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MTAB 51 July 26, 1983 MEMORANDUM TO : All Banders FROM : Chief, Bird Banding Laboratory Office of Migratory Bird Management Laurel, Maryland 20708 SUBJECT : I. Tabulation of encounters 2. Computer-generated banding schedules 3. Requests for permit revisions 4. Request to not band certain birds 5. BBL slide file needs 6. Permit inactivation 7. A new bride 8. Inland Bird Banding Association meeting I. A tabulation of 1981 banding totals and 1977 banding and recovery totals of species is enclosed. These data are provided primarily to aid in research planning. We may be able to revise this report next year and ask now for suggestions from banders about what data would be most useful to them. 2. Banders may computer-produce banding schedules for the BBL. Any computer- or mini computer-generated schedules (with or without cards or tape) must be BBL-approved in advance of actual schedule submission to the BBL. 3. Please inform all subpermittees that any request for auxiliary marking authorization or changes in permits must come from the master bander. We want requests in writing, please. When requesting permits for a new subpermittee, please furnish the name of the person. We do not send out application forms with the applicant's name blank. 4. Banders are reminded not to use U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bands on resident game birds (Sp. No. 288 through 31 1.0). Do not band parakeets, rock doves and vultures, or unidentifiable migratory birds such as Empidonax flycatchers, and certain warblers, gulls, and ducks. 5. We would appreciate slides of auxiliary markers from various projects. Slides of markers and of markers on birds are needed for our files. We could also use slides illustrating ageing and/or sexing techniques of raptors and waterfowl to use in illustrating the techniques in the Bird Banding Manual, Vol. II. 6. We prefer not to inactivate permits if you plan to resume banding within two years. 7. Please note change of name for our Contact Representative Florence Kimmel to Florence Soehnlein. 8. The 1983 Inland Bird Banding Association meeting will be in Platteville, Wisconsin, September 30-October 2. For further information contact Mr. Terry Ingram, Box 155, Apple • River, Illinois 61001 (Tele. 815-594-2305). George M. Jonkel Enclosure (1977 encounters) FASE: MEMBER ENCCUNTRS 9 77—EANCEC • OIRDS PPCCESSFO THRU AUG 6 C2 ALL HOW COTAINEC CODES EXCEPT H04 OBTAINED NUMBER BANDED 39 AND 99 cnj7 kg SPECIES 1981 1977 NUMBER X 4188E9 C010 WESTERN GREEE 51 473 11 4 0 0020 RED NECKED GREBE 2 5 1 20 0030 HORNED GREBE 18 25 0 0041 EARED GREBE 11C 110 1 1 0 0060 PIED BILLED GREBE 58 29 1 3 0070 COMMON LOON S1 36 3 c, 0100 ARCTIC LOON 1 1 r 0110 RED THROATEC LOON 2 3 0120 TUFTED PUFFIN 282 194 1 0130 COMMON PUFFIN 232 99 0140 HORNEC PUFFIN 8 26 0150 RHINOCEROS AUKLET 50 11 0163 CASSINS AUKLET 1,083 587 1 0 • 0173 PARAKEET AUKLET 0 6 0190 UHISKERED AUKLET 3 4 0230 LEAST AUKLET 51 425 3 0210 ANCIENT MURRELET 0 7 C 0257. XANTLS MURRELET 0 223 1 4. 2 0270 FLACK GUILLEMOT 418 238 3 1 7728C MANCTS GUILLEMOT 203 3290 PIGEON GUILLEMOT 112 135 2 1 0300 COMMON MURRE 1,158 191 2 1 0 1310 THICK BILLED MURRE 30822 319 2 1 3 0320 RAZOR BILLED AUK 204 8 C 1 0340 COVEKIE 1 1 0370 PARASITIC JAEGER 0 14 0380 LONG TAILED JAEGER 1 67 0390 IVORY GULL 3 263 2 1 0400 ELK LEG KITTIWAKE 67 314 r' 0 0410 RED LEG KITTIWAKE C 92 0 , 0420 GLAUCOUS GULL 19 225 0 0440 GLAUCOUS LING GULL 1,473 4,363 144 3 1 + 0441 HERR X GLA VG GULL 0 26 0 CAGE: 2 NL"1ER ENCOUNT'T • BEDS PROCE'S10 THEL ALG 14 2 • ALL HCW CPTAINEC CODES EXCEPT How NUMBER BANDED 89 ANIr' CC C077 -c SPECIES 19;31 1977 NUMBER X NUO2ER 47 GFT ELK BACK GULL 979 E82 30 4 049C WESTERN GULL 2,696 32800 138 4 .7 0513 HERRING GULL 92305 11,124 31F 3 1 0533 CALIFORNIA GULL 12557 12181 9 1 1 0534 LNIOENT GULL 477 259 , 0543 RING BILLED GULL 13,361 162986 213 2 2 • 0550 MEW GULL 44 78 0 .., 1581 LAuGHING GULL 112192 82534 211 2 0 0593 FRANKLINS GULL 33 3 0 0630 E1NAPARTES GULL 1 1 0611 LITTLE GULL 3 0620 SABINES GULL 0 26 0.830 GULL BILLED TERN 29 83 1 1 2640 CASPIAN TERN 12696 22545 4.. 7 4 0, 653 ROYAL TERN 11,602 2020.18 337 1 4 411 41660 ELEGANT TERN 231 3 C III 670 SANDWICH TERN 832 12592 1F 1651 FCRSTERS TERN 74 187 2 0703 COMMCN TERN 13,689 132621 201 -.7 0710 ARCTIC TERN 182 241 0720 RCSEATE TERN 12384 12507 18 1 4 4 0725 HYBRID TERN 3 4 0730 ALEUTIAN TERN 0 87 1 0731 BLACK NAPED TERN 0 3 0740 LEAST TERN 12972 12979 3 2 0750 SOOTY TERN 925 15,659 1 • 0763 BRIDLED 7 'N 3 2 r 0761 GRAY—BAC' 129 a 0770 BLACK TE' 14'2 67 1790 NODDY 72 654 281 0791 HAWAII':. 73Y 7 3 0792 FAIRY TEE'. 117 41 O793 FLACK NOGCY 757 93 0 • • Nt." , "NC :.T ' . .7 a"— TF4L •;:9 • ALL HOW OBTAINED • CODES EXCEPT H3 IRTAINED NUMBSQ BAND:0 89 AND 99 C ,,:07 39 SPECIES 1981 1977 NUMB X NLm8E1 0800 BLACK SKIMMER 913 11945 61 3 0310 BLACK FT ALBATROSS 504 0820 SHORT I ALBATROSS 3 0821 LAYSAN ALBATROSS 2,405 25 0 ;)86C FLLMAR 71 142 2.880 CCPYS SHEARUATER 0 1 '893 GREATER SHEARWATER 1 2 0 0902 MANX SHEARWATER 3 167 2 P908 NEWELLS SHEARWATER 1.145 0 -,792 ALOLBON SHEARWATER 0 4 0950 SOOTY SHEARUATER 1 - 0 2961 WEDGE 7 SHEARWATER 796 50 1 2 291 64 XMAS IS SHEARWATER 31 0 3985 DARK-RUMPED PETREL 41 2 0991 BONIN ISLAND PIRL 45 2 1010 BULWERS PETREL 444 105C FORK TAILED PETREL 1 •532 1 ,2 9 7 1060 LEACIS PETREL 3,655 2,061 • • 1070 BLACK PETREL 1 27 1080 ASHY PETREL 21 155 1082 SOOTY STORM PETREL 1C 0 1091 i'ILONS PETREL 5 112C all TAIL TROFICBIRO 7 0 113' RED ea TROFICBIRD 1 74 1131 REDTAIL TROFICBIRD 1 1140 BLUE FACED BOOBY '1 47 95 1141 BLUE FOOTED BOOBY 367 115J BROWN BOOBY 135 31 116C RED FOOTED 8006Y 649 35 1172 GANNET 2 129 11i ANHINGA 20 1190 GREAT CORMORANT 197 120:: OBLE CR CORMORANT 4.237 19291 4' 4 • PAGE: 4 NUMBER ENCOUNTERS 0 77-BANDED BIRDS PROCESSED THRU AUG '82 ALL HOW OBTAINED CODES EXCEPT HOW OBTAINED NUMBER BANDED 89 AND 99 CODE 89 SPECIES 1981 1977 NUMBER X NUMBER 1210 0LIV CORMORANT 8 127 5 4 0 1220 BRANDTS CORMORANT 607 602 36 6 0 1230 PELAGIC CORMORANT 61 70 3 o 1240 RED FACE CORMORANT 0 29 1 3 0 1253 WHITE PELICAN 2,151 20180 174 8 0 1260 E BROWN PELICAN 10971 1,244 86 7 0 1280 PAGNIF FRIGATEBIRD 1 0 3 0 1281 GREAT FRIGATE BIRD 121 38 0 0 1290 COMMON MERGANSER 17 34 0 0 1300 RED BR MERGANSER 67 16 2 12 0 1310 HOODED MERGANSER 118 98 6 6 0 1320 MALLARD 136,119 126,074 130786 11 10002 1 1321 OLK X MAL HYBRID 765 788 81 10 4 1 1326 HAWAIIAN DUCK 0 122 4 3 0 1330 BLACK DUCK 150051 20,163 10963 10 162 1 1340 MOTTLED DUCK 448 531 51 10 0 III 111 1350 GADWALL 2,060 1,553 126 8 6 + 1360 EUROPEAN WIDGEON 2 10 0 0 1370 AMERICAN WIDGEON 2,705 3,178 286 9 1 . 1380 COMMON TEAL 83 311 16 5 2 1 1390 GREEN WINGED TEAL 30956 110936 64S 5 15 • 1400 BLUE WINGED TEAL 19,344 24,504 902 4 80 + 1401 UNIDENTIFIED TEAL 772 313 g 3 2 1 1403 GAR6ANEY TEAL 0 4 C 3 1410 CINNAMON TEAL 47 81 4 5 o 1420 SHOVELER 176 350 23 7 0 1430 PINTAIL 8,145 220076 1,410 6 89 . 1431 MALLARD X PINTAIL 3 5 0 0 1432 BLACK X PINTAIL HY 0 2 C 3 1440 WOOD DUCK 210012 21,126 1,837 9 35 * 1450 UNIDENTIFIED DUCK 36 4 c 3 1460 REDHEAD 2,244 3,750 296 8 267 7 1470 CANVASBACK 4,464 3,544 238 7 66 2 • • PAGE: 5 NUMBER ENCOUNTERS +77-BANDED BIRDS PROCESSED THRU AUG •82 • ALL HOW OBTAINED • CODES EXCEPT HOW OBTAINED NUMBER HANDED 89 AND 99 CODE 89 SPECIES 1981 1977 NUMBER X NLMPER X 1480 GREATER SCALP 90 339 18 5 2 1 1489 UNIDENTIFIEC SCAUP 0 16 f.' 3 1490 LESSER SCAUf 588 5,064 333 7 4 * 1500 RING NECKED DUCK 2,684 1,812 216 12 7 . 1510 COMMON GOLDENEX5 444 221 34 15 0 1520 BARROWS GOLCENEYE 1 264 2 1 3 1530 EUFFLEHEA0 83 67 7 10 0 1540 OLDSQUAW 2 2 C 0 1570 STELLERS EIDER 369 1,405 24 2 0 1600 COMMON EIDER 652 852 50 6 2 1610 PACIFIC EIDER 32 0 1620 KING EIDER it 8 3 0 1633 COMMON SCOTER 1650 WHITE WING SCOTER 3 55 c 4 0 1660 SURF SCOTER 2 1 C 0 1670 RUDDY DUCK 278 207 9 4 0 • 1693 LESSER SNCW GOOSE 5,169 28,555 3,169 11 239 1 • 1691 BLUE GOOSE 2,013 11,775 1,144 10 P3 1 1695 SNOW X BILE HYBRID 1 11 3 1696 SNOW X CAN HYBRID 5 C C 1699 GREATER SNOW GOOSE 12 6 1 17 1700 ROSS GOOSE 75 267 19 7 4 1 1703 SNOW X ROSS HY8RIC 4 24 2 4 1710 WHITE FRONT GOOSE 771 3,287 333 10 101 1711 BLUE X WH FRONT HY 0 1 1 100 1720 CANACA GOOSE 52,751 52,255 9,235 le 875 2 1721 ALEUT CANADA GOOSE 446 153 11 7 C 1727 CACKLING GCCSE 513 563 55 IC 0 1729 SMALL CAN GCOSE 1,378 3,172 395 12 23 I 1730 BRANT 1,062 768 I.
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    Attempting to see one member of each of the world’s bird families has become an increasingly popular pursuit among birders. Given that we share that aim, the two of us got together and designed what we believe is the most efficient strategy to pursue this goal. Editor’s note: Generally, the scientific names for families (e.g., Vireonidae) are capital- ized, while the English names for families (e.g., vireos) are not. In this article, however, the English names of families are capitalized for ease of recognition. The ampersand (&) is used only within the name of a family (e.g., Guans, Chachalacas, & Curassows). 8 Birder’s Guide to Listing & Taxonomy | October 2016 Sam Keith Woods Ecuador Quito, [email protected] Barnes Hualien, Taiwan [email protected] here are 234 extant bird families recognized by the eBird/ Clements checklist (2015, version 2015), which is the offi- T cial taxonomy for world lists submitted to ABA’s Listing Cen- tral. The other major taxonomic authority, the IOC World Bird List (version 5.1, 2015), lists 238 families (for differences, see Appendix 1 in the expanded online edition). While these totals may appear daunting, increasing numbers of birders are managing to see them all. In reality, save for the considerable time and money required, finding a single member of each family is mostly straightforward. In general, where family totals or family names are mentioned below, we use the eBird/Clements taxonomy unless otherwise stated. Family Feuds: How do world regions compare? In descending order, the number of bird families supported by con- tinental region are: Asia (125 Clements/124 IOC), Africa (122 Clem- ents/126 IOC), Australasia (110 Clements/112 IOC), North America (103 Clements/IOC), South America (93 Clements/94 IOC), Europe (73 Clements/74 IOC ), and Antarctica (7 Clements/IOC).
  • Appendix from R. E. Ricklefs and E. Bermingham, “The Causes of Evolutionary Radiations in Archipelagoes: Passerine Birds in the Lesser Antilles” (Am

    Appendix from R. E. Ricklefs and E. Bermingham, “The Causes of Evolutionary Radiations in Archipelagoes: Passerine Birds in the Lesser Antilles” (Am

    ᭧ 2007 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Appendix from R. E. Ricklefs and E. Bermingham, “The Causes of Evolutionary Radiations in Archipelagoes: Passerine Birds in the Lesser Antilles” (Am. Nat., vol. 169, no. 3, p. 000) Additional Supporting Materials Species of Passerine Birds on the Archipelagoes Hawaiian Islands (based on Pratt 1979; Berger 1981; James and Olson 1991): (1) Corvus hawaiiensis (Corvidae, one species), (2) Myadestes thrushes (Turdinae, five species [two sympatric]), (3) Acrocephalus familiaris (Acrocephalinae, one species), (4) Chasiempsis sandwichensis (Monarchini, one species), (5) Hawaiian Oo and Kioea (Meliphagidae, five species [two sympatric]), and (6) Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidini, 35 species, 22 extant, plus many fossil taxa). Gala´pagos Islands (Harris 1973): (1) Pyrocephalus rubinus (Tyrannidae), (2) Myiarchus magnirostris (Tyrannidae), (3) Progne modesta (Hirundinidae), (4) Nesomimus mockingbirds (Mimidae, four allopatric species), (5) Dendroica petechia (Parulinae), and (6) Darwin’s finches (Thraupini, 13 species). New Hebrides: Species numbered 33–56 in the systematic list of Diamond and Marshall (1976, app. 1), all of which represent independent colonizations: (1) Hirundo tahitica,(2)Lalage maculosa,(3)Lalage leucopyga,(4) Coracina caledonica,(5)Turdus poliocephalus,(6)Cichlornis whitneyi,(7)Gerygone flavolateralis,(8) Rhipidura spilodera,(9)Rhipidura fuliginosa, (10) Myiagra caledonica, (11) Neolalage banksiana, (12) Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides, (13) Petroica multicolor, (14) Pachecephala