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Thirty-Fourth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds Source: the Auk, Vol Thirty-Fourth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds Source: The Auk, Vol. 99, No. 3, Supplement: Thirty-Fourth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds (Jul., 1982), pp. 1CC-16CC Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the American Ornithologists' Union Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4085886 Accessed: 16/08/2010 11:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. 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American Ornithologists' Union and University of California Press are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Auk. http://www.jstor.org THIRTY-FOURTHSUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICANORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTHAMERICAN BIRDS SUPPLEMENTTO THE AUK Vol. 99, No. 3, July 1982 Twenty-five years have elapsed since the appearance of the 5th edition of the A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, and the 6th edition, which is in press, will not appear until 1983. This Supplement provides an updated list of species of birds recorded with appropriate documentation through December 1981 from Canada and the United States (including Hawaii), using the sequence, taxonomy and English names of the 6th edition. This list is essentially a revised one of species covered by the 5th edition with omission of those that were included there only by virtue of occurrence in Greenland, Bermuda or Baja California, and with the addition of those known from the Hawaiian Islands. Species reported from North America with insufficient documentation, named forms of doubtful validity, species removed from previous editions of the Check-list, and escaped or introduced (but not established) exotic species are omitted from this Supplement but will be included in appendices in the 6th edition. The complete 6th edition additionally will cover species from Bermuda, the West Indies and Middle America (Mexico through Panama), including adjacent islands, and will contain distributional and other information as well as continuing the policy of providing A.O.U. numbers. The Committee on Classification and Nomenclature adopted a basically conservative taxonomic standard for the 6th edition, especially in regard to higher categories, and followed presently accepted avian classification unless there was a strong consensus for change. Species limits are based on the biological species concept; some species in the present list are allospecies of superspecies complexes, a matter treated in detail in the 6th edition. The concept of primitive to derived sequences was used, where possible, for the arrangement of taxa. English names, where changed, were adopted with a global viewpoint. All decisions on taxonomic changes and English names were by Committee consensus or majority vote, after consideration of the contributions and suggestions of many other individuals and groups as well as analysis of the pertinent literature. This list has been prepared by the A.O.U. Committee on Classification and Nomenclature: Eugene Eisenmann (Chairman, deceased); Burt L. Monroe, Jr. (Acting Chairman and Editorial Coordinator); Kenneth C. Parkes (Vice-Chairman); Lester L. Short (Secretary); Richard C. Banks; Thomas R. Howell; Ned K. Johnson; and Robert W. Storer. ? = Extinct Species * = Introduced Species Order GAVIIFORMES Family Gaviidae Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Red-throated Loon. Gavia arctica (Linnaeus). Arctic Loon. Gavia immer (Brunnich). Common Loon. Gavia adamsii (Gray). Yellow-billed Loon. Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus). Least Grebe. Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus). Pied-billed Grebe. Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus). Horned Grebe. Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert). Red-necked Grebe. Podiceps nigricollis Brehm. Eared Grebe. Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence). Western Grebe. Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Family Diomedeidae Diomedea exulans Linnaeus. Wandering Albatross. Diomedea albatrus Pallas. Short-tailed Albatross. Diomedea nigripes Audubon. Black-footed Albatross. Diomedea immutabilis Rothschild. Laysan Albatross. Diomedea cauta Gould. Shy Albatross. Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin. Yellow-nosed Albatross. Family Procellariidae Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus). Northern Fulmar. Daption capense (Linnaeus). Cape Petrel. Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl). Black-capped Petrel. Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin). Dark-rumped Petrel. Pterodroma externa (Salvin). White-necked Petrel. Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster). Mottled Petrel. Pterodroma ultima Murphy. Murphy's Petrel. Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel). Kermadec Petrel. Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori). Herald Petrel. Pterodroma cookii (Gray). Cook's Petrel. 2CC Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin). Bonin Petrel. Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild). Black-winged Petrel. Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby). Bulwer's Petrel. Bulweria fallax Jouanin. Jouanin's Petrel. Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck). Streaked Shearwater. Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli). Cory's Shearwater. Puffinus creatopus Coues. Pink-footed Shearwater. Puffinus carneipes Gould. Flesh-footed Shearwater. Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). Greater Shearwater. Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin). Wedge-tailed Shearwater. Puffinus bulleri Salvin. Buller's Shearwater. Puffinus griseus (Gmelin). Sooty Shearwater. Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck). Short-tailed Shearwater. Puffinus nativitatis Streets. Christmas Shearwater. Puffinus puffinus (Briinnich). Manx Shearwater. Puffinus opisthomelas Coues. Black-vented Shearwater. Puffinus auricularis Townsend. Townsend's Shearwater. Puffinus assimilis Gould. Little Shearwater. Puffinus lherminieri Lesson. Audubon's Shearwater. Family Hydrobatidae Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). Wilson's Storm-Petrel. Pelagodroma marina (Latham). White-faced Storm-Petrel. Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus). British Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin). Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot). Leach's Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues). Ashy Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt). Band-rumped Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma tethys (Bonaparte). Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte). Black Storm-Petrel. ?[Oceanodroma macrodactyla Bryant. Guadalupe Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma tristrami Salvin. Sooty Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma microsoma (Coues). Least Storm-Petrel. Order PELECANIFORMES- Suborder PHAETHONTES Family Phaethontidae Phaethon lepturus Daudin. White-tailed Tropicbird. Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus. Red-billed Tropicbird. Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert. Red-tailed Tropicbird. Suborder PELECANI Family Sulidae Sula dactylatra Lesson. Masked Booby. Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards. Blue-footed Booby. Sula leucogaster (Boddaert). Brown Booby. Sula sula (Linnaeus). Red-footed Booby. Sula bassanus (Linnaeus). Northern Gannet. Family Pelecanidae Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin. American White Pelican. Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus. Brown Pelican. Family Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus). Great Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson). Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax olivaceus (Humboldt). Olivaceous Cormorant. Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt). Brandt's Cormorant. Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas. Pelagic Cormorant. Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin). Red-faced Cormorant. Family Anhingidae Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus). Anhinga. Suborder FREGATAE Family Fregatidae Fregata magnificens Mathews. Magnificent Frigatebird. Fregata minor (Gmelin). Great Frigatebird. Fregata ariel (Gray). Lesser Frigatebird. Order CICONIIFORMES- Suborder ARDEAE Family Ardeidae - Tribe Botaurini Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett). American Bittern. Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin). Least Bittern. Tribe Ardeini Ardea herodias Linnaeus. Great Blue Heron. 3CC Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus). Great Egret. Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe). Chinese Egret. Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus). Little Egret. Egretta thula (Molina). Snowy Egret. Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus). Little Blue Heron. Egretta tricolor (Muller). Tricolored Heron. Egretta rufescens (Gmelin). Reddish Egret. Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus). Cattle Egret. Butorides striatus (Linnaeus). Green-backed Heron. Tribe Nycticoracini Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus). Black-crowned Night-Heron. Nycticorax violaceus (Linnaeus). Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Suborder THRESKIORNITHES Family Threskiornithidae - Subfamily Threskiornithinae Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus). White Ibis. Eudocimus ruber (Linnaeus). Scarlet Ibis. Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus). Glossy lbis. Plegadis chihi (Vieillot). White-faced Ibis. Subfamily Plataleinae Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus).
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