Sixty-Second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’S Check-List of North American Birds
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AmericanOrnithology.org Volume 138, 2021, pp. 1–18 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab037 CHECK-LIST SUPPLEMENT Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds R. Terry Chesser,1,2,13,*, Shawn M. Billerman,3, Kevin J. Burns,4, Carla Cicero,5, Jon L. Dunn,6, Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ornithology/ukab037/6309332 by guest on 26 June 2021 Blanca E. Hernández-Baños,7, Andrew W. Kratter,8 Irby J. Lovette,3, Nicholas A. Mason,9, Pamela C. Rasmussen,10 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,9 Douglas F. Stotz,11, and Kevin Winker12, 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA 2 National Museum of Natural History, MRC-116, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA 3 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 4 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 5 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 6 24 Idaho Street, Bishop, California, USA 7 Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Museo de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México 8 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 9 Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 10 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 11 Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 12 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. 13 Authors are members of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithological Society (formerly American Ornithologists’ Union), listed alphabetically after the Chairman. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Published June 25, 2021 This is the 21st supplement since publication of the 7th edi- the English name; (6) the English name and distributional tion of the Check-list of North American Birds (American statement of 1 species (Catharus dryas) are changed because Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes of a split from an extralimital species; (7) the distributional decisions made between 15 April 2020 and 15 April statements of 5 species (Hydrobates castro, Thamnistes 2021 by the American Ornithological Society’s (for- anabatinus, Ramphocaenus melanurus, Anthus lutescens, merly American Ornithologists’ Union) Committee on and Turdus merula) are changed because of splits from ex- Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle tralimital species; (8) the distributional statement of 1 spe- America. The Committee has continued to operate in the cies (Oxyura jamaicensis) is changed because of a lump with manner outlined in the 42nd Supplement (Banks et al. an extralimital species; (9) 6 genera (Urile, Nannopterum 2000). During the past year, Blanca E. Hernández-Baños Corthylio, Padda, Glaucestrilda, and Amphispizopsis) was added to the committee. are added due to splits from other genera, resulting in Changes in this supplement include the following: changes to 9 scientific names (Urile penicillatus, U. urile, (1) 4 species (Columba palumbus, Amazilis amazilia, U. pelagicus, Nannopterum auritum, N. brasilianum, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, and Helopsaltes certhiola) are Corthylio calendula, Padda oryzivora, Glaucestrilda added to the main list on the basis of new distributional caerulescens, and Amphispizopsis quinquestriata); (10) 2 information; (2) 6 species (Larus brachyrhynchus, Strix genera (Canachites and Philodice) are added due to splits sartorii, Sitta insularis, Euphonia godmani, Basileuterus from other genera, resulting in the loss of those genera delattrii, and Melopyrrha grandis) are added to the main (Falcipennis and Calliphlox, respectively) and changes list because of splits from species already on the list; (3) 1 to 3 scientific names (Canachites canadensis, Philodice species (Cistothorus stellaris) is added to the main list be- bryantae, and P. mitchellii); (11) 1 genus (Ramphotrigon) is cause of a split from a species already on the list, and the added because of a lump with another genus, resulting in English name of that species (C. platensis) is transferred the loss of that genus (Deltarhynchus) and a change to 1 to C. stellaris; (4) 1 species name is changed (to Polioptila scientific name (Ramphotrigon flammulatum); (12) 1 genus bilineata) because of a split from an extralimital species; (5) (Pseudoscops) is lost by merger with a genus already on 1 species name is changed (to Caracara plancus) because of the list, resulting in changes to two scientific names (Asio a lump with an extralimital species, but with no change to clamator and A. grammicus); (13) the scientific names of Published by Oxford University Press for the American Ornithological Society 2021. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US. 2 Check-list supplement Chesser et al. 2 species are changed (to Chlorophonia elegantissima Corthylio calendula Ruby-crowned Kinglet. and C. musica) due to transfer between genera already Sitta insularis Bahama Nuthatch. on the list; (14) the hyphen is removed from the English Polioptila bilineata White-browed Gnatcatcher. name of 1 species (Helopsaltes ochotensis); (15) 1 species Cistothorus stellaris Sedge Wren. (Nesoctites micromegas) is transferred between subfamilies Cistothorus platensis Grass Wren. already on the list; (16) the type locality of 1 species Catharus dryas Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush. (Colinus nigrogularis) is changed; (17) 1 species (Forpus Java Sparrow. (I) Padda oryzivora Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ornithology/ukab037/6309332 by guest on 26 June 2021 spengeli) is added to the Appendix, replacing another spe- Glaucestrilda caerulescens Lavender Waxbill. (I) cies (F. xanthopterygius); and (18) 1 species (Lonchura ma- Chlorophonia elegantissima Elegant Euphonia. lacca) is added to the list of species known to occur in the Chlorophonia musica Antillean Euphonia. United States. Euphonia godmani West Mexican Euphonia. New linear sequences are adopted for families in the Amphispizopsis quinquestriata Five-striped Sparrow. order Passeriformes, for genera and species in the families Basileuterus delattrii Chestnut-capped Warbler. Regulidae, Polioptilidae, and Estrildidae, for species in †Melopyrrha grandis St. Kitts Bullfinch. the genus Chaetura, and for species in the subfamily Euphoniinae, all due to new phylogenetic data. Delete the following names: Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Falcipennis canadensis Spruce Grouse. decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Calliphlox bryantae Magenta-throated Woodstar. citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Calliphlox mitchellii Purple-throated Woodstar. edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list Larus canus Mew Gull. of the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt’s Cormorant. can be found at http://checklist.americanornithology.org/ Phalacrocorax urile Red-faced Cormorant. taxa, and proposals that form the basis for this supplement Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pelagic Cormorant. can be found at https://americanornithology.org/nacc/ Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant. current-prior-proposals/2021-proposals/. Phalacrocorax brasilianus Neotropic Cormorant. The following changes to the 7th edition (page num- Pseudoscops clamator Striped Owl. bers refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Pseudoscops grammicus Jamaican Owl. Committee’s actions: Caracara cheriway Crested Caracara. pp. xvii–liv. Increase the number in the title of the list of Deltarhynchus flammulatus Flammulated Flycatcher. species to 2,169. Insert the following names in the proper Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren. position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Polioptila plumbea Tropical Gnatcatcher. Canachites canadensis Spruce Grouse. Regulus calendula Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Columba palumbus Common Wood Pigeon. (A) Helopsaltes ochotensis Middendorff’s Philodice bryantae Magenta-throated Woodstar. Grasshopper-Warbler. (A) Philodice mitchellii Purple-throated Woodstar. Catharus dryas Spotted Nightingale-Thrush. Amazilis amazilia Amazilia Hummingbird. (A) Estrilda caerulescens Lavender Waxbill. (I) Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Pallas’s Gull. (A) Lonchura oryzivora Java Sparrow. (I) Larus canus Common Gull. Euphonia elegantissima Elegant Euphonia. Larus brachyrhynchus Short-billed Gull. Euphonia musica Antillean Euphonia. Urile penicillatus Brandt’s Cormorant. Amphispiza quinquestriata Five-striped Sparrow. Urile urile Red-faced Cormorant. Adopt the following linear sequence for species in the Urile pelagicus Pelagic Cormorant. genus Chaetura: Nannopterum auritum Double-crested Cormorant. Nannopterum brasilianum Neotropic Cormorant. Chaetura cinereiventris Strix sartorii Cinereous Owl. Chaetura spinicaudus Asio clamator Striped Owl. Chaetura fumosa Asio grammicus Jamaican Owl. Chaetura martinica Caracara plancus Crested Caracara. Chaetura pelagica Ramphotrigon flammulatum Flammulated Flycatcher. Chaetura vauxi Helopsaltes certhiola Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler. (A) Chaetura chapmani Helopsaltes ochotensis Middendorff’s Grasshopper Chaetura meridionalis Warbler. (A) Chaetura brachyura Ornithology 138:1–18 © 2021 American Ornithological Society Chesser et al. Check-list supplement 3 Adopt the following