breeding has Trochilus lucidus Shaw. been known in the Miami area since shortly a er 1992, and that population has grown to p. 322. The subgenus Megaceryle is raised to about 40 individuals. In 2005, two nests were generic status on the basis of evidence from found in the Everglades in mixed-species heron DNA (Moyle 2006) and osteology (Pascott o et colonies (Herring et al. 2006) and the species al. 2006); the generic names of the two species in seems to be on the way to establishment. our area are changed. p. 705. Make the following changes in the list Remove the heading and citation for the genus of French names of North American birds: Ceryle. Change the heading for the subgenus MEGACERYLE to genus MEGACERYLE Kaup. Insert the following names in the proper posi- Change the Notes added under the subgeneric tion in the main list as indicated by the text of name Megaceryle in the 45th Supplement (Banks this Supplement: 1114 Banks et al. [Auk, Vol. 124
Anser serrirostris Oie de la toundra American Ornithologists’ Union, Washing- Oceanodroma hornbyi Océanite de Hornby ton, D.C. Mesophoyx intermedia Héron intermédiaire American Ornithologists’ Union. 1998. Buteogallus gundlachii Buse de Gundlach Check-list of North American Birds, 7th ed. Falco vespertinus Faucon kobez American Ornithologists’ Union, Washing- Threskiornis aethiopicus Ibis sacré ton, D.C. American Ornithologists’ Union. 2000. Change the following scientifi c names, retain- Forty-second supplement to the American ing the French names: Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North Spizastur melanoleucus to Spizaetus melanoleucus American Birds. Auk 117:847-858. Larus cachinnans to Larus michahellis Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Ceryle torquatus to Megaceryle torquata Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Ceryle alcyon to Megaceryle alcyon Jr., J. D. Rising, and D. F. Stotz. 2003. Forty-fourth supplement to the American Move the Cathartidae and its included species Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North to a position preceding Accipitridae. American Birds. Auk 120:923–931. Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Remove the following from the list of the Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., Appendix (p. 729): J. D. Rising, and D. F. Stotz. 2004. Forty-fi h Oceanodroma hornbyi supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Mesophoyx intermedia Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 121:985–995. The committ ee considered several other Cracraft, J., F. K. Barker, M. Braun, J. taxonomic changes, but did not make changes Harshman, G. J. Dyke, J. Feinstein, S. because of insuffi cient or confl icting informa- Stanley, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, P. Beresford, tion. Among these were the separation of and others. 2004. Phylogenetic relation- Melani a fusca and M. nigra into two species ships among modern birds (Neornithes): each; the separation of Pyrrhura eisenmanni Toward an avian tree of life. Pages 468–489 in from P. picta; moving Accipiter superciliosus Assembling the Tree of Life (J. Cracra and to the genus Hieraspiza; and the division of M. J. Donoghue, Eds.). Oxford University Icterus dominicanus into up to four species. Press, United Kingdom. Action on these proposals awaits further Crochet, P.-A., J.-D. Lebreton, and F. studies that include additional data. Various Bonhomme. 2002. Systematics of large records committ ees are still evaluating several white-headed gulls: Patt erns of mitochon- distributional reports that would add species drial DNA variation in western European to the list. taxa. Auk 119:603–620. Delacour, J. 1954. The Waterfowl of the World, Acknowledgments vol. 1. Country Life, London. Eckert, C. D. 2000. Bean Goose: A Yukon fi rst at Normand David serves as the Committ ee’s Whitehorse. Birders Journal 8:305–309. authority for classical languages relative to sci- Ericson, P. G. P., C. L. Anderson, T. Britton, entifi c names, and Michel Gosselin is the author- A. Elzanowski, U. S. Johansson, M. ity for French names. We also thank W. S. Clark, Källerrsjö, J. I. Ohlson, T. J. Parsons, D. D. D. Gibson, C. S. Griffi ths, and K. Winker for Zuccon, and G. Mayr. 2006. Diversifi cation assistance, suggestions and comments. of Neoaves: Integration of molecular sequence data and fossils. Biology Lett ers Literature Cited 2:543–547. Fain, M. G., and P. Houde. 2004. Parallel American Ornithologists’ Union. 1957. Check- radiations in the primary clades of birds. list of North American Birds, 5th ed. Lord Evolution 58:2558–2573. Baltimore Press, Baltimore, Maryland. Friedmann, H. 1950. The Birds of North and American Ornithologists’ Union. 1983. Middle America. Bulletin of the United Check-list of North American Birds, 6th ed. States National Museum, no. 50, pt. 11. July 2007] Forty-eighth Supplement 1115
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