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The Auk 117(3):847–858, 2000

FORTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

This first Supplement since publication of the 7th Icterus prosthemelas, Lonchura cantans, and L. atricap- edition (1998) of the AOU Check-list of North American illa); (3) four species are changed (Caracara cheriway, Birds summarizes changes made by the Committee Glaucidium costaricanum, Myrmotherula pacifica, Pica on Classification and Nomenclature between its re- hudsonia) and one added (Caracara lutosa) by splits constitution in late 1998 and 31 January 2000. Be- from now-extralimital forms; (4) four scientific cause the makeup of the Committee has changed sig- names of species are changed because of generic re- nificantly since publication of the 7th edition, it allocation (Ibycter americanus, Stercorarius skua, S. seems appropriate to outline the way in which the maccormicki, Molothrus oryzivorus); (5) one specific current Committee operates. The philosophy of the name is changed for nomenclatural reasons (Baeolo- Committee is to retain the present taxonomic or dis- phus ridgwayi); (6) the spelling of five species names tributional status unless substantial and convincing is changed to make them gramatically correct rela- evidence is published that a change should be made. tive to the generic name (Jacamerops aureus, Poecile The Committee maintains an extensive agenda of atricapilla, P. hudsonica, P. cincta, Buarremon brunnein- potential action items, including possible taxonomic ucha); (7) one English name is changed to conform to changes and changes to the list of species included worldwide use (Long-tailed Duck), one is changed in the main text or the Appendix. Many of these are by removing an unneeded modifier (White Tern), derived from statements of varying taxonomic treat- and five are changed because of species splits (Great- ments mentioned in notes in species accounts in the er Sage-Grouse, Western Spindalis, Greater Antillean 7th edition. Each member has accepted primary re- Oriole, Indian Silverbill, Tricolored Munia); and (8) sponsibility for certain groups of birds or for partic- seven species are added to the Appendix (Oceano- ular distributional or other matters. When a sugges- droma monorhis, Circus aeruginosus, Larus genei, L. no- tion for a change in taxonomic, nomenclatural, or vaehollandiae, Phaethornis yaruqui, Tachycineta albiven- distributional status is published, the member with ter, Oryzoborus angolensis). The 15 additions to the responsibility for the affected group studies the sit- main list bring the number of species recognized as uation and prepares a proposal for (or against) occurring in the Check-list area (main list) to 2,023. change. The Committee also considers proposals or This Supplement also makes some technical nomen- suggestions by nonmembers if accompanied by ad- clatural and spelling changes that were not included equate justification or evidence. Proposals, with rec- with errata in the Notice from the Committee in Auk ommendations, are circulated among the Committee 116:282–283, 1999. Literature that provides the basis and a period of discussion ensues, mainly by e-mail. for the Committee’s decisions is cited at the end of Advice may be solicited from colleagues who are not the Supplement, and citations not already in the Lit- members of the Committee. Eventually, a vote is tak- erature Cited of the 7th edition become additions to en. If approved, the proposal becomes an item for the it. An updated list of species known from the Check- next Supplement. If the proposal is not accepted, it list area may be accessed from Ͻhttp://www. returns to the agenda to await additional evidence. nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/index.htmlϾ on the inter- The Committee attempts to meet annually at the net. AOU meeting. Members of the Committee are also The following changes to the 7th edition (page working toward a future edition of the Check-list that numbers refer thereto) result from the Committee’s will include statements of geographic variation and actions: a treatment at the subspecific level. Changes in this Supplement fall into eight cate- pp. xvii-liv. In the list of bird species known from gories: (1) three species are added to the main list the Check-list area, change 2,008 to 2,023. In the list, because of new distributional information (Ardeola insert the following species in the proper position as bacchus, Milvus migrans, Emberiza elegans); (2) 11 spe- indicated by the text of this Supplement: cies are added to the list because of splitting of spe- Sula granti Nazca Booby. cies previously on the list (Sula granti, Centrocercus Ardeola bacchus Chinese Pond-Heron. minimus, Picoides arizonae, Dendroica subita, D. delicata, Milvus migrans Black Kite. Spindalis nigricephala, S. dominicensis, S. portoricensis, †Caracara lutosa Guadalupe Caracara. 847 848 Forty-second Supplement [Auk, Vol. 117

Centrocercus minimus Gunnison Sage-Grouse. Sula granti Rothschild, 1902, Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Glaucidium costaricanum Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl. Club 13: 7. (Galapagos Archipelago ϭ Culpepper Is- Picoides arizonae Arizona Woodpecker. land, fide Hartert, Nov. Zool. 32: 274, 1925.) Myrmotherula pacifica Pacific Antwren. Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests on cliffs on is- Dendroica subita Barbuda Warbler. lands. Dendroica delicata St. Lucia Warbler. Distribution.—Breeds in the eastern Pacific on the Spindalis nigricephala Jamaican Spindalis. Galapagos Islands, Isla La Plata, Ecuador, and Mal- Spindalis dominicensis Hispaniolan Spindalis. pelo Island off Colombia, and in small numbers on Spindalis portoricensis Puerto Rican Spindalis. Clipperton Island and the Revillagigedos. Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Bunting. Ranges at sea off Middle America in the southern Icterus prosthemelas Black-cowled Oriole. Gulf of California and from Colima, Mexico, to Ec- Lonchura cantans African Silverbill (I). uador. Lonchura atricapilla Chestnut Munia (I). Notes.—Formerly considered a subspecies of S. Change the following English names: dactylatra, but separated by Pitman and Jehl (1998). Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck. See comments under S. dactylatra. Centrocercus urophasianus Greater Sage-Grouse. Gygis alba White Tern. p. 32. In the Notes under the genus Phalacrocorax, Spindalis zena Western Spindalis. the name Hypoleucus should be Hypoleucos. Icterus dominicensis Greater Antillean Oriole. Lonchura malabarica Indian Silverbill (I). p. 44. Before the genus Butorides, insert: Lonchura malacca Tricolored Munia (I). Change the following scientific names, with no Genus ARDEOLA Boie change in English names: Ardeola Boie, 1822, Isis von Oken, col. 559. Type, by Daptrius americanus to Ibycter americanus monotypy, Ardea ralloides Scopoli. Caracara plancus to Caracara cheriway Catharacta skua to Stercorarius skua Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte). Chinese Pond-Heron. Catharacta maccormicki to Stercorarius maccormi- Buphus bacchus Bonaparte, 1855, Consp. Gen. Av- cki ium, 2:127. (Malay Peninsula.) Jacamerops aurea to Jacamerops aureus Pica pica to Pica hudsonia Habitat.—Marshland, rice fields, riverbanks, man- Poecile atricapillus to Poecile atricapilla groves, tidepools, and margins of fish ponds. Poecile hudsonicus to Poecile hudsonica Distribution.—Breeds from central Manchuria Poecile cinctus to Poecile cincta and Inner Mongolia south through eastern China Baeolophus griseus to Baeolophus ridgwayi and Taiwan to Assam, northern Indochina, and Hai- Buarremon brunneinuchus to Buarremon brunneinu- nan. cha Winters in the southern part of the breeding range Scaphidura oryzivora to Molothrus oryzivorus and to Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar (Burma), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi. Delete the following names: Wanders to Siberia, Korea, Japan, and Sri Lanka. Glaucidium jardinii Andean Pygmy-Owl. Accidental on St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, 4– Myrmotherula surinamensis Streaked Antwren. 9 August 1996 (Gibson and Kessel 1997, Hoyer and Move Icterus bullockii to position following I. pus- Smith 1997). tulatus p. 81. The Committee was petitioned by a group of p. 28. Sula granti is recognized as a species distinct biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in from S. dactylatra, as proposed by Pitman and Jehl Alaska to change the English name of Clangula hye- (1998), on the basis of differences in bill color, size malis from Oldsquaw to Long-tailed Duck, the name and proportions, some color characters in both ju- used for the species outside of North America. The venal and definitive plumages, preferred nesting basis for the petition was that the species is declining habitat, and pelagic nonbreeding ranges. Modify the in numbers in Alaska, and conservation manage- breeding distribution of Sula dactylatra by removing ment plans require the help and cooperation of Na- the phrase ‘‘and in the Galapagos’’ and the word tive Americans. The biologists were concerned that ‘‘Ecuador.’’ Add to the Notes under S. dactylatra: the name Oldsquaw would offend the Native Amer- Some old sight reports may pertain to S. granti (e.g. icans. Requests to change the name had been made Roberson 1998). Insert the following after the ac- to the Committee in past years by some who consider count for S. dactylatra: the word ‘‘squaw’’ to be offensive. The Committee declines to consider political correctness alone in Sula granti Rothschild. Nazca Booby. changing long-standing English names of birds but July 2000] Forty-second Supplement 849 is willing in this instance to adopt an alternative these genera differ in syringeal morphology and mi- name that is in use in much of the world. tochondrial DNA (Griffiths 1994b, 1999) and in ecology (Brown and Amadon 1968). The genetic studies Change English name of Clangula hyemalis from show that Daptrius is paraphyletic if americanus is in- Oldsquaw to Long-tailed Duck, to conform with En- cluded. Replace the heading and citation for Genus glish usage in other parts of the world. Change Notes Daptrius with: to read: Formerly known as Oldsquaw in North America. Genus IBYCTER Vieillot

p. 91. After Ictinia plumbea, insert the following ac- Ibycter Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 22. Type, by mon- count: otypy, Falco americanus Boddaert. Change the species heading from Daptrius ameri- Genus MILVUS Lace´pe`de, 1799 canus (Boddaert) to Ibycter americanus (Boddaert). Milvus Lace´pe`de, 1799, Tab. Mamm. Ois., p. 4. Change the Notes at the end of the species account Type, by tautonomy, Falco milvus Linnaeus. to read: Formerly placed in the genus Daptrius Vieil- lot, 1816, but separated on the suggestions of Brown Milvus migrans (Boddaert). Black Kite. and Amadon (1968) and Grifﬁths (1994b, 1999).

Falco migrans Boddaert, 1783, Table Planches En- p. 106. The three groups in Caracara plancus are rec- lum., p. 28. Based on ‘‘Le Milan noir’’ of Daubenton, ognized as distinct species following an analysis of Planches Enlum., pl. 472. (France.) plumage, morphology, and reported hybridization by Dove and Banks (1999). Replace the account for Habitat.—Riparian areas, open woodland, forest now extralimital C. plancus with the following two edge, coastal wetlands, farmland, garbage dumps, accounts: and cities. Distribution.—Breeds (migrans group) in Eurasia Caracara cheriway (Jacquin). Crested Caracara. from Finland to western Siberia and south to islands Falco cheriway Jacquin, 1784, Beytr. Gesch. Vo¨gel., p. in the Mediterranean Sea and northwestern Africa, 17, pl. 4. (Aruba.) the Near East and Arabia, east through India and south to Sri Lanka and southwestern China and Habitat.—Arid Lowland Scrub, Arid Montane south through southeast Asia to Australia, and in Scrub, Low Seasonally Wet Grassland, Second- much of Africa; and (lineatus group) in eastern Si- growth Scrub, lowland pine savanna (0–3,000 m; beria and Japan south through China to northern In- Tropical to Temperate zones). dia, Burma, and the Ryukyu Islands. Distribution.—As cheriway group in plancus ac- Winters (migrans group) from southern Eurasia to count. southern Africa and southern Australia; and (lineatus Notes.—Formerly combined with the South Amer- group) from southern Iraq to China and Japan, south ican Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777) [Southern Cara- to southern India, Sri Lanka, and southeast Asia. cara] and C. lutosus as Crested Caracara, but sepa- Accidental (group unknown) in the Mariana Is- rated by Dove and Banks (1999). lands, and (lineatus group) in Hawaii on Sand Island, †Caracara lutosa (Ridgway). Guadalupe Caracara. Midway, 1994–1995 (R. L. Pyle pers. comm.) and 1998 (Field Notes, 1998, pp. 147, 261, 272). Photo- Polyborus lutosus Ridgway, 1876, Bull. U. S. Geol. graphs documenting both Midway occurrences are Geogr. Surv. Terr. 1:459. (Guadalupe Island, Lower on file in the Hawaii Rare Bird Documentary Pho- California.) tograph File at the B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Habitat.—Arid Lowland Scrub. Notes.—Stresemann and Amadon in Mayr and Distribution.—as lutosa group in plancus account. Cottrell (1979) and Sibley and Monroe (1990) consid- Notes.—See notes under C. cheriway. ered the two groups to be allospecies, M. migrans (Boddaert, 1783) [Black Kite] and M. lineatus (Gray, p. 119. On the basis of genetic differences (Kahn et 1831) [Black-eared Kite]. Sibley and Monroe (1993: al. 1999, Oyler-McCance et al. 1999) and differences 40) further separated the birds in Arabia and eastern in size (Hupp and Braun 1991), courtship behavior and southern Africa as a group aegyptius (Gmelin, (calls, strut rate; Young et al. 1994), tail pattern, and 1788) [Yellow-billed Kite] within M. migrans. modified body plumes (Young et al. 2000), the Gun- nison Sage-Grouse, Centrocercus minimus, is recog- p. 105. In the Notes under Family Falconidae, nized as a species distinct from the Greater Sage- change Griffiths (1994) to Griffiths (1994a). Grouse, C. urophasianus. Change the English name of C. urophasianus to Greater Sage-Grouse and modify p. 106. The Red-throated Caracara is moved from the Distribution and Notes sections of the account for the genus Daptrius to the genus Ibycter. Members of C. urophasianus as follows: 850 Forty-second Supplement [Auk, Vol. 117

Distribution.—Resident locally (formerly more Replace the species heading Catharacta skua Bru¨n- widespread) in eastern (Mono County) and north- nich with Stercorarius skua (Bru¨nnich). Throughout eastern California, and from eastern Oregon, central the account, change group name antarctica to antarc- Washington, southeastern Alberta, southwestern ticus and replace the generic initial C. with S. Saskatchewan, Montana, and southwestern North Dakota south to central Nevada, northern Utah, Wy- p. 182. Replace the species heading Catharacta mac- oming, northern Colorado, and southwestern South cormicki (Saunders) with Stercorarius maccormicki Dakota. Formerly north to southern British Colum- Saunders. In the Notes for that species, change the bia (Okanagan Valley) and east to western Nebraska. generic initial C. to S. and add: Formerly placed in Notes.—Formerly included C. minimus and known the genus Catharacta. as the Sage Grouse. In the Notes under Stercorarius pomarinus, delete Insert the following new account for C. minimus: ‘‘(Catharacta)’’ and add: Braun and Brumfield (1998) suggested that pomarinus be placed in the monotypic Centrocercus minimus Bradbury and Vehrencamp. genus Coprotheres, between Catharacta and Stercorar- Gunnison Sage-Grouse. ius. The complex phylogenetic relationships are best Centrocercus minimus Bradbury and Vehrencamp, expressed by considering all species in a single genus 1998, Principles of Animal Communication, cover, iv, (Andersson 1999). 770. (Gunnison, Colorado.) p. 207. Change the English name of Gygis alba, Habitat.—Sagebrush, sagebrush dominated shrub- Common White-Tern, to White Tern. steppe. Distribution.—Resident locally in the Gunnison pp. 257–258. The distribution of Bubo virginianus is Basin and southwestern Colorado south of the Eagle restated to recognize existence of a gap in Central and Colorado rivers, and in adjacent southeastern America (Olson 1997). Modify the paragraph as fol- Utah east of the Colorado River. Formerly wide- lows: spread but discontinuous in southern Colorado and extreme eastern Utah. Early records of sage-grouse Distribution.—Breeds from...and Newfound- from northeastern Arizona, southwestern Kansas, land south to Honduras, rarely in Guatemala and El northern New Mexico, and western Oklahoma are Salvador, and perhaps in north-central Nicaragua, presumed to have been of this species rather than C. and from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to urophasianus (Young et al. 2000). Tierra del Fuego (except for most of Amazonia). Ab- Notes.—Formerly considered part of C. urophasi- sent from the West Indies, most other islands, and anus but shown to be distinct by Hupp and Braun apparently much of Central America. (1991), Young et al. (1994), Kahn et al. (1999), Oyler- McCance et al. (1999), and Young et al. (2000). p. 259. Pygmy-owls in Costa Rica and Panama previously assigned to Glaucidium jardinii are recog- p. 120. In the citation for Lagopus mutus, change the nized as a distinct species, G. costaricanum, following date of publication to 1781 (fide Tyrberg 1998). Robbins and Stiles (1999). Vocalizations and bio- chemical studies indicate a closer relationship to p. 181. A series of studies on molecular genetics members of the G. gnoma complex than to G. jardinii (Cohen et al. 1997, Andersson 1999, Braun and (Ko¨nig 1991, Heidrich et al. 1995, Robbins and Stiles Brumfield 1998) have shown that relationships of the 1999). However, G. costaricanum is separated from G. skuas and jaegers are best expressed by placing all gnoma on the basis of differences in plumage color, of the species in a single genus. This supports earlier morphology, voice, habitat, and mtDNA (Robbins suggestions based on studies of behavior (Andersson and Stiles 1999). Replace the account for G. jardinii, 1973) and parasite faunas (Cohen et al. 1997). The ge- now extralimital, with the following: nus Catharacta is merged into the genus Stercorarius. Glaucidium costaricanum L. Kelso. Costa Rican Pyg- Delete the words ‘‘genera and’’ from the Notes under my-Owl. Subfamily Stercorariinae. Move the generic heading for the genus Stercorarius on p. 182 to replace the ge- Glaucidium jardinii costaricanum L. Kelso, 1937, Auk neric name Catharacta Bru¨ nnich, and add the cita- 54:304. (Costa Rica.) tions for Catharacta Bru¨nnich and Megalestris Bona- Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest (2000–3400 parte to the synonymy of Stercorarius in the order m; Subtropical and Temperate zones). Stercorarius, Catharacta, Coprotheres, Megalestris. Un- Distribution.—Resident in the mountains of cen- der the generic heading and synonymy, insert: tral Costa Rica south and east to western Panama Notes.—We follow Andersson (1999) in merging (Chiriquı´ and Veraguas). Catharacta into Stercorarius on the basis of studies of Notes.—Formerly considered a subspecies of G. molecular genetics and reconsideration of other data. jardinii (Bonaparte, 1855) [Andean Pygmy-Owl], but July 2000] Forty-second Supplement 851 shown to be more closely allied to the G. gnoma com- wren] but separated by Isler et al. (1999). The form plex (Robbins and Stiles 1999). multostriata Sclater, 1858 [Amazonian Streaked-Ant- wren] of southern and western Amazonia also is p. 292. Place a dagger, to indicate extinct status, be- split from M. surinamensis [Guianan Streaked-Ant- fore the name Chlorostilbon bracei. wren] of northeastern Amazonia by those authors.

p. 328. Change the specific name of the Great Jac- p. 368. In the citation for the genus Myrmornis, the amar to aureus, to agree in gender with the masculine page number 180 should be 188. generic name Jacamerops. p. 448. North American Pica hudsonia is treated as p. 340. Picoides arizonae is split from the disjunct P. a species distinct from Old World P. pica, which be- stricklandi on the basis of differences in morphology, comes extralimital, on the basis of a number of mor- behavior, and habitat (Davis 1965, Ligon 1968, John- phologic, behavioral, and genetic characters (Birk- son et al. 1999). Insert the following account before head 1991, Enggist-Dublin and Birkhead 1992, Zink that of P. stricklandi: et al. 1995). Picoides arizonae (Hargitt). Arizona Woodpecker. Replace P.pica account with account of P.hudsonia. Picus arizonae Hargitt, 1886, Ibis, p. 115. (Santa Rita Pica hudsonia (Sabine). Black-billed Magpie. Mts., Arizona.) Corvus hudsonius Sabine, 1823, in Franklin, Narr. Habitat.—Oak and pine-oak woodland and ripar- Journ. Polar Sea, 1823, p. 671. (Cumberland House, ϭ ian vegetation (1,200–2,400 m; upper Subtropical Hudson Bay [ Cumberland House, Saskatchewan].) zone). Habitat.—Open country with scattered trees, ri- Distribution.—That of the arizonae group in 7th parian and open woodland, forest edge, and farm- ed. account of P. stricklandi. lands. Notes.—Often considered conspecific with P. Distribution.—Resident from south-coastal Alaska stricklandi (Davis 1965, Short 1982), but see Ligon (west to the Alaska Peninsula and Shumagin Is- (1968) and Johnson et al. (1999). Also called Brown- lands), southern Yukon, northern Alberta, central backed Woodpecker, but that name should be re- Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, extreme south- stricted to the African Dendrocopos obsoletus (Wagler, western Ontario, and northern Minnesota south to 1829). northeastern and east-central California (to Inyo In Picoides stricklandi account, change habitat to County), south-central Nevada, Utah, extreme north- read ‘‘Coniferous forest (2,500–4,100 m; Temperate eastern Arizona (Apache County, formerly more Zone).’’ Remove arizonae group from Distribution. widespread), northern New Mexico, western (casu- Change Notes to read: ‘‘See comments under P. ari- ally northeastern) Oklahoma, central Kansas, and zonae.’’ Nebraska (except southeastern). Absent from coastal areas and regions from southeastern Alaska south- p. 364. Myrmotherula pacifica is separated as a spe- ward and west of the Cascade range and Sierra Ne- cies distinct from M. surinamensis, now extralimital, vada. on the basis of differences in vocalizations and in col- Wanders as in paragraph at top of p. 449. or patterns of females (Isler et al. 1999). Replace the Notes.—Formerly considered a subspecies of Old account of M. surinamensis with the following: World Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) [Eurasian Magpie], but separated on the basis of differences summa- Myrmotherula pacifica Hellmayr. Pacific Antwren. rized by Birkhead (1991) and Enggist-Dublin and Birkhead (1992). Vocal and behavioral data suggest Myrmotherula surinamensis pacifica Hellmayr, 1911, that P. hudsonia is more closely related to P. nuttalli Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 1159 (Buenaventura, than to P. pica. All taxa in Pica were considered con- Choco´, [depto. Valle], W. Colombia.) specific by Phillips (1986). Habitat.—River-edge Forest, Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Secondary Forest (0–600 m; p. 449. Change Notes for P. nuttalli to read: ‘‘See Tropical zone). comments under P. hudsonia, and Verbeek (1972).’’ Distribution.—Resident from Panama (entire Ca- ribbean slope, and Pacific drainage west to western p. 455. Add to the distribution of Progne cryptoleuca Panama´ province) south on the west side of the An- a statement ‘‘Accidental in Florida (Key West, 9 May des to southwestern Ecuador (northwestern Azuay), 1895).’’ Add to the Notes: Other Florida records men- and east in the northern Colombian lowlands to the tioned in earlier Check-lists are of P. subis (Banks Rıó Magdalena Valley (Santander). 2000). Notes.—Formerly considered a subspecies of Myr- motherula surinamensis (Gmelin, 1788) [Streaked Ant- pp. 461–462. In the headings for Petrochelidon pyr- 852 Forty-second Supplement [Auk, Vol. 117 rhonota and P.fulva, the name Vieillot should be in pa- Distribution.—Resident on Barbuda in the Lesser rentheses, (Vieillot). Antilles. Notes.—See comments under D. adelaidae. In the account of Petrochelidon fulva, the group name pelodoma should be changed to pallida because Dendroica delicata Ridgway. St. Lucia Warbler. the latter is not preoccupied by the former in the ge- Dendroica adelaidae delicata Ridgway, 1883, Proc. nus Petrochelidon. The sentence to that effect should U.S. Nat. Mus. 5 (1882): 525. (St. Lucia.) be deleted from the Notes. In the Notes, the group name ‘‘P. pelodoma Brooke, 1974’’ should be changed Habitat.—Arid Lowland Scrub, Tropical Lowland to ‘‘P.pallida Nelson, 1902.’’ P.rufocollaris Peale, 1848, Evergreen Forest (0–700 m). should be P. rufocollaris (Peale, 1848). Distribution.—Resident on St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. p. 463. In the Notes at the top of the page, for Hi- Notes.—See comments under D. adelaidae. rundo rustica, change H. dumicola to H. domicola. p. 581. Spindalis zena is divided into four species, pp. 463–465. The generic name Poecile is feminine, following suggestions by Garrido et al. (1997), based and adjectival species names must agree in gender. on differences in mensural data, coloration, body Change the specific names atricapillus, hudsonicus, mass, and vocalizations. This treatment has been fol- and cinctus to atricapilla, hudsonica, and cincta. In the lowed by Raffaele et al. (1998). In the citation for the Notes under P.atricapilla, P.montanus becomes P. m o n - genus Spindalis, delete ‘‘ϭFringilla zena Linnaeus.’’ tana. Insert the following after the heading and citation for the genus Spindalis: p. 466. Change Baeolophus griseus (Ridgway) to Baeolophus ridgwayi (Richmond). The name griseus is Notes.—To avoid long hyphenated compound En- permanently invalidated because it was replaced as glish names, we revert to the English group name a junior secondary homonym before 1961 (ICZN Spindalis, used (e.g. Bond 1936) before the popula- 1999, Art. 59.3). tions were merged (without comment) by Bond (1947). p. 472. In the Notes under Campylorhynchus zonatus, Change the English name of Spindalis zena to West- at the top of the page, the citation for C. fasciatus ern Spindalis. Change the Distribution of S. zena to: should be (Swainson, 1838). In the Notes under Cam- Resident in the Bahama Islands (Grand Bahama, pylorhynchus chiapensis, the citation for C. griseus Great Abaco, Little Abaco, and Green Turtle Cay in should be (Swainson, 1838). the northern Bahamas, from the Berry Islands south to Great Inagua in the southern Bahamas), Providen- p. 517. In the citation for Oreoscoptes montanus, ciales in the Turks and Caicos, Cuba (including the change C. K. Townsend to J. K. Townsend. Isle of Pines and numerous keys), Grand Cayman Is- land, and Cozumel Island off Quintana Roo, Mexico. p. 546. On the basis of genetic differences, com- Remove ‘‘[zena group]’’ from sentence beginning bined with differences in plumage and morphology ‘‘Ranges....’’ and probably song (Curson et al. 1994, Lovette et al. Change Notes under S. zena to read: Formerly in- 1998, Lovette and Bermingham 1999), Dendroica ade- cluded S. nigricephala, S. dominicensis, and S. portori- laidae is divided into three species. In the account for censis, with the English name Stripe-headed Tanager, D. adelaidae, change Distribution to read: Resident on but the complex is treated as four allospecies of a su- Puerto Rico (including Vieques Island). Change perspecies following Garrido et al. (1997). Notes to: Formerly included D. subita and D. delicata, now considered distinct species (Lovette et al. 1998, After the account of Spindalis zena, insert the fol- Lovette and Bermingham 1999). Lowery and Monroe lowing three accounts: in Paynter (1968) proposed that D. adelaidae (includ- Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson). Jamaican Spindal- ing subita and delicata)andD. graciae were each oth- is. er’s closest relatives, but mitochondrial DNA data (Lovette and Bermingham 1999) do not support this Tanagra nigricephala Jameson, 1835, Edinburgh relationship. New Philos. Journ. 19: 213. (Jamaica.) Insert the following two accounts after Dendroica Habitat.—Tropical Montane Forest, Tropical Low- adelaidae: land Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest (0–1,800 m). Distribution.—Resident on Jamaica. Dendroica subita Riley. Barbuda Warbler. Notes.—Formerly considered part of S. zena, but Dendroica subita Riley, 1904, Smiths. Misc. Coll. 47: separated by Garrido et al. (1997). 289. (Barbuda.) 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Tanagra dominicensis Bryant, 1867, Proc. Boston Molothrus in our area and to be more closely related Soc. Nat. Hist. 11: 92. (southeast Haiti.) to them than to extralimital M. rufoaxillaris Cassin. Habitat.—Tropical Montane Forest, Pine Forest, p. 649. Icterus prosthemelas is recognized as a spe- Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Secondary For- cies distinct from I. dominicensis andismovedtoa est (0–2,300 m). position next to I. spurius on the basis of genetic data Distribution.—Resident on the island of Hispan- presented by Omland et al. (1999). The analysis by iola, and on Gonave Island. Omland et al. (1999) indicates that the I. dominicensis Notes.—Formerly considered part of S. zena, but complex may consist of up to four species. However, separated by Garrido et al. (1997). the exclusion of I. d. dominicensis from part of the ge- Spindalis portoricensis (Bryant). Puerto Rican Spin- netic data set, and the lack of an analysis of vocal and dalis. plumage differences among the four island taxa, make it impossible to determine at this time how Tanagra portoricensis Bryant, 1866, Proc. Boston many biological species should be recognized. Re- Soc. Nat. Hist. 10:252. (Puerto Rico.) place the account for I. dominicensis with the follow- Habitat.—Tropical Montane Forest, Tropical Low- ing: land Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest (0–1,050 m). Icterus dominicensis (Linnaeus). Greater Antillean Distribution.—Resident on Puerto Rico. Oriole. Notes.—Formerly considered part of S. zena, but separated by Garrido et al. (1997). The citation for the species is unchanged.

Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest p. 601. Change Buarremon brunneinuchus to Buar- Edge, Secondary Forest (0–1,000 m; Tropical Zone). remon brunneinucha; this is a noun used in apposition, Distribution.—Resident [dominicensis group] on and its gender does not change. In the Notes under Hispaniola; [portoricensis group] on Puerto Rico; that species, B. apertus Wetmore, 1942 should be B. [northropi group] on Andros, Great Abaco, and Little apertus (Wetmore, 1942). Abaco in the northern Bahamas; and [melanopsis group] on Cuba and the Isle of Pines. p. 629, after the account for Emberiza rustica, insert: Notes.—Groups: I. dominicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Emberiza elegans Temminck. Yellow-throated Bun- [Hispaniolan Oriole]; I. portoricensis Bryant, 1866 ting. [Puerto Rican Oriole]; I. northropi Allen, 1890 [Ba- haman Oriole]; I. melanopsis (Wagler, 1829) [Cuban Emberiza elegans Temminck, 1835, Planches Color., Oriole]. Genetic analysis by Omland et al. (1999) sug- livr. 98, pl. 583, ﬁg. 1. (Japan.) gests that some or all of the groups may merit spe- Habitat.—Open dry deciduous forest on hills and ciﬁc rank, but further study is needed to clarify their ridges. relationships. Distribution.—Breeds from southern Siberia, Manchuria, and northern Korea south to southern p. 650. Insert the following new account before the China. account for Icterus spurius: Winters from eastern China, southern Korea, and Icterus prosthemelas (Strickland). Black-cowled Ori- Japan south to southern China and Burma. ole. Accidental in Alaska (Attu, in the Aleutian Islands, 25 May 1998; Sykes 1998). Xanthornus prosthemelas Strickland, 1850, in Jar- dine’s Contrib. Ornith., 2, p. 120, pl. 62. (Guatemala.) p. 649. Scaphidura is merged into Molothrus on the Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest basis of several genetic studies (Lanyon 1994, John- Edge, Secondary Forest (0–1,200 m; Tropical Zone). son and Lanyon 1999, Lanyon and Omland 1999). Distribution.—Resident from southern Veracruz, Delete the heading for the genus Scaphidura and the northern Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, and the Yucatan Notes under it. Move the citations for the generic Peninsula south on the Caribbean slope of Central names Scaphidura and Psomocolax to proper chrono- America to extreme western Panama (western Bocas logical positions under the genus Molothrus. Change del Toro). the species heading Scaphidura oryzivora (Gmelin) Notes.—Icterus prosthemelas was considered a dis- to Molothrus oryzivorus (Gmelin). tinct species until Bond (1947) included it in I. dom- Change the Notes after the species account to read: inicensis, without comment but apparently on the ba- Also known as Rice Grackle. Formerly placed in the sis of its similarity in plumage to I. d. northropi. Sub- monotypic genus Scaphidura, but shown by genetic sequently treated as a subspecies of I. dominicensis data (Johnson and Lanyon 1999, Lanyon and Omland but shown by genetic analysis (Omland et al. 1999) 1999) to be the sister species to the other species of to be more closely related to I. spurius. 854 Forty-second Supplement [Auk, Vol. 117

p. 653. So that the sequence of species more closely Change the English name of Lonchura malacca to Tri- reflects relationships as determined by molecular ge- colored Munia and replace the account with the fol- netics (Freeman and Zink 1995, Omland et al. 1999), lowing: move the account of Icterus bullockii from p. 655 to a position following the account of I. pustulatus. Habitat.—Wet and marshy areas with long grass- Change the Notes under I. bullockii to read: See notes es; rice fields. under I. galbula and I. abeillei, with which this species Distribution.—Resident in central and southern was formerly combined. India and Sri Lanka. Introduced and established in Puerto Rico, Jamai- ca, Hawaiian Islands (Oahu), Venezuela, and Japan. p. 682. Lonchura cantans, African Silverbill, is sep- Reportedly introduced or observed in Cuba, Hispan- arated as a species distinct from L. malabarica, which iola, and Martinique (Raffaele et al. 1998), but in the becomes Indian Silverbill, following Restall (1996). absence of voucher specimens some of these reports Remove ‘‘ϭLoxia malabarica Linnaeus’’ from cita- maybeofL. atricapilla. Reported breeding on Merritt tion of Euodice in synonymy of Lonchura. Island, Florida (1965, Aud. Field Notes 19: 537), but this record also may refer to L. atricapilla. Change English name of Lonchura malabarica to In- Notes.—Formerly included L. atricapilla and dian Silverbill. Replace the account for L. malabarica known as Chestnut Mannikin, but separated by Re- with the following: stall (1995). Habitat.—Dry, grassy brush and scrub. Insert after the account of L. malacca: Distribution.—Resident from eastern Saudi Arabia and Oman east to Bangladesh and eastern India, and Lonchura atricapilla (Vieillot). Chestnut Munia. south to Sri Lanka. Introduced and established on Puerto Rico; re- Loxia atricapilla Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant., p. 84, pl. ported on St. Croix, Virgin Islands. 53. (Les Grandes-Indes, restricted to Lower Bengal Notes.—Formerly included L. cantans, now consid- by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Jour. Nat. Hist. Soc. ered a distinct species (Harrison 1964, Kakizawa and Siam 5: 362.) Watada 1985, Restall 1996), with the name Warbling Habitat.—Grassy areas, marshes; rice fields. Silverbill. Also known as White-throated Silverbill Distribution.—Resident in northern and eastern or White-throated Munia. India, Nepal, Southeast Asia, southern China, Hai- After the account for Lonchura malabarica, insert the nan, and Taiwan south to Sri Lanka, the Greater Sun- following new account: da Islands, and the Philippines. Introduced and established in Puerto Rico, Jamai- Lonchura cantans (Gmelin). African Silverbill. ca, Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Kauai), Guam, and Pa- Loxia cantans Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1(2): 859. lau (Pratt et al. 1987, as L. malacca; see Restall 1996). (Africa. Restricted to Dakar, Senegal, by Sclater and Notes.—Formerly merged with L. malacca and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 440.) known as Chestnut Mannikin, but separated by Re- stall (1995). See notes and distribution statement un- Habitat.—Savanna, arid scrub and brush, grass- der L. malacca. land, and around human habitation. Distribution.—Resident in Africa south of the Sa- p. 688. Oceanodroma monorhis is added to the Ap- hara and north of the equatorial Congo Basin from pendix. Before the account for Oceanodroma hornbyi, Senegal east to Oman on the Arabian Peninsula and insert: south in eastern Africa to northern Tanzania. Introduced and established in the Hawaiian Is- Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe). Swinhoe’s lands (originally on Hawaii, recently spreading to Storm-Petrel. Maui, Lanai, and Molokai, with sight reports from Thalassidroma monorhis Swinhoe, 1867, Ibis, p. 386. Kauai, Oahu, and Kahoolawe). A pair successfully (near Amoy, China.) bred on Merritt Island, Florida, in 1965 (1965, Aud. Field Notes 19: 537), but the species did not become This species, which breeds in the North Pacific and established. ranges in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, was re- Notes.—Formerly included with Lonchura malabar- ported in the western North Atlantic Ocean, south- ica and together called Warbling Silverbill. Hawaiian east of Hatteras, North Carolina, 8 August 1998 (pho- records were erroneously assigned to L. malabarica in tographs; O’Brien et al. 1999) and perhaps on pre- 7th edition, but see Falkenmayer (1988). vious occasions (Brinkley 1995). It has been reported occasionally (since 1983) in the eastern North Atlan- p. 683. Lonchura atricapilla is recognized as a spe- tic (Cubitt 1995). This species is not well known, and cies distinct from L. malacca, with the latter species identification from photographs is considered tenu- called Tricolored Munia, following Restall (1995). ous. July 2000] Forty-second Supplement 855

p. 690. Circus aeruginosus is added to the Appen- pendix. Insert between Melanocorypha calandra and dix. After the account for Aythya nyroca, insert: Parus major: Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus). Western Marsh-Har- Tachycineta albiventer (Boddaert). White-winged rier. Swallow. Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) Hirundo albiventer Boddaert, 1783, Table Planches 1: 91. (Europe ϭ Sweden.) Enlum., p. 32. Based on Daubenton, Planches Enlum., pl. 546. (Cayenne.) This species of Eurasia and northern Africa was reportedly seen at Chincoteague National Wildlife Ref- This species, widespread in tropical South Amer- uge, Accomack County, Virginia, on 4 December ica, was reported from the Tuira River downstream 1994. Photographs were reportedly obtained but from Unioń Choco´, Darień, Panama, 6 July 1996 were not published (Shedd et al. 1998). (Seutin 1998). There is also a sight report of this species at Schoelcher, Martinique, 10 August 1993 (Feld- p. 692. Change Catharacta chilensis (Bonaparte) to mann et al. 1999). Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte. p. 698. Oryzoborus angolensis is added to the Ap- p. 692. Larus genei is added to the Appendix. After pendix. Insert before Icterus nigrogularis: the account for Stercorarius chilensis, insert: Oryzoborus angolensis (Linnaeus). Chestnut-bellied Larus genei Bre`me. Slender-billed Gull. Seed-Finch. Larus Genei Bre`me, 1839, Rev. Zool., p. 321. (Sar- Loxia angolensis Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) dinia.) 1:303. Based on ‘‘The Black Gros-Beak’’ Edwards, This species of the Mediterranean and Indian Glean. Nat. Hist. 3, p. 296, pl. 352. (Angola, error, Ocean coasts was reportedly seen on Antigua, 24 eastern Brazil suggested by Hellmayr, 1906, Novit. April 1976 (Holland and Williams 1978, Raffaele et Zool. 13:19.) al. 1998:451). Caged birds of this South American species escaped on Martinique and established a small wild p. 692. Larus novaehollandiae is added to Appendix, breeding population by 1984. Breeding has been re- after Larus genei. ported in 1995 and 1996 (Feldmann et al. 1999), but Larus novaehollandiae Stevens. Silver Gull. the population is still small and localized. Photo- graphs have been deposited in VIREO. Larus Novae-Hollandiae Stevens, 1826, in Shaw’s General Zoology 13, pt. 1, p. 196. (New South Wales.) pp. 705–730. In the list of French Names for North This Southern Hemisphere species, also known as American Birds: Red-billed Gull, is frequently kept in zoos in the Change the following scientific names, retaining the United States. A specimen (August 1947) from the French names: mouth of the Genessee River in New York (Beardslee Daptrius americanus to Ibycter americanus and Mitchell 1965) was thought to be a wanderer but Caracara plancus to Caracara cheriway is now considered to have been an escapee (Bull Catharacta skua to Stercorarius skua 1974). A bird photographed (NAS Field Notes 51:33, Catharacta maccormicki to Stercorarius maccormicki 1997) in Salem County, New Jersey, in autumn 1996, Jacamerops aurea to Jacamerops aureus was assumed to have escaped from captivity. Pica pica to Pica hudsonia Poecile atricapillus to Poecile atricapilla Phaethornis yaruqui p. 694. is added to the Appen- Poecile hudsonicus to Poecile hudsonica Coccyzus lansbergi Anthra- dix. Insert between and Poecile cinctus to Poecile cincta cothorax viridigula : Baeolophus griseus to Baeolophus ridgwayi Phaethornis yaruqui (Bourcier). White-whiskered Buarremon brunneinuchus to Buarremon brunneinucha Hermit. Scaphidura oryzivora to Molothrus oryzivorus Trochilus Yaruqui Bourcier, 1851, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 32:187. (Vicinity of Yaruqui, Ecua- Change the French name that accompanies the fol- dor.) lowing scientific name: Spindalis zena to Zeńa a`teˆte rayeé This species of the Choco´ region of western Co- lombia and northwestern Ecuador was reported at Insert the following in the appropriate places, as in- Manane´, Darień, Panama, 10 July 1996 (Seutin 1998). dicated by preceding text: Sula granti Fou de Grant p. 696. Tachycineta albiventer is added to the Ap- Ardeola bacchus Crabier chinois 856 Forty-second Supplement [Auk, Vol. 117

Milvus migrans Milan noir names. We thank all those who have called our at- Caracara lutosa Caracara de Guadalupe tention to errors in the 7th edition and those who Centrocercus minimus Te´tras du Gunnison have helped in the preparation of this Supplement. Glaucidium costaricanum Cheveˆchette du Costa Rica This actually is almost everyone we have spoken Picoides arizonae Pic d’Arizona with in the past two years, but we particularly thank Myrmotherula pacifica Myrmidon du Pacifique D. G. Ainley, C. L. Braun, M. B. Braun, J. Choe, W. S. Dendroica subita Paruline de Barbuda Clark, R. A. Erickson, D. D. Gibson, M. J. Iliff, M. L. Dendroica delicata Paruline de Sainte-Lucie Isler, P. R. Isler, J. R. Jehl, Jr., A. R. Keith, N. K. Klein, Spindalis nigricephala Zeńa de Jamaı¨que A. Knox, I. J. Lovette, S. L. Olson, M. A. Patten, R. B. Spindalis dominicensis Zeńa d’Hispaniola Payne, J. N. Penhallurick, N. J. Pharris, H. D. Pratt, P. Spindalis portoricensis Zeńa de Porto Rico Pyle, R. L. Pyle, R. Restall, R. Righter, M. B. Robbins, Emberiza elegans Bruant e´le´gant P. W. Smith, S. O. Williams III, and J. R. Young. Icterus prosthemelas Oriole monacal Lonchura cantans Capucin bec-d’argent LITERATURE CITED Lonchura atricapilla Capucin a`teˆte noire Oceanodroma monorhis Oceánite de Swinhoe. ANDERSSON, M. 1973. Behaviour of the Pomarine Circus aeruginosus Busard des roseaux Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Temm. with com- Larus genei Goe´land railleur parative remarks on Stercorariinae. Ornis Scan- Larus novaehollandiae Mouette argenteé dinavica 4:1–16. Phaethornis yaruqui Ermite yaruqui ANDERSSON, M. 1999. Phylogeny, behaviour, plum- Tachycineta albiventer Hirondelle a` ailes blanches age evolution and neoteny in skuas Stercorari- Oryzoborus angolensis Sporophile curio idae. Journal of Avian Biology 30:205–215. BANKS, R. C. 2000. The Cuban Martin in Florida. Move Icterus bullockii to position following I. pustu- Florida Field Naturalist 28: in press. latus BEARDSLEE,C.S.,AND H. D. MITCHELL. 1965. Birds Delete the entries for the following: of the Niagara Frontier Region. Bulletin of the Glaucidium jardinii Buffalo Society of Natural Science Vol. 22. Myrmotherula surinamensis BIRKHEAD, T. R. 1991. The magpies. T & A D Poyser, London. BOND, J. 1936. Birds of the West Indies. Academy of p. 742. Replace GRIFFITHS, C. 1994 with GRIFFITHS, C. S. 1994a. Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. BOND, J. 1947. Field guide to birds of the West Indies. The Committee has discussed most agenda items Macmillan, New York. that have accumulated since the 7th edition. Changes BRAUN,M.J.,AND R. T. BRUMFIELD. 1998. Enigmatic in treatment were delayed on some items with the phylogeny of skuas: An alternative hypothesis. hope that more convincing evidence would be forth- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Se- coming. Proposals considered but not yet accepted ries B 265:995–999. by the Committee include the following: separation BRINKLEY, E. S. 1995. Dark-rumped storm-petrels in of Pterodroma heraldica from P. arminjoniana; separa- the North Atlantic. Birding 27:95–97. tion of Puffinus newelli from P. auricularis; separation BROWN,L.,AND D. AMADON. 1968. Eagles, hawks, of Numenius hudsonicus from N. phaeopus; separation and falcons of the world. Country Life Books, of Cuculus optatus from C. saturatus; separation of the Feltham, United Kingdom. extralimital population magellanicus from Bubo vir- BULL, J. 1974. Birds of New York State. Doubleday/ ginianus; separation of Glaucidium gnoma into two or Natural History Press. Reissued in 1985, Cornell more species; division of Corvus palmarum into two University Press, Ithaca, New York. species; division of Chasiempis sandwichensis into COHEN,B.L.,A.J.BAKER,K.BLECHSCHMIDT,D.L. three species; removal of Troglodytes troglodytes to the DITTMANN,R.W.FURNESS,J.A.GERWIN,A.J. genus Nannus; merger of Myadestes woahensis into M. HELBIG,J.DE KORTE,H.D.MARSHALL,R.L.PAL- lanaiensis; separation of Turdus graysoni from T. ru- MA, H.-U. PETER,R.RAMLI,I.SIEBOLD,M.S. fopalliatus; separation of Spizella taverneri from S. WILLCOX,R.H.WILSON, AND R. M. ZINK. 1997. breweri; revision of generic relationships in the Em- Enigmatic phylogeny of skuas (Aves: Stercora- berizidae; and separation of Loxia megaplaga from L. riidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Lon- leucoptera. Several other matters published late in don Series B 264:181–190. 1999 have been added to the agenda for consider- CUBITT, M. G. 1995. Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrels at Tyne- ation in the next two years. mouth: New to Britain and Ireland. British Birds Acknowledgments.—Michel Gosselin is serving the 88:342–348. Committee as its authority for French names, and CURSON,J.,D.QUINN, AND D. BEADLE. 1994. Warblers Normand David is serving as authority for classical of the Americas. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. languages, especially relative to gender of generic DAVIS, J. 1965. Natural history, variation, and distri- July 2000] Forty-second Supplement 857

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RICHARD C. BANKS,1,10,11 CARLA CICERO,2 JON L. DUNN,3 ANDREW W. K RATTER,4 PAMELA C. RASMUSSEN,5,9 J. V. REMSEN,JR.,6 JAMES D. RISING,7 AND DOUGLAS F. S TOTZ8 1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, Washington, DC 20560-0111, USA; 2Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA; 3RR2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 4Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 5Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560-0116, USA; 6Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 7Department of Zoology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; and 8Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA

This is the second Supplement since publication of (5) five species names are changed because of generic the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American reallocation (Platalea ajaja, Porphyrio martinica, Por- Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union 1998). It sum- phyrio flavirostris, Allenia fusca, Passerina caerulea); (6) marizes decisions made by the AOU’s Committee on spelling of the scientific names of two species is Classification and Nomenclature between 1 January changed because of rules relating to agreement in 2000 and 31 December 2001. The Committee has con- gender with generic names (Phalaropus fulicarius, tinued to operate in the manner outlined in the 42nd Donacobius atricapilla); (7) authorship and date of Supplement (AOU 2000). Changes in this Supple- publication of one species are changed for nomen- ment fall into 10 categories: (1) four species are add- clatural reasons (Centrocercus minimus); (8) three En- ed to the main list or are transferred from the Ap- glish names are changed, one because of a species pendix to the main list because of new distributional split (Galapagos Petrel), one to avoid implicit geo- information (Larus cirrocephalus, Larus dominicanus, graphic limitations (Mariana Swiftlet), and one to re- Aratinga mitrata, Phylloscopus inornatus); (2) four spe- flect relationships more clearly (Eared Quetzal); (9) cies are added to the main list because of splitting of two species are added to the Appendix (Agapornis ro- species previously on the list (Pterodroma sandwich- seicollis, Amazilia alfaroana); and (10) species limits ensis, Gallinago delicata, Chaetura fumosa, Baeolophus and statements of distribution are changed for two atricristatus); (3) two species replace others now on species because of splits of extralimital populations the list because of splitting from extralimital forms (Zenaida asiatica, Carduelis flammea). In addition, the (Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis striigularis); (4) distributional statements of some species already on one species (Amazilia cyanifrons)isremovedfromthe the list are amended in instances where significant list because its only representative in our area has new information has become available, or where ac- been reassigned status and moved to the Appendix; ceptance of distributional records modifies the list of birds known from north of the Mexico–United States border, essentially the southern limit of the AOU 9 Present address: Michigan State University Mu- Check-list before the 6th edition. The additions to and seum, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045, USA. deletion from the main list bring the number of spe- 10 Authors are members of the Committee on Clas- cies recognized as occurring in the Check-list area sification and Nomenclature of the American Orni- (main list) to 2,030. Literature that provides the basis thologists’ Union, listed alphabetically after the for the Committee’s decisions is cited at the end of Chairman. the Supplement, and citations not already in the Lit- 11 E-mail: [email protected], or erature Cited of the 7th edition become additions to richard࿞[email protected] it. An updated list of the bird species known from the 897 898 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 119

AOU Check-list area may be accessed at http:// ‘‘earlier sight reports from off the coast of North www.AOU.org/aou/birdlist.html. America, from Newfoundland to Florida, remain unsatisfactory.’’ The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers refer thereto) result from the Committee’s p. 14. The occurrence of Pterodroma cahow in waters actions: off the Atlantic coast of the United States has been veriﬁed by Wingate et al. (1998). Change the second pp. xvii–liv. In the list of bird species known from paragraph in the Distribution statement for the spe- the Check-list area, change 2023 (from 42nd Supple- cies to read: ment) to 2030. In the list, insert the following species in the proper position as indicated by the text of this Ranges at sea, exact area unknown; at least 10 re- Supplement: cords, nearly all recent and many substantiated by Pterodroma sandwichensis Hawaiian Petrel (H) photos, off the coast of North Carolina between late Gallinago delicata Wilson’s Snipe May and mid-August (Wingate et al. 1998, ABA Larus cirrocephalus Gray-hooded Gull (A) 1999). Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull Aratinga mitrata Mitred Parakeet (I) p. 15. Pterodroma sandwichensis is recognized as a Chaetura fumosa Costa Rican Swift species distinct from P.phaeopygia on the basis of dif- Phaethornis longirostris Long-billed Hermit ferences in vocalizations and morphology (Tomkins Phaethornis striigularis Stripe-throated Hermit and Milne 1991, Browne et al. 1997) that are com- Baeolophus atricristatus Black-crested Titmouse parable to species-level differences elsewhere in the Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed Warbler (A) genus.

Remove the following names: Change the English name of P. phaeopygia to Ga- Phaethornis superciliosus Long-tailed Hermit lapagos Petrel. Phaethornis longuemareus Little Hermit Amazilia cyanifrons Indigo-capped Hummingbird Replace Distribution of P. phaeopygia with: Breeds in the Galapagos Islands (Isabella, San Sal- Change the following scientific names, with no vador, Santa Cruz, Floreana, and San Cristo´bal). change in English names: Ranges at sea in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Ajaia ajaja to Platalea ajaja Clipperton Island and Costa Rica (Slud 1964) south Porphyrula martinica to Porphyrio martinica to northern Peru, perhaps north to western Mexico Porphyrula flavirostris to Porphyrio flavirostris (Howell and Webb 1995). Phalaropus fulicaria to Phalaropus fulicarius Donacobius atricapillus to Donacobius atricapilla Replace the Notes under P.phaeopygia with: Under Margarops fuscus to Allenia fusca English name Dark-rumped Petrel, formerly includ- Guiraca caerulea to Passerina caerulea ed P. sandwichensis, now recognized as distinct. See comments under P. hasitata and P. sandwichensis. Change the following English names: Pterodroma phaeopygia Galapagos Petrel Insert the following after P. phaeopygia: Aerodramus bartschi Mariana Swiftlet Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway). Hawaiian Euptilotis neoxenus Eared Quetzal Petrel. Œ[stralata] sandwichensis Ridgway, 1884, in Baird, Rearrange the species (and English) names in Pas- Brewer, and Ridgway, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 13, serina into the following sequence: vol. 2, p. 395. (Sandwich Islands ϭ Hawaii.) Passerina caerulea Passerina amoena Habitat.—Nests in burrows in rain forest; forages Passerina cyanea in tropical oceans. Passerina rositae Distribution.—As for sandwichensis group in P. Passerina leclancherii phaeopygia account. Passerina versicolor Notes.—Formerly included with P. phaeopygia as Passerina ciris Dark-rumped Petrel but separated on the basis of differences in vocalizations, morphology, and genet- p. 10. The occurrence of Thalassarche melanophris in ics (Tomkins and Milne 1991, Browne et al. 1997). A Atlantic waters off the United States has been veri- photograph and sight reports from California, and a fied by Patteson et al. (1999). In the paragraph be- sight report from Oregon, may be of either species. ginning ‘‘Casual,’’ after the record for Martinique, insert: ‘‘and Virginia (about 65 nautical miles east of p. 16. Bulweria bulwerii has been documented as oc- Virginia Beach, 6 February 1999; Patteson et al. curring in waters of the United States. Delete the last 1999).’’ Change the last clause of the paragraph to phrase ‘‘sight reports from Florida’’ from the second July 2002] Forty-third Supplement 899 paragraph on Distribution and add a new paragraph p. 136. Following Olson (1973) and others, the ge- as follows: nus Porphyrula is merged into Porphyrio. Replace the generic heading with: Accidental in summer off Outer Banks, North Car- olina (LeGrand et al. 1999) and in Monterey Bay, Cal- Genus PORPHYRIO Brisson ifornia (Field Notes 52: 498, 1998; photo). There are sight reports from Florida (Robertson and Woolfen- Porphyrio Brisson, 1760, Orn. 1, p. 48; 5, p. 522. den 1992). Type by tautonomy, Porphyrio Brisson ϭ Fulica porphyrio Linnaeus. p. 50. The genus Ajaia is merged into Platalea,following most recent treatments (e.g. Matheu and del Retain the citation for Porphyrula as a synonym but Hoyo in del Hoyo et al. 1992). Replace the generic delete Notes under generic heading. heading with: Change species headings to Porphyrio martinica Genus PLATALEA Linnaeus (Linnaeus). Purple Gallinule and Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin). Azure Gallinule. Under each species, Platalea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., (ed. 10), 1: 139. add a Note: Formerly placed in the genus Porphyrula. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray 1840), Plata- lea leucorodia Linnaeus. p. 177. Because of differences in the winnowing Retain the citation for Ajaia as a synonym. display sounds and morphology (Tho¨nen 1969, Mill- er 1996), Gallinago delicata (Wilson’s Snipe) is recognized as a species distinct from the Old World G. gal- Change the species heading to: Platalea ajaja Lin- linago, which retains the name Common Snipe. Insert naeus. Roseate Spoonbill. Change Notes to read: For- the following before the account for G. gallinago: merly placed in the monotypic genus Ajaia.

p. 112. Add to Notes under Ortalis ruficauda:For Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson’s Snipe. updated information on distribution, see Smith and Scolopax delicata Ord, 1825, in reprint Wilson, Amer- Smith (1999). ican Ornithology, 9, p. ccxviii (Pennsylvania.) Habitat.—Wet grassy areas, from tundra to tem- p. 119. Replace the heading, citation, and type lo- perate lowlands. cality for Centrocercus minimus Bradbury and Vehren- Distribution.—as the delicata group in account of camp, inserted by the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000) G. gallinago. with: Notes.—Formerly considered part of G. gallinago Centrocercus minimus Young et al. Gunnison Sage- because of overall morphological similarities (Ober- Grouse. holser 1921), but now separated on the basis of dif- Centrocercus minimus Young, Braun, Oyler-Mc- ferences in winnowing display sounds associated Cance, Hupp, and Quinn, 2000, Wilson Bull. 112: 446. with differences in the outer tail feathers (Tho¨nen (Approximately 32 km southeast of Gunnison, Gun- 1969, Tuck 1972, Miller 1996) that are comparable to nison County, Colorado.) differences between other closely related species in the genus. The name was used by Bradbury and Vehrencamp only in a caption to identify a bird pictured on the Modify the account of Gallinago gallinago by re- cover of their 1998 book ‘‘Principles of Animal Com- moving references to the delicata group. Change munication.’’ It was not used in the text, and it does Notes to read: Formerly included G. delicata,now not appear in the second printing of the book. As a considered distinct. South American and African name proposed ‘‘as a means of temporary reference taxa also have been considered conspecific with, or and not for formal taxonomic use as a scientific name closely related to, G. gallinago by some authors, but in zoological nomenclature,’’ it is excluded from the are now generally treated as distinct (e.g. Fjeldsa˚and provisions of the International Code of Zoological Krabbe 1990). Nomenclature under Article 1(b)(6) of the third edition (ICZN 1985) and Article 1.3.5 of the fourth edi- p. 180. The name of the Red Phalarope should be tion (ICZN 1999) of the Code. The first available Phalaropus fulicarius,notfulicaria. The specific name name is that proposed by Young et al. (2000). In for- is an adjective and must agree in gender with the ge- mal listings, as in the citation in this Check-list, all au- neric name (David and Gosselin 2000). thors of the name Centrocercus minimus should be given; in less formal listings, as in the species head- p. 187. Larus cirrocephalus, the Gray-hooded Gull, ing, the authorship of Centrocercus minimus can be is moved from the Appendix to the main list because given merely as Young et al., 2000. of additional information on distribution. Before the 900 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 119 account for Larus modestus, insert the following ac- asiatica is recognized as a species. From the citation count: for Melopelia in the synonymy of the genus Zenaida, remove the phrase ‘‘ϭColumba asiatica Linnaeus.’’ Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot. Gray-hooded Gull. Remove information about the meloda group, and Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot, 1818, Nouv. Dict. Hist. the words ‘‘asiatica group,’’ from the account of Zen- Nat. (nouv. e´d.) 21: 502. (Bre´sil ϭ RiodeJaniero, aida asiatica. Change Notes to read: Formerly includ- Brazil.) ed Zenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843) [Pacific Dove] of Habitat.—Bays, estuaries, and lagoons; fresh wa- the Pacific coast of South America, now separated as ter marshes and lakes. a species on the basis of differences in nuclear and Distribution.—Resident in South America, from mitochondrial DNA, vocalizations, and morphology southern Ecuador to Peru on the Pacific coast and (Johnson and Clayton 2000, Tubaro and Mahler 1998, from Uruguay to central Argentina on the Atlantic Gibbs et al. 2001). The two form a superspecies that coast; and in tropical and southern Africa and Mad- is the sister group to the other species of Zenaida. agascar. Eastern South American populations winter within their breeding range north to Paraguay and p. 235. Aratinga mitrata, established in southern southern Brazil. California, is added to the Check-list. After the ac- Accidental in the panhandle of Florida (Franklin count for Aratinga finschi, insert: County, 26 December 1998; McNair 1999) and in the Mediterranean region (Spain). There is a sight report Aratinga mitrata (Tschudi). Mitred Parakeet. for the Pacific coast of Panama (Ridgely 1976). Conurus mitratus Tschudi, 1844, Arch. f. Naturg. 10, Notes.—Also known as Gray-headed Gull. p. 304. (Peru; restricted to Chanchamayo Valley by Zimmer, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 17: p. 193. The Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus, is moved 263, 1930.) from the Appendix to the main list because of ad- Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest (1,000–3,400 ditional information on distribution. After the ac- m); urban areas where introduced. count for Larus marinus, insert the following: Distribution.—Resident in the eastern Andes from central Peru south to central Bolivia and western Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein. Kelp Gull. Argentina. Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823, Verz. Doubl. Introduced and established in southern California Zool. Mus., Berlin, p. 502. (Coasts of Brazil.) (Los Angeles and Orange counties), where present Habitat.—Seacoasts, estuaries, rivers, and lakes, since at least 1980 (Collins and Kares 1997, Garrett from sea level to 1,500 m. 1997); also reported (Garrett 1998) from elsewhere in Distribution.—Resident in South America from California (San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Di- southwestern Ecuador and southeastern Brazil south ego areas) and from peninsular Florida, where it has to Tierra del Fuego; in Africa from central Namibia bred (Stevenson and Anderson 1994). and eastern South Africa south to the Cape; in southern Australia; in New Zealand; and on islands in the p. 243. Add the following paragraph to the Distri- southern oceans. bution of Amazona viridigenalis: Casual since at least 1989 on Chandeleur Islands, Introduced and established in southern California St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (specimen) where hy- (Los Angeles and Orange counties) since the 1960s bridization has occurred with Larus argentatus (Garrett 1997). (Amer. Birds 44: 1147, 1990). Records from the Yu- catan in 1991, 1993, and 1994 have been accompanied p. 264. Asio stygius is recognized as a species that by photographs (Howell et al. 1993) as have reports occurs in the United States. Insert a new paragraph from Texas and Indiana. One individual was present under Distribution as follows: at the same site in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, in Accidental in southern Texas; single birds seen and January and February 1998 and 1999 (Kostenko photographed at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State 1999). In Africa, casual north to Senegal, Kenya and Park, Hidalgo County, 9 December 1994 (Cooksey Mauritania (Pineau et al. 2001). 1998) and 26 December 1996 (Wright and Wright 1997). p. 222. Add to Notes under Streptopelia decaocto:For updated information on the rapidly changing distri- p. 278. On the basis of morphologic characters an- bution of this species, see Romagosa and McEneaney alyzed by Marıń (2000), Chaetura fumosa is recog- (1999) and Romagosa and Labisky (2000). nized as a species distinct from C. spinicauda.Re- move the Costa Rican part of the distribution from p. 223. On the basis of comparative genetic, mor- the account of C. spinicauda (on p. 279), and insert phological, and vocal evidence (Johnson and Clayton ‘‘central and eastern’’ before ‘‘Panama.’’ To that ac- 2000, Gibbs et al. 2001), the meloda group of Zenaida count, add: July 2002] Forty-third Supplement 901

Notes.—Formerly included C. fumosa Salvin; see p. 284. We follow Hinkelmann and Schuchmann comments under that species. (1997) in separating the Phaethornis striigularis complex from P.longuemareus of northern South America, p. 279. After the account of Chaetura spinicauda, in- both on morphological grounds and because no sat- sert: isfactory basis for their merger (Griscom 1932) was ever given. Replace the account for P. longuemareus Chaetura fumosa Salvin. Costa Rican Swift. with the following: Chaetura fumosa Salvin, 1870. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- Phaethornis striigularis Gould. Stripe-throated don, 1874, p. 204. (Bugaba, Chiriquı´, Panama.) Hermit. Habitat.—Lowland Humid Tropical Forest (Trop- Phae¨thornis striigularis Gould, 1854, Monogr. Tro- ical zone). chil., pt. 8, pl. 15, ϭ pl. 37 of Vol. 1. (Bogota´, Distribution.—Resident in southwestern Costa Colombia.) Rica (El General, Te´rraba, and Golfo Dulce regions) Habitat.—as for P. longuemareus. and western Panama (Chiriquı´). Distribution.—Resident on the Gulf-Caribbean Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. slope of Middle America from Veracruz, northern spinicauda, but separated on morphological grounds Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, and Quintana by Marıń (2000), who considers C. spinicauda, C. fu- Roo south through Belize and eastern Guatemala to mosa, and the South American C. egregia Todd, 1916 Honduras, on both slopes in Nicaragua (rare on Pa- [Pale-rumped Swift] to form a superspecies with C. cific slope), Costa Rica (rare in dry northwest) and martinica, contra Sibley and Monroe (1990). Panama, and in northern Venezuela, northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador. Add to Notes under C. cinereiventris and C. martin- Notes.—Along with the western Amazonian P. ica: See comments under C. fumosa. atrimentalis Lawrence, 1858 [Black-throated Hermit], formerly included in P. longuemareus (Lesson, 1832) p. 280. The English name of Aerodramus bartschi is and known as Little Hermit, but the three were sep- changed from Guam Swiftlet to Mariana Swiftlet, to arated by Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997). express its distribution more accurately. Add to the Howell and Webb (1995) also suggested that strii- note: Formerly known as Guam Swiftlet. gularis should be recognized as a species but treated the complex in the genus Pygmornis Bonaparte; see Gill and Gerwin (1989). Populations from Mexico to p. 283. We follow Hinkelmann (1996) and Hinkel- northwestern Colombia and western Ecuador were mann and Schuchmann (1997) in separating the treated as the adolphi group by AOU (1998) and rec- Phaethornis longirostris complex from P. superciliosus ognized as a species P.adolphi Gould, 1857 [Boucard’s of South America on morphological grounds and be- Hermit] by Davis (1972). Here they are treated as cause no satisfactory basis for their merger (Peters part of striigularis and not considered to constitute a 1929) was ever given. Replace the account for P. su- group. Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997) note the perciliosus with the following: existence of hybrids between nominate striigularis Phaethornis longirostris (DeLattre). Long-billed and other taxa included in this species in northern Hermit. Colombia. Ornismaya longirostris DeLattre, 1843, E´ cho du Monde Savant, no. 45, col. 1070. (Guatemala.) p. 298. Weller (2001) proposed that the single specimen of Amazilia cyanifrons from the Check-list area, Habitat.—as for P. superciliosus. tentatively treated (AOU 1998) as the subspecies A. Distribution.—as for griseoventer, mexicanus, lon- c. alfaroana, should be recognized as a species, A. al- girostris,andbaroni groups in present account of P. faroana Underwood, 1896. We accept the removal of superciliosus. that unique specimen from the species A. cyanifrons, Notes.—Groups: P. griseoventer Phillips, 1962 [Jal- but place it in Part 2 of the Appendix on the basis that isco Hermit], P. mexicanus Hartert, 1897 [Hartert’s its status as a species rather than a hybrid individual Hermit], P. longirostris (DeLattre, 1843) [Long-billed has not been adequately demonstrated. As a result of Hermit], and P.baroni Hartert, 1897 [Baron’s Hermit]. this treatment, Amazilia cyanifrons becomes extralim- Formerly treated as conspecific with P. superciliosus ital to the Check-list area and the account for that spe- (Linnaeus, 1766) [Rusty-breasted Hermit] with the cies is deleted. English name Long-tailed Hermit, but separated on the basis of coloration and size by Hinkelmann p. 318. The English name of Euptilotis neoxenus is (1996) and Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997). changed from Eared Trogon to Eared Quetzal, to in- Howell and Webb (1995) treated mexicanus and gri- dicate its affinities more precisely, following Howell seoventer as a species [Mexican Hermit] under the for- and Webb (1995). Change the Notes under that spe- mer name, distinct from longirostris. cies to: 902 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 119

Notes.—Formerly known as Eared Trogon. Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth). Yellow-browed Warbler. p. 330. In the top line, pleuricinctus should be Regulus inornatus Blyth, 1842, Journ. Asiat. Soc. pluricinctus. Bengal 11: 191. (near Calcutta [India] fide Ticehurst, 1938, Syst. Rev. Genus Phylloscopus, p. 100.) p. 410. Records of the Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, in the United States are recognized. Re- Habitat.—Open broadleaf, often riparian, forest. place the last sentence in the species account (on p. Distribution.—Breeds in western Siberia from up- 411) with: Accidental in southeastern New Mexico per Pechora River district east across Siberia to north (Lea County, 1–7 September 1996 [NAS Field Notes shore of Sea of Okhotsk and south to south-central 51: 100, 1997]), Texas (Big Bend National Park, 4 Siberia, eastern Mongolia, northern Manchuria, Us- April 1998 [Field Notes 52: 356, 407, 1998] and on an suriland, and possibly North Korea. oil rig off the coast of Kenedy County, 21–22 October Winters in the lower Himalayas from central Nepal 2000 [North American Birds 55: 72, 248, photo, eastward, and in plains and hills of northeastern In- 2001]), and southern Florida (15 March 1991). The dia and Bangladesh east to southeastern China and latter record was initially published as a Variegated Taiwan (rare) and Hainan and south through all of Flycatcher (Bradbury 1992). See ABA (2001). southeast Asia. Wanders, especially in fall, to Scandinavia and p. 414. Add to the Notes under Tyrannus caudifas- northern Europe, especially to northern European ciatus: For updated information on distribution, see countries bordering the North Sea coasts. Much rarer Smith et al. (2000). No records in the United States or casual in central and southern Europe and other (Florida) are recognized. Delete the first clause of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Very second paragraph under Distribution. rare migrant to Japan and casual in Iceland. One sight report for Sumatra. p. 466. A reevaluation of the nature of the hybrid Accidental in Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Is- zone, genetics, and vocal differences in Baeolophus bi- land, 23–24 September 1999, Lehman 2000a, b). color results in the two groups being separated as Notes.—Formerly included Phylloscopus humei species. (Brooks, 1878) [Hume’s Leaf Warbler], recently sep- Remove groups from Baeolophus bicolor account, arated as a species (see British Ornithologists’ Union and replace text with that for bicolor group. Change 1997). Notes for B. bicolor account to read: ‘‘Formerly con- p. 502. A record of Catharus aurantiirostris in the sidered conspecific with B. atricristatus. These two United States is accepted. Add the following para- species hybridize freely in a stable, narrow zone graph to the section on Distribution: through east-central Texas (Dixon 1955, 1989, 1990), Accidental in Texas (Laguna Atascosa National but they are distinct genetically (Braun et al. 1984, Wildlife Refuge), 8 April 1996 (photographs; Papish Avise and Zink 1988, Sheldon et al. 1992) and vocally et al. 1997, ABA 1999). (Dixon 1955, Coldren 1992). p. 522. The genus Allenia, currently merged into p. 467: Insert the following account after B. bicolor. Margarops, is separated on the basis of genetic dif- Baeolophus atricristatus (Cassin). Black-crested ferences (Hunt et al. 2001). Before the genus Margar- Titmouse. ops, insert the heading: Parus atricristatus Cassin, 1850, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5: 103. (Texas, on the Rio Grande.) Genus ALLENIA Cory Habitat.—As for atricristatus group in bicolor Move the citation for Allenia from the synonymy of account. Margarops. Distribution.—As for atricristatus group in bicolor Move the species now called Margarops fuscus into account. Allenia as Allenia fusca (Mu¨ ller). The Notes under that Notes.—See comments under B. bicolor. species should be changed to read: ‘‘Sometimes placed in the genus Margarops.’’ p. 471. The name of the Black-capped Donacobius should be Donacobius atricapilla,notatricapillus.The p. 636. The monotypic genus Guiraca is merged specific name was originally used as a noun and does into Passerina as a result of an analysis of mtDNA not change gender to agree with the generic name (Klicka et al. 2001) which reveals a close relationship (David and Gosselin 2000). between G. caerulea and P. amoena. Other traits (e.g. behavior, molts, plumages) support this treatment p. 490. Phylloscopus inornatus is added to the main (Phillips et al. 1964, Blake 1969, Mayr and Short list because of a well-documented distributional re- 1970). Replace the heading of the genus Guiraca with cord from Alaska. After the account for Phylloscopus the heading and citation for Passerina now on p. 637. fuscatus, insert: Remove the note under Guiraca; move the citation of July 2002] Forty-third Supplement 903

Guiraca to the synonymy of the genus Passerina. Change Amazilia alfaroana Underwood. Alfaro’s the heading of the species Guiraca caerulea to: Hummingbird. Amazilia alfaroana Underwood, 1896, Ibis, 1896, p. Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus). Blue Grosbeak. 441 (Volcań de Miravalles, Costa Rica.) Insert at the end of the account for that species the following: This unique specimen has been treated (Stiles and Skutch 1989, AOU 1998) as a subspecies of Amazilia Notes.—Formerly in the monotypic genus Guiraca, cyanifrons (Bourcier, 1843) following Carriker (1910). but merged into Passerina because of similarities in Weller (2001) thinks that the specimen was missexed, mtDNA (Klicka et al. 2001) as well as in behavior, and that it is a distinct species because of color and molts, and plumages (Phillips et al. 1964, Blake size characters that do not quite match either A. cy- 1969). anifrons or A. saucerrottei. The possibility of hybrid origin has not been ruled out convincingly. p. 637 ff. The species in the genus Passerina are rearranged in the sequence caerulea, amoena, cyanea, ros- p. 705–730. In the list of French names of North itae, leclancherii, versicolor, ciris. This sequence reflects American Birds: strongly supported genetic data (Klicka et al. 2001) that suggests a close relationship between P.caerulea Insert the following in the appropriate places, as and P. amoena and between P. versicolor and P. ciris. indicated by the preceding text: The position of P.cyanea near P.amoena is maintained on the basis of other indications (hybridization, vocal Pterodroma sandwichensis Pe´trel des Hawaı¨ similarity) of a close relationship. Gallinago delicata Bećassine de Wilson Aratinga mitrata Conure mitreé p. 664. The populations of Common Redpoll in the Chaetura fumosa Martinet du Costa Rica British Isles and central Europe, constituting the Phaethornis longirostris Ermite a` longue queue subspecies Carduelis flammea cabaret, are separated as Phaethornis striigularis Ermite a` gorge rayeé a distinct species (Knox et al. 2001) on the basis of Baeolophus atricristatus Me´sange a` plumet noir differences in morphology, vocalizations, and behav- Phylloscopus inornatus Pouillot a` grands sourcils ior, and sympatric breeding of the two forms in Agapornis roseicollis Inse´parable rosegorge southern Norway. Amazilia alfaroana Ariane d’Alfaro

Delete the phrase ‘‘the British Isles and central Eu- Move the following from the Appendix list to the rope (Alps),’’ from the statement of breeding distri- main list: bution of Carduelis flammea. To the Notes for that spe- Larus cirrocephalus cies, add: Formerly included Carduelis cabaret Larus dominicanus (Mu¨ ller, 1776) [Lesser Redpoll], recently separated by Knox et al. (2001). Change the following scientific names, retaining the French names: p. 692. Larus cirrocephalus and Larus dominicanus are moved from the Appendix to the main list. Ajaia ajaja to Platalea ajaja Porphyrula martinica to Porphyrio martinica p. 693. After the account for Columba goodsoni, in- Porphyrula flavirostris to Porphyrio flavirostris sert: Phalaropus fulicaria to Phalaropus fulicarius Donacobius atricapillus to Donacobius atricapilla Agapornis roseicollis (Vieillot). Peach-faced Margarops fuscus to Allenia fusca Lovebird. Guiraca caerulea to Passerina caerulea Psittacus roseicollis Vieillot, 1817 (1818), Nouv.Dict. Delete the following from the list: Hist. Nat. (nouv. e´d.) 25: 377. (Interior of the Cape of Good Hope.) Phaethornis superciliosus This popular cage bird, native to dry country of Phaethornis longuemareus southwestern Africa, is considered established in Amazilia cyanifrons and around Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona Change the French names of the following: (North American Birds 54: 85, 2000). It has been reported nesting in cavities in saguaro cactus and in Caracara cheriway to Caracara du Nord palms (T. Corman pers. comm., G. Clark pers. Campylopterus curvipennis to Campylopte`re pampa comm.). Escapees have been reported in southern Euptilotis neoxenus to Quetzal oreillard Florida (Stevenson and Anderson 1994). Philydor fuscipennis to Anabate a` ailes sombres Pica hudsonia to Pie d’Ame´rique p. 700. Insert the following after the account for Calyptophilus tertius to Tangara d’Haı¨ti Amazilia bangsi: Icterus bullockii to Oriole de Bullock 904 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 119

Rearrange the species in the genus Passerina as fol- Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk lows: 117:847–858. Passerina caerulea AVISE,J.C.,AND R. M. ZINK. 1988. Molecular genetic Passerina amoena divergence between avian sibling species: King Passerina cyanea and Clapper rails, Long-billed and Short-billed Passerina rositae dowitchers, Boat-tailed and Great-tailed grack- Passerina leclancherii les, and Tufted and Black-crested titmice. Auk Passerina versicolor 105:516–528. Passerina ciris BLAKE, C. H. 1969. Notes on the Indigo Bunting. Bird-Banding 40:133–139. p. 760. Insert the following reference in the proper BRADBURY, R. C. 1992. First Florida record of Varie- position: gated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) at Garden Sealy, S. G., H. R. Carter, W. D. Shuford, K. D. Pow- Key, Dry Tortugas. Florida Field Naturalist 20: ers, and C. A. Chase, III. 1991. Long-distance va- 42–44. grancy of the Asiatic Marbled Murrelet in North BRAUN,D.,G.B.KITTO, AND M. J. BRAUN. 1984. Mo- America, 1979–1989. Western Birds 22:145–155. lecular population genetics of tufted and black- crested forms of Parus bicolor. Auk 101:170–173. p. 768. In the citation to Zink and Blackwell, insert BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’UNION. 1997. Records the date 1996. Committee: Twenty-third report (July 1996). Ibis 139:197–201. Taxonomic proposals considered but not yet ac- BROWNE,R.A.,D.J.ANDERSON,J.N.HOUSER,F. cepted by the Committee include: separation of Ca- CRUZ,K.J.GLASGOW,C.N.HODGES, AND G. lonectris borealis from C. diomedea; splitting the genus MASSEY. 1997. Genetic diversity and divergence Anas into two or three genera; separation of Anas car- of endangered Galapagos and Hawaiian petrel olinensis from A. crecca; separation of Pyrrhura eisen- populations. Condor 99:812–815. manni from P. picta; separation of Cynanthus double- CARRIKER,M.A.,JR. 1910. An annotated list of the dayi from C. latirostris; separation of Amazilia wagneri from A. viridifrons; separation of Petrochelidon pallida birds of Costa Rica, including Cocos Island. An- from P. fulva; separation of Toxostoma palmeri from T. nals of the Carnegie Museum 6:314–915. curvirostre; recognition of Sporophila corvina rather COLDREN, C. L. 1992. A comparison of the songs of than S. americana in our area; and merger of Cyano- the Tufted and Black-crested titmice in Texas. compsa into Passerina. M.S. thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. COLLINS,C.T.,AND L. M. KARES. 1997. Seasonal ﬂock ACKNOWLEDGMENTS sizes of naturalized Mitred Parakeets (Aratinga Michel Gosselin is serving the Committee as its au- mitrata) in Long Beach, California. Western Birds thority for French names, and Normand David is 28:218–222. serving as authority for classical languages, espe- COOKSEY, M. 1998. A pre-1996 North American re- cially relative to gender of generic names. M. J. cord of Stygian Owl. Field Notes 52:265–266. Braun, L. Bull, T. Corman, E. C. Dickinson, K. L. Gar- DAVID,N.,AND M. GOSSELIN. 2000. The supposed rett, D. D. Gibson, S. N. G. Howell, H. F. James, A. signiﬁcance of originally capitalized species- Knox, M. Michener, S. L. Olson, A. T. Peterson, H. D. group names. Bulletin of the British Ornitholo- Pratt, S. G. Sealy, A. Sheehey, J. M. Sheppard, F. C. gists’ Club 120:261–266. Thompson, and G. Wiles either called matters to our DAVIS, L. I. 1972. A Field Guide to the Birds of Mex- attention or provided helpful advice, or both. ico and Central America. University of Texas Press, Austin. LITERATURE CITED DEL HOYO,J.,A.ELLIOTT, AND J. SARGATAL,EDS. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. ABA CHECKLIST COMMITTEE. 1999. 1998–1999 ABA Checklist Committee Report. Birding 31:518– 1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. 524. DIXON, K. L. 1955. An ecological analysis of the in- ABA CHECKLIST COMMITTEE. 2001. 2000–2001 ABA terbreeding of crested titmice in Texas. Univer- Checklist Committee Report. Birding 33:568– sity of California Publications in Zoology 54: 571. 125–206. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’UNION. 1998. Check- DIXON, K. L. 1989. Contact zones of avian congeners list of North American Birds, 7th ed. American on the southern Great Plains. Condor 91:15–22. Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. DIXON, K. L. 1990. Constancy of margins of the hy- AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’UNION. 2000. Forty-sec- brid zone in titmice of the Parus bicolor complex ond supplement to the American Ornithologists’ in coastal Texas. Auk 107:184–188. July 2002] Forty-third Supplement 905

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DATE OF ISSUE (Vol. 119, No. 3): 10 September 2002 The Auk 120(3):923–931, 2003

FORTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

RICHARD C. BANKS,1,9,10 CARLA CICERO,2 JON L. DUNN,3 ANDREW W. KRATTER,4 PAMELA C. RASMUSSEN,5 J. V. REMSEN, JR.,6 JAMES D. RISING,7 AND DOUGLAS F. STOTZ8

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, Washington, DC 20560-0111, USA; 2Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA; 3RR2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 4Florida Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 5Michigan State University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045, USA; 6Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 7Department of Zoology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; and 8Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA

This is the third Supplement since publication of distribution of one species is changed because of the the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds merger with it of an extralimital form (Butorides stria- (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It tus); (8) one species is added to part 2 of the Appendix summarizes decisions made by the AOU’s Committee (Oenoenas chiriquensis); and (9) changes are made in on Classifi cation and Nomenclature between 1 the endings of 9 species names to bring them into January 2002 and 31 December 2002. The Committee conformity with the International Code of Zoological has continued to operate in the manner outlined in the Nomenclature (see David and Gosselin 2002). In addi- 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000), but will now publish tion, several minor changes are made to correct cita- Supplements annually so that changes accepted by the tions of generic names or other errors. The addition to Committee may be publicized more quickly. Changes the main list brings the number of species recognized in this Supplement fall into the following categories: as occurring in the Check-list area (main list) to 2,031. (1) one species is added to the main list because of Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s splitting of a species previously on the list (Loxia decisions is cited at the end of the Supplement, and megaplaga); (2) one species replaces another pres- citations not already in the Literature Cited of the ently on the list because of splitting of an extralimital 7th edition (with Supplements) become additions to form (Picoides dorsalis); (3) two genera (Euphonia and it. An updated list of the bird species known from Chlorophonia), with their 16 species in our area, are the AOU Check-list area may be accessed at http:// moved from the family Thraupidae and placed in the www.AOU.org/aou/birdlist.html. subfamily Euphoniinae in the Fringillidae; (4) three new generic names are inserted in the list because of A signifi cant decision by the Committee refl ected splitting of genera previously included (Patagioenas, in the list of species posted on the AOU web site but Megascops, and Gymnoglaux), with the consequent not yet in the text of the Check-list is the recognition change in generic names of 21 species; (5) one genus of a major grouping of birds generally known as the is removed from the list (Nyctea) because of its merger Galloanseres and comprising the orders Anseriformes with another on the list (Bubo), with the consequent and Galliformes. Multiple lines of evidence show change of the scientifi c name of one species; (6) two that the Galloanseres forms a sister group to the rest English names are changed without change in scien- of the presently recognized Neognathae (p. 3); for a tifi c name (Belcher’s Gull and Rock Pigeon); (7) the review see Cracraft and Clark (2001). Recognition of this group is based on immunological distances (Ho et al. 1976), amino-acid sequences from conservative 9 Authors are members of the Committee on alpha-crystallin genes (Caspers et al. 1997), DNA- Classifi cation and Nomenclature of the American DNA hybridization (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990), mito- Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically after the chondrial DNA gene sequences (Mindell et al. 1997, Chairman. van Tuinen et al. 2000), nuclear gene sequences (Groth 10 E-mail: [email protected] or and Barrowclough 1999), and morphological charac- [email protected] ters (Dzerhinsky 1995, Livezey 1997, Cracraft 1998, 923 924 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 120

Cracraft and Clark 2001). We do not give formal no- genetic data show that they do not belong and place menclatural recognition to this group at this time be- them into a large and growing group of uncertain cause of problems caused in the overall classifi cation position (incertae sedis), which admits our ignorance and because we anticipate that ongoing work in avian but results in a mere list rather than a classifi cation. molecular genetics will result in additional changes Third, we can remove genera from families where in higher level classifi cation. These changes will be they do not belong and place them tentatively in incorporated into the next edition of the Check-list other families on the basis of genetic evidence, which but cannot readily be incorporated into Supplements. risks an unstable classifi cation that may change when The major present effect of recognition of the group more data become available. We have chosen what Galloanseres is the move of the Anseriformes and we believe is a middle ground, to retain the present Galliformes, in that sequence, from their present posi- sequence of families and species, but to mark those tions in the list of species on pp. xvii–liv to a position species that studies have shown or suggested should between the Tinamiformes and Gaviiformes. The rest be transferred to another, but still indefi nite, position. of the ordinal sequence is unchanged. In the list of species on pp. xvii-liv of AOU (1998), and on the AOU web site, we suggest using the symbol * A recent series of papers on genetic relationships to mark such species. When additional studies resolve of members of the nine-primaried oscines has shown the relationship of these problematical taxa, formal that some species and genera long classifi ed in estab- changes will be proposed and acted on. lished family groups actually, or probably, are more closely related to members of other family groups. It The following changes to the 7th edition (page has long been recognized that the distinction between numbers refer thereto) result from the Committee’s “tanagers” and “fi nches” is problematical; see Notes actions: under Emberizidae in AOU 1998:591. Recent studies of mitochondrial DNA (Burns 1997, Burns et al. pp. xvii–liv. In the list of bird species known from 2002, Klicka et al. 2000, García-Moreno et al. 2001, the Check-list area, change 2030 (from 43rd Supplement, Lovette and Bermingham 2002, Yuri and Mindell Banks et. al. 2002) to 2031. Add to the Notes: The sym- 2002) indicate that some species normally considered bol * indicates a species that is probably misplaced in to be members of the Thraupidae are actually more the current phylogenetic listing, but for which data closely related to the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, indicating proper placement are not yet available. or Fringillidae. Other groups of species seem not to belong in the Thraupidae, but relationships with In the list, insert the following species in the proper other families are not obvious. Further, some species position as indicated by the text of this Supplement: traditionally placed in the Emberizidae or Parulidae may make these families paraphyletic or polyphyletic Gymnoglaux lawrencii Bare-legged Owl. in respect to other families in the nine-primaried os- Picoides dorsalis American Three-toed Woodpecker. cines. In many instances these studies complement Loxia megaplaga Hispaniolan Crossbill. and support earlier morphological work that questioned traditional placement but that were inconclu- Remove the following names: sive. The combination of several lines of evidence Otus lawrencii Cuban Screech-Owl. often provide compelling arguments that species and Picoides tridactylus Three-toed Woodpecker. genera are misplaced in the current classifi cation, but do not provide equally compelling arguments about Change the following scientifi c names, with no where they should be placed. The primary reason for change in English names: this is the limited sampling of taxa either within the Neocrex colombianus to Neocrex colombiana misplaced groups or among the potential recipient Chlidonias hybridus to Chlidonias hybrida groups. Another related reason is that different stud- Columba cayennensis to Patagioenas cayennensis ies may lead to different placement, partly because Columba speciosa to Patagioenas speciosa of differences in taxon sampling. These studies leave Columba squamosa to Patagioenas squamosa us with varying degrees of uncertainty about the Columba leucocephala to Patagioenas leucocephala relationships of groups that have been studied—not Columba fl avirostris to Patagioenas fl avirostris to mention those that have not yet been tested. We Columba inornata to Patagioenas inornata anticipate that additional studies, some already under Columba fasciata to Patagioenas fasciata way, will lead eventually to defi nitive answers to Columba caribaea to Patagioenas caribaea questions raised by past studies. Meantime, we are Columba subvinacea to Patagioenas subvinacea faced with several options. First, we can leave the Columba nigrirostris to Patagioenas nigrirostris present classifi cation alone, continuing with a system Otus kennicottii to Megascops kennicottii we know to be fl awed but that is at least familiar. Otus asio to Megascops asio Second, we can remove genera from families where Otus seductus to Megascops seductus July 2003] Forty-fourth Supplement 925

Otus cooperi to Megascops cooperi Calyptophilus tertius Western Chat-Tanager. Otus trichopsis to Megascops trichopsis Calyptophilus frugivorus Eastern Chat-Tanager. Otus choliba to Megascops choliba Rhodinocichla rosea Rosy Thrush-Tanager. Otus barbarus to Megascops barbarus Mitrospingus cassinii Dusky-faced Tanager. Otus guatemalae to Megascops guatemalae Chlorothraupis carmioli Olive Tanager. Otus clarkii to Megascops clarkii Chlorothraupis olivacea Lemon-spectacled Tanager. Otus nudipes to Megascops nudipes Habia rubica Red-crowned Ant-Tanager. Nyctea scandiaca to Bubo scandiacus Habia fuscicauda Red-throated Ant-Tanager. Chaetura spinicauda to Chaetura spinicaudus Habia atrimaxillaris Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager. Ornithion brunneicapillum to Ornithion brunnei- Piranga roseogularis Rose-throated Tanager. capillus Piranga fl ava Hepatic Tanager. Vireo atricapillus to Vireo atricapilla Piranga rubra Summer Tanager. Poecile atricapilla to Poecile atricapillus Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager. Seiurus aurocapillus to Seiurus aurocapilla Piranga ludoviciana Western Tanager. Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena to Chrysothlypis Piranga bidentata Flame-colored Tanager. chrysomelas Piranga leucoptera White-winged Tanager. Piranga erythrocephala Red-headed Tanager. Change the following English names: Spindalis zena Western Spindalis. Larus belcheri Belcher’s Gull. Spindalis nigricephala Jamaican Spindalis. Columba livia Rock Pigeon. Spindalis dominicensis Hispaniolan Spindalis. Spindalis portoricensis Puerto Rican Spindalis. Move the species in Anseriformes and Galliformes Volatinia jacarina Blue-black Grassquit. to a position immediately following those in the Sporophila schistacea Slate-colored Seedeater. Tinamiformes. Sporophila americana Variable Seedeater. Sporophila torqueola White-collared Seedeater. Move the species from Euphonia jamaica through Sporophila nigricollis Yellow-bellied Seedeater. Chlorophonia callophrys to a position following Sporophila minuta Ruddy-breasted Seedeater. Fringilla montifringilla, under the new heading Oryzoborus nuttingi Nicaraguan Seed-Finch. Euphoniinae. Oryzoborus funereus Thick-billed Seed-Finch. Amaurospiza concolor Blue Seedeater. Change the following annotation: Melopyrrha nigra Cuban Bullfi nch. Gracula religiosa Hill Myna. (I) Tiaris canora Cuban Grassquit. Tiaris olivacea Yellow-faced Grassquit. Add the symbol * before each of the following Tiaris bicolor Black-faced Grassquit. names: Loxipasser anoxanthus Yellow-shouldered Microligea palustris Green-tailed Warbler. Grassquit. Teretistris fernandinae Yellow-headed Warbler. Loxigilla portoricensis Puerto Rican Bullfi nch. Teretistris fornsi Oriente Warbler. Loxigilla violacea Greater Antillean Bullfi nch. Zeledonia coronata Wrenthrush. Loxigilla noctis Lesser Antillean Bullfi nch. Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat. Euneornis campestris Orangequit. Granatellus venustus Red-breasted Chat. Melanospiza richardsoni St. Lucia Black Finch. Granatellus sallaei Gray-throated Chat. Pinaroloxias inornata Cocos Finch. Xenoligea montana White-winged Warbler. Haplospiza rustica Slaty Finch. Coereba fl aveola Bananaquit. Acanthidops bairdii Peg-billed Finch. Nesospingus speculiferus Puerto Rican Tanager. Diglossa baritula Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer. Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Common Bush- Diglossa plumbea Slaty Flowerpiercer. Tanager. Sicalis fl aveola Saffron Finch. Chlorospingus tacarcunae Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager. Sicalis luteola Grassland Yellow-Finch. Chlorospingus inornatus Pirre Bush-Tanager. Emberizoides herbicola Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch. Chlorospingus pileatus Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager. Paroaria coronata Red-crested Cardinal. (H, I) Chlorospingus fl avigularis Yellow-throated Bush- Paroaria capitata Yellow-billed Cardinal. (H, I) Tanager. Calcarius mccownii McCown’s Longspur. Chlorospingus canigularis Ashy-throated Bush- Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur. Tanager. Calcarius pictus Smith’s Longspur. Phaenicophilus palmarum Black-crowned Palm- Calcarius ornatus Chestnut-collared Longspur. Tanager. Plectrophenax nivialis Snow Bunting. Phaenicophilus poliocephalus Gray-crowned Palm- Plectrophenax hyperboreus McKay’s Bunting. Tanager. Saltator albicollis Lesser Antillean Saltator. 926 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 120

Saltator striatipectus Streaked Saltator. and behavioral (Johnston 1962) characters, we place Saltator coerulescens Grayish Saltator. New World pigeons formerly included in Columba in Saltator maximus Buff-throated Saltator. a separate genus, Patagioenas Reichenbach, 1853. Saltator atriceps Black-headed Saltator. Saltator grossus Slate-colored Grosbeak. p. 218. After the account of Columba livia, insert a heading: p. 16. In the account for Pterodroma longirostris, the California record should be 53 rather than 35 miles Genus Patagioenas Reichenbach southwest of Point Reyes. Follow this heading with the citations for the ge- p. 45. Butorides sundevalli of the Galapagos Islands neric names Patagioenas, Chloroenas, Lepidoenas, and is considered to be conspecifi c with B. striatus, fol- Oenoenas presently listed as synonyms under Columba lowing Payne in Mayr and Cottrell (1979) and most and remove these citations from the synonymy of other sources. In the Distribution section of B. striatus, Columba. insert “(striatus Group)” after the words Resident and Delete the Notes under the generic synonymy of Wanders. To the Resident paragraph, add: “and (sun- Columba and insert the following after the synonymy devalli Group) in the Galapagos Islands.” Change the of Patagioenas: last sentence of Notes to: Groups: B. striatus [Striated Notes.—For the use of Oenoenas as a distinct genus, Heron] and B. sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877) [Lava see Johnston (1962); for a contrary opinion, see Corbin Heron]. The latter Group is sometimes (e.g., Sibley (1968). Reichenbach (1853) simultaneously provided and Monroe 1990) considered a distinct species. The three new generic names for American species of pi- extent of global variation in B. striatus suggests that geon, as indicated above. The name Patagioenas was more than one species may be involved. used fi rst and has priority if Chloroenas and Lepidoenas are considered synonyms of it, as here and as implied p. 62. Remove the Notes section from Cygnus olor by Johnson et al. (2001). and place it at the end of the account for Cygnus buc- cinator. Change “the next three” to “the next two.” Change the headings for the remaining species now listed in Columba as follows, and change generic p. 108. Change the citation for Planofalco, in the names and abbreviations in Notes accordingly: synonymy of Falco, to: Oberholser, 1925, Amer. Midl. Patagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre). Pale-vented Nat. 9: 601, fn. Type, by original designation, Falco Pigeon. mexicanus Schlegel. Patagioenas speciosa (Gmelin). Scaled Pigeon. Patagioenas squamosa (Bonnaterre). Scaly-naped p. 135. Neocrex colombianus should be N. colombiana Pigeon. (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). Patagioenas leucocephala (Linnaeus). White- crowned Pigeon. p. 187. Change the English name of Larus belcheri Patagioenas fl avirostris (Wagler). Red-billed Pigeon. from Band-tailed Gull to Belcher’s Gull, a name par- Patagioenas inornata (Vigors). Plain Pigeon. allel to that of Olrog’s Gull for the sister species L. Patagioenas fasciata (Say). Band-tailed Pigeon. atlanticus and used for L. belcheri by Murphy (1936). Patagioenas caribaea (Jacquin). Ring-tailed Pigeon. Change the last sentence of the Notes to: Also known Patagioenas subvinacea (Lawrence). Ruddy Pigeon. as Band-tailed Gull. Patagioenas nigrirostris (Sclater). Short-billed Pigeon. p. 205. Chlidonias hybridus should be C. hybrida (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). p. 254. The subgenus Megascops, recognized for New World species of Otus except O. fl ammeolus p. 218. In the synonymy of the genus Columba, (Marshall and King in Amadon and Bull 1988), is Ænoenas should be Œnoenas. elevated to full generic status on the basis of mitochondrial DNA and vocal data (König et al. 1999). p. 218. Change the English name of Columba livia to Otus fl ammeolus is retained within Otus because of Rock Pigeon, to conform to the recent name change by vocal similarity with some Old World species. the British Ornithologists’ Union (1992), and modify the Notes accordingly. After Otus sunia, insert:

On the basis of studies by Johnson and Clayton Genus Megascops Kaup (2000) and Johnson et al. (2001) of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and a review of morphological Megascops Kaup, 1848, Isis 14:769. Type, by subse- (Ridgway 1916), serological (Cumley and Irwin 1944), quent designation (Gray 1855), Strix asio Linnaeus. July 2003] Forty-fourth Supplement 927

Move the citation for Gymnasio from the synonymy cal patterns. Also known as Cuban Bare-legged Owl of Otus (on p. 253) to the synonymy of Megascops. or Cuban Screech-Owl. Add the following under the generic heading and synonymy: p. 258. The genus Nyctea is merged into Bubo on the basis of genetic studies (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Notes.—Formerly treated as a subgenus within Move the heading and citation for Nyctea to the syn- Otus (Marshall and King in Amadon and Bull 1988), onymy of the genus Bubo on p. 257. but mitochondrial DNA and vocal differences with Old World species indicate that generic status is war- Change the species heading Nyctea scandiaca ranted (König et al. 1999). (Linnaeus) to Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus).

Add the following to the account of Bubo scandia- Change the headings for the following species now cus: Notes.—Former treatment of this species in the listed in Otus as follows, and change generic names monotypic genus Nyctea was based on distinct plum- and abbreviations in Notes accordingly: age and weak osteological differences (Ford 1967). Megascops kennicottii (Elliot). Western Screech-Owl. Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is closely Megascops asio (Linnaeus). Eastern Screech-Owl. related to Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) and in fact Megascops seductus (Moore). Balsas Screech-Owl. is nested within the genus (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Megascops cooperi (Ridgway). Pacifi c Screech-Owl. The specifi c name is an adjective and changes to agree Megascops trichopsis (Wagler). Whiskered Screech- with the gender of the generic name. Owl. Megascops choliba (Vieillot). Tropical Screech-Owl. p. 274. Following Cleere (2002), the citation for the Megascops barbarus (Sclater and Salvin). Bearded genus Steatornis should be changed to: Humboldt, Screech-Owl. 1814, in Humboldt and Bonpland, Voy. Nouv. Cont., Megascops guatemalae (Sharpe). Vermiculated Pt. 1, 1:416. The type species remains unchanged. Screech-Owl. Megascops clarki (Kelso and Kelso). Bare-shanked p. 278. Chaetura spinicauda should be C. spinicaudus Screech-Owl. (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). Megascops nudipes (Daudin). Puerto Rican Screech- Owl. p. 341. New World and Old World populations of Three-toed Woodpeckers are split on the basis of p. 256. In Notes under Megascops guatemalae, M. differences in mitochondrial DNA (Zink et al. 1995, atricapillus should be M. atricapilla (fi de David and 2002) and voice (Winkler and Short 1978, Short 1982). Gosselin 2002). Ridgway (1914) considered New World and Old World populations to be separate species, and the p. 257. The monotypic genus Gymnoglaux is rein- merger of New World dorsalis into Old World tridactylus (e.g., AOU 1931, Peters 1948) was never explained. stated for Otus lawrencii on the basis of strong differ- Replace the account for Picoides tridactylus with the ences in morphology and vocal patterns, and because following: no justifi cation was given for the merger of this species into Otus. Accordingly, the English name of this Picoides dorsalis Baird. American Three-toed species is changed to Bare-legged Owl. Woodpecker.

After Otus nudipes, insert the heading: Picoides dorsalis Baird, 1858, in Baird, Cassin and Lawrence, Rep. Explor. and Surv. R. R. Paciﬁ c, vol. 9, Genus Gymnoglaux Cabanis pt. 2, xxviii, 97, 100. (Laramie Peak, Rocky Mountains = Albany County, Wyoming.)

Move the citation for the generic name from the top Habitat.—Coniferous forest, mixed coniferous-de- of p. 254, in synonymy of Otus. ciduous forest, willows in riparian areas; favors areas Replace the species heading with: with trees killed by fi re or beetles. Distribution.—As that listed for P. tridactylus, end- Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater and Salvin. Bare- ing with “Nova Scotia,” deleting the clause beginning legged Owl. “and in Eurasia . . . .” Notes.—Formerly considered conspecifi c with the Retain the species account for Otus lawrencii in 7th Old World P. tridactylus (Linnaeus) [Eurasian Three- edition, but change Notes to: Formerly merged into toed Woodpecker], but separated because of sig- Otus, following Marshall and King in Amadon and nifi cant differences in mitochondrial DNA sequences Bull (1988), as Cuban Screech-Owl, but separated on (Zink et al. 1995, 2002) and call (Winkler and Short the basis of strong differences in morphology and vo- 1978, Short 1982). 928 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 120

p. 372. Add to the Notes under Scytalopus panamen- Chlorophonia, and included species, from pages sis: Also known as Pale-throated Tapaculo. 582–586.

p. 373. Ornithion brunneicapillum should be O. brun- p. 663. Crossbills on the island of Hispaniola in the neicapillus (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). Greater Antilles are separated as a species on the basis of vocal and morphological differences that seem not p. 432. Vireo atricapillus should be V. atricapilla (fi de to have been adequately considered when the species David and Gosselin 2002). was merged with Loxia leucoptera many years ago (see Benkman 1994, Smith 1997). After the account for p. 463. Poecile atricapilla (as changed by AOU 2000) Loxia curvirostra, insert the following: should be P. atricapillus (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). Loxia megaplaga Riley. Hispaniolan Crossbill.

p. 508. In the account for Turdus iliacus, the date of Loxia megaplaga Riley, 1916, Smiths. Misc. Coll. the record at St. Anthony, Newfoundland, should be 66, no. 15, p. 1. (El Rio, 4,000 feet, Santo Domingo 1980 rather than 1950. [Dominican Republic].)

p. 554. Seiurus aurocapillus should be S. aurocapilla Habitat.—Pine forests. (fi de David and Gosselin 2002). Distribution.—Resident on Hispaniola, in the mountains of the Dominican Republic and the Massif p. 571. Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena should be C. de La Selle of southeastern Haiti. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecifi c with L. chrysomelas (fi de David and Gosselin 2002); remove leucoptera, but separated on the basis of vocal and Notes from the account. morphological differences (Benkman 1994, Smith 1997). p. 582–586, 659. Studies of mitochondrial DNA (Burns 1997, Klicka et al. 2000, Burns et al. 2002, In the account for Loxia leucoptera, delete the Yuri and Mindell 2002) show some genera tradition- Greater Antilles portion of the breeding distribution ally considered to be members of the Thraupidae are and the Hispaniola portion of the winter distribution. more closely related to members of other families. The Add the following sentence to the Notes: “Formerly genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia, always considered included populations resident on Hispaniola, now close to each other, are shown to fall well outside the separated as L. megaplaga.” limits of the Thraupidae and, among taxa sampled, closest to members of the Fringillidae (sensu AOU p. 697. In the heading and account for Garrulax cae- 1998). Because of incomplete sampling of species in rulatus, change Laughing-thrush to Laughingthrush, the Fringillidae, placement of these genera within to agree with use elsewhere in the text. that family is uncertain. We resurrect the subfamily Euphoniinae (Cabanis 1847), previously used to p. 699. The following species, discussed under separate these genera within the Thraupidae (Sclater Columba nigrirostris in the 7th edition, is added to Part 1886), and transfer it to the Fringillidae, where it 2 of the Appendix. Insert the following after the ac- is tentatively placed between the Fringillinae and count for Larus nelsoni: Carduelinae. Oenoenas chiriquensis Ridgway. Chiriqui Pigeon. Remove the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia, and included species, from pages 582–586 and transfer Oenoenas chiriquensis Ridgway, 1915, Proc. Biol. them to a position in the Fringillidae on p. 659; see Soc. Wash. 28:139. (Chiriquí, Panama; Volcán de below. Chiriquí suggested by Deignan, Bull. U. S. Nat’l. Mus. 221, 1961.) p. 585. In the citation for the genus Chlorophonia, Pipra cyanea Vieillot should read Pipra cyanea This species was based on a unique type. Conover Thunberg. (in Hellmayr and Conover 1942) suggested that the locality was in error and that the bird was Columba p. 659. After the account for Fringilla montifringilla, purpureotincta of the Guianas. Johnston (1962) be- insert the following heading: lieved it to be an aberrant individual of C. subvinacea, but Wetmore (1968) declared it to be C. nigrirostris. Subfamily EUPHONIINAE: Euphonious Finches A hybrid origin has not been ruled out. With the generic changes accepted above, the name would be Insert the accounts for the genera Euphonia and Patagioenas chiriquensis. July 2003] Forty-fourth Supplement 929

pp. 705–730. In the list of French Names of North Add the following to the list in Appendix, part 2: American Birds, insert the following species in Oenoenas chiriquensis Pigeon du Chiriqui the proper position as indicated by the text of this Supplement: Taxonomic proposals considered but not yet accepted by the committee include the transfer of the Picoides dorsalis Pic à dos rayé species clamator from the genus Pseudoscops to Asio, Loxia megaplaga Bec-croisé d’Hispaniola the merger of Ciccaba into Strix, and the division of Ammodramus maritimus into two (or more) species. Delete the entry for the following name: We considered and rejected suggestions to change Picoides tridactylus the English names of the Nazca Booby (Sula granti; see AOU 2000) and the prairie-chickens. Still under con- Change the following scientifi c names, with no sideration is the proper placement of the species now change in French names: considered incertae sedis between the Tyrannidae and Neocrex colombianus to Neocrex colombiana Cotingidae, and the proper classifi cation of genera Chlidonias hybridus to Chlidonias hybrida and species of Tetraoninae. We are aware of reports in Columba cayennensis to Patagioenas cayennensis our area of several species not now on our list, but are Columba speciosa to Patagioenas speciosa awaiting consideration of these reports by our sister Columba squamosa to Patagioenas squamosa committee of the American Birding Association. Columba leucocephala to Patagioenas leucocephala ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Columba fl avirostris to Patagioenas fl avirostris Columba inornata to Patagioenas inornata M. Gosselin serves as the Committee’s authority Columba fasciata to Patagioenas fasciata for French names, and N. David serves as authority Columba caribaea to Patagioenas caribaea for classical languages, especially relative to scien- Columba subvinacea to Patagioenas subvinacea tifi c names. N. Bahr, P. Davis, A. L. Edwards, D. D. Columba nigrirostris to Patagioenas nigrirostris Gibson, J. Heindel, S. N. G. Howell, I. Paulson, and T. Otus kennicottii to Megascops kennicottii S. Schulenberg either called matters to our attention Otus asio to Megascops asio or provided helpful advice, or both. Otus seductus to Megascops seductus Otus cooperi to Megascops cooperi LITERATURE CITED Otus trichopsis to Megascops trichopsis Otus choliba to Megascops choliba AMADON, D., AND J. BULL. 1988. Hawks and owls Otus barbarus to Megascops barbarus of the world: A distributional and taxonomic Otus guatemalae to Megascops guatemalae list. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Otus clarkii to Megascops clarkii Vertebrate Zoology 3:296–357. Otus nudipes to Megascops nudipes AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 1931. Check- Otus lawrencii to Gymnoglaux lawrencii list of North American Birds. 4th edition. Nyctea scandiaca to Bubo scandiacus American Ornithologists’ Union, Lancaster, Chaetura spinicauda to Chaetura spinicaudus Pennsylvania. Ornithion brunneicapillum to Ornithion brunneicapillus AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 1998. Check-list of Vireo atricapillus to Vireo atricapilla North American Birds. 7th edition. American Poecile atricapilla to Poecile atricapillus Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. Seiurus aurocapillus to Seiurus aurocapilla AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 2000. Forty- Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena to Chrysothlypis second supplement to the American chrysomelas Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 117:847–858. Change the French name of one entry as follows: BANKS, R. C., C. CICERO, J. L. DUNN, A. W. KRATTER, Rhytipterna holerythra Tyran plaintif P. C. RASMUSSEN, J. V. REMSEN, JR., J. D. RISING, AND D. F. STOTZ. 2002. Forty–third Supplement Move the species in the Anatidae and in the to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check- Cracidae, Phasianidae, and Odontophoridae, in that list of North American Birds. Auk 119:897–906. sequence, to a position between the Tinamidae and BENKMAN, C. W. 1994. Comments on the ecology Gaviidae. and status of the Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), with recommendations Move the species from Euphonia jamaica through for its conservation. Caribbean Journal of Chlorophonia callophrys to a position following Fringilla Science 30:250–254. montifringilla. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 1992. Checklist of 930 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 120

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This is the fourth Supplement since publication species are added to Part 1 of the Appendix (Luscinia of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American sibilans, Monticola solitarius); and (6) spelling changes Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] are made in the endings of 28 species names to bring 1998). It summarizes decisions made by the AOU’s them into conformity with the International Code of Commi ee on Classifi cation and Nomenclature be- Zoological Nomenclature (see David and Gosselin tween 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003. The 2002b). In addition, several minor changes are made Commi ee has continued to operate in the manner to correct citations of generic names or other errors. outlined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000) but is Most changes of English names are for Old World now publishing Supplements annually so that chang- species that are vagrant or accidental in our area and es accepted by the Commi ee may be publicized for which the names we have been using diff er from more quickly. Changes in this Supplement fall into English names generally used in regional works cov- the following categories: (1) two species are added ering those species’ normal ranges (e.g., Brazil 1991, to the list because of spli ing of species previously Inskipp et al. 1996, King 1997, Kennedy et al. 2000) on the list (Branta hutchinsii, Geotrygon leucometopia); One change (Gray-fronted Quail-Dove) is necessitat- (2) fi ve species are added to the list or are moved ed by the spli ing of a species, and the other (Yucatan from the Appendix to the main list because of new Woodpecker) is made to conform to usage by most distributional information (Pterodroma macroptera, authors in North America. The changes in spelling Charadrius leschenaultii, Phylloscopus trochilus, Sylvia of the specifi c names refl ect new determination of the curruca, Muscicapa striata); (3) two species replace gender of generic names (David and Gosselin 2002b) others currently on the list because of spli ing from and are to cause gender agreement of specifi c with ge- extralimital forms (Myrmotherula ignota, Motacilla neric names; some aff ect names of extralimital species tschutschensis); (4) seven English names are changed mentioned only in Notes for species on our list. without change in the scientifi c name (Lesser Sand- Plover, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Gray-fronted Quail- The additions to the main list bring the number Dove, Gray Nightjar, Yucatan Woodpecker, Dark- of species recognized as occurring in the Check-list sided Flycatcher, Gray-streaked Flycatcher); (5) two area (main list) to 2,038. Literature that provides the basis for the Commi ee’s decisions is cited at the end of the Supplement, and citations not already in the 9 Authors are members of the Committee on Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with Supplements) Classifi cation and Nomenclature of the American become additions to it. An updated list of the bird Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically after the species known from the AOU Check-list area may be Chairman. accessed at h p://www.AOU.org/aou/birdlist.html. 10E-mail: [email protected] or richard_ [email protected] pp. xvii–liv. In the list of bird species known 985 986 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 121 from the Check-list area, change 2,031 (from 44th Rearrange the sequence of species of Branta as Supplement) to 2,038. In the list, insert the following follows: species in the proper position as indicated by the text Branta bernicla of this Supplement: Branta leucopsis Branta hutchinsii Pterodroma macroptera Great-winged Petrel. (A) Branta canadensis Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose. Branta sandvicensis Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand-Plover. (A) Geotrygon leucometopia White-fronted Quail-Dove. Make the following changes in annotations to spe- Myrmotherula ignota Moustached Antwren. cies in the list: Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler. (A) Add (N) aV er Pterodroma phaeopygia Galapagos Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat. (A) Petrel, which was changed from Dark-rumped Muscicapa striata Spo ed Flycatcher. (A) Petrel in the 43rd Supplement (Banks et al. 2002:898); Motacilla tschutschensis Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Remove (H) from Bulweria bulwerii, now known also from North Carolina (Banks et al. 2002:898); Remove the following names: Add (H, A) aV er Milvus migrans Black Kite, which Myrmotherula brachyura Pygmy Antwren. was added to the list in the 42nd Supplement (AOU Motacilla fl ava Yellow Wagtail. 2000:849); For Gracula religiosa, change (H, I) to (I); Change the following English names: Add (A) aV er Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Charadrius mongolus Lesser Sand-Plover. Bunting, which was added to the list in the 42nd Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Supplement (AOU 2000:853). Geotrygon caniceps Gray-fronted Quail-Dove. Caprimulgus indicus Gray Nightjar. p. 13. Pterodroma macroptera is added to the list, and Melanerpes pygmaeus Yucatan Woodpecker. to the list of birds known to occur in the United States, Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher. on the basis of a documented record from California. Muscicapa griseisticta Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Before the account for Pterodroma neglecta, insert:

Make the following spelling changes: Pterodroma macroptera (Smith). Great-winged Butorides striatus to Butorides striata Petrel. Leucopternis plumbea to Leucopternis plumbeus Leucopternis semiplumbea to Leucopternis semip- Procellaria macroptera A. Smith, 1840, Illus. Zool. lumbeus South Africa, Aves, pl. 52. (Cape seas.) Lagopus mutus to Lagopus muta Lagopus leucurus to Lagopus leucura Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests on islands in bur- Actitis macularia to Actitis macularius rows, scrapes, or crevices of rocks, under vegetation. Ara severa to Ara severus Distribution.—Breeds on islands in the southern Ara ambigua to Ara ambiguus Atlantic and Indian, and southwestern Pacifi c, oceans Touit dilectissima to Touit dilectissimus on Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Prince Edward Islands, Siphonorhis americanus to Siphonorhis americana Crozet Islands, and Kerguelen Islands, islets off the Glaucis aenea to Glaucis aeneus south coast of western Australia, and on off shore is- Glaucis hirsuta to Glaucis hirsutus lets and headlands of North Island, New Zealand. Lophornis brachylopha to Lophornis brachylophus Ranges at sea in southeastern Atlantic and southern Lampornis calolaema to Lampornis calolaemus Indian, and southwestern Pacifi c, oceans between Ceryle torquata to Ceryle torquatus about 25° and 50° S. Casual to southwestern Atlantic Philydor fuscipennis to Philydor fuscipenne off Cape Horn. Philydor rufus to Philydor rufum Accidental off central California (videotaped and Machetornis rixosus to Machetornis rixosa photographed at Cordell Bank, off Marin County, Conopias albovi ata to Conopias albovi atus 21 July and 24 August, 1996 [NAS Field Notes 51: Schiff ornis turdinus to Schiff ornis turdina 114, 1997; Ro enborn and Morlan 2000]; another Procnias tricarunculata to Procnias tricarunculatus photographed at Monterey Bay, 18 October 1998 Delichon urbica to Delichon urbicum [North Amer. Birds 53(1): 99, cover, 1999; Rogers and Saxicola torquata to Saxicola torquatus Jaramillo 2002]). Helmitheros vermivorus to Helmitheros vermivorum Notes.—Both California birds showed features Tiaris canora to Tiaris canorus consistent with P. m. gouldi, the subspecies that breeds Tiaris olivacea to Tiaris olivaceus in New Zealand. Melozone biarcuatum to Melozone biarcuata Dives atroviolacea to Dives atroviolaceus p. 13. In the account for Pterodroma neglecta, aV er the July 2004] Forty-fi fth Supplement 987 citation of the Hawaiian Islands record in the second Branta hutchinsii (Richardson). Cackling Goose. paragraph, remove "and Pennsylvania (Heintzelman 1961, now considered defi nite as to species iden- Anser Hutchinsii Richardson, 1832, in Swainson tifi cation)." Add to the Notes: Identifi cation of a and Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana 2, p. 470. bird photographed and fi lmed on Hawk Mountain, (Melville Peninsula [Canada].) Pennsylvania, 3 October 1959 (Heintzelman 1961) is no longer considered defi nitive aV er further consider- Habitat.—Near water on tundra; winters on inland ation (Hess 1997). lakes and marshes. Distribution.—Breeds locally on the Aleutian p. 32. In the citation for Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Islands (where much reduced in 20th century with change M. Brandt to J. F. Brandt, following Dickinson remnant populations on Buldir and Chagulak, at (2003). end of century populations restored on most of Near Islands and Amchitka), Semidi Islands (off Alaska p. 44. Throughout the account for Bubulcus ibis, Peninsula), formerly Bering Island and Kuriles; change coromanda to coromandus. western and northern Alaska east to northern Yukon and Mackenzie Delta, south to Bristol Bay, the p. 45. Change Butorides striatus to Butorides striata Alaska Peninsula, and central Yukon; and near the (in both heading and Notes); the generic name is femi- Arctic coast of Northwest Territories and Nunavut nine (fi de David and Gosselin 2002b). from Queen Maud Gulf east to Melville Peninsula, Southampton Island, and western Baffi n Island. Winters p. 58. In the heading and citation for Chen from British Columbia south to California, east to northern Mexico and western Louisiana. canagica, change the spelling of the author’s name to Formerly wintered in Japan. Sewastianoff . Change the type locality of that species Casual or accidental in Hawaii and east to the to: (l’Isle Canaga ou Kyktak = Kodiak Island, Alaska, Florida panhandle, and the Atlantic coast of the [Gibson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115: 706–707, 2002]). United States from Maine to South Carolina. Notes.—Formerly treated as part of B. canadensis pp. 59–60. Several genetic studies of geese, in- but separated on the basis of studies listed in Notes cluding recent work with mitochondrial DNA (van under that species. The distribution of this small- Wagner and Baker 1986, Shields and Wilson 1987, bodied form includes that of the subspecies B. c. Quinn et al. 1991, Paxinos et al. 2002, Scribner et al. hutchinsii, asiatica, leucopareia, taverneri, and minima as 2003) have verifi ed previous suggestions based on recognized by Delacour (1956). diff erences in voice, nesting habits, habitat, and timing of migration, as well as in color and size (e.g. Under the heading and citation for Branta canaden- Brooks 1914, Aldrich 1946, Hellmayr and Conover sis (Linnaeus). Canada Goose, substitute the following 1948), that the forms treated as the single species text: Branta canadensis by all previous AOU Check-lists and most other works actually constitute at least two spe- Habitat.—Near water, from temperate regions to cies, and further that each of the two species may be tundra; winters from tidewater to inland lakes and more closely related to another member of the genus marshes, increasingly in urban areas with expanses of than to each other. Thus, we divide B. canadensis by grass such as lawns and golf courses. recognizing a set of smaller-bodied forms as the spe- Distribution.—Breeds from central and southeast- cies B. hutchinsii, and rearrange our representatives of ern Alaska east across northern Canada and southern the genus in the sequence bernicla, leucopsis, hutchinsii, Victoria Island to western Melville Peninsula, north- canadensis, sandvicensis. Additional analysis may re- eastern Manitoba, northern Ontario, northern Quebec, sult in further spli ing. and southern Baffi n Island (recently naturally established in western Greenland) south to southwestern Move the accounts for Branta bernicla and B. leuco- British Columbia, northeastern California, northern psis to a position directly below the heading and cita- Utah, south-central Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, tions for the genus Branta. northern Arkansas, western Kentucky, southern Ohio, Under Branta leucopsis add the following: Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, and Maryland. Notes.—A study of mitochondrial DNA (Paxinos et Breeding populations in the southern prairie states al. 2002) has shown this species to be closely related were extirpated, but many have become reestab- to the group of small-bodied forms previously treated lished. Birds in eastern states south of Great Lakes as subspecies of B. canadensis and here recognized as and Massachuse s result from relatively recent natu- B. hutchinsii. ral southward extension of breeding range and to a great extent from introductions. Feral populations Following the account for Branta leucopsis, insert resulting from introductions may occur almost any- the following new acount: where in the United States. 988 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 121

Winters from the southern part of the breeding semi-desert situations. Winters near coasts on sandy range through most of United States and into north- beaches and mudfl ats. ern Mexico. Distribution.—Breeds from central Turkey Introduced and established in Great Britain, and northern Jordan eastward locally through Iceland, southern Scandinavia, and New Zealand. Kazakhstan to southeast of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Accidental in Hawaii, Greater Antilles, and the southern Mongolia, and north-central China, and Bahamas. south to Afghanistan; probably also in northwestern Notes.—Formerly included populations now India, where present in summer. Nested formerly in separated as B. hutchinsii on the basis of genetic Armenia and suspected of nesting in Syria and Iran. studies of geese, including recent work with mito- Winters to coasts of southern and eastern Africa, the chondrial DNA (van Wagner and Baker 1986, Shields Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region, the Indian and Wilson 1987, Quinn et al. 1991, Paxinos et al. Subcontinent, southeast Asia, Taiwan, the Philippines, 2002, Scribner et al. 2003) that confi rm earlier sug- Micronesia, northern Melanesia, New Guinea, and gestions (e.g., Brooks 1914, Aldrich 1946, Hellmayr Australia; also on islands in the Indian Ocean and Bay and Conover 1948) that more than a single species is of Bengal, rarely or uncommonly to New Zealand, involved. The distribution of this large-bodied form southeastern China, and southern Japan. includes that of the subspecies B. c. canadensis, interior, Migrates from interior breeding grounds to coastal maxima, moffi i, parvipes, fulva, and occidentalis as rec- wintering areas. ognized by Delacour (1956). Casual in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Europe, northwestern and western Africa, and p. 96. Change Leucopternis plumbea to Leucopternis Kerguelen Islands. plumbeus in both heading and Notes to agree with the Accidental in central coastal California (one pho- masculine gender of the generic name (fi de David and tographed and measured at Bolinas Lagoon, Marin Gosselin 2002b). In the Notes, also change schistacea County, 29 January–8 April 2001; Abbo et al. 2001). to schistaceus. Change Leucopternis semiplumbea to Leucopternis p. 158. Change Actitis macularia to Actitis macularius semiplumbeus. in the account for this species, and in the Notes for A. In the Notes for Leucopternis albicollis, change polio- hypoleucos on p. 157. nota to polionotus. p. 174. Change the English name of Eurynorhynchus p. 119–120. In the account for Lagopus lagopus, pygmeus from Spoonbill Sandpiper to Spoon-billed change scoticus to scotica. Sandpiper to agree with general use in modern Old World literature. Add to the account: Notes.— p. 120. Change Lagopus mutus to Lagopus muta. Formerly known as Spoonbill Sandpiper. Change Lagopus leucurus to Lagopus leucura. p. 212. In the citation for the genus Brachyramphus, p. 123. In Notes for Numida meleagris, change galeata change M. Brandt to J. F. Brandt (following Dickinson to galeatus and mitrata to mitratus. 2003:155, footnote).

p. 145. Change the English name of Charadrius mon- p. 213. In the citation for the genus Synthliboramphus, golus from Mongolian Plover to Lesser Sand-Plover to change M. Brandt to J. F. Brandt. agree with general use in modern Old World literature. Add to the account: Notes.—Formerly known as p. 214. In the citation for the genus Ptychoramphus, Mongolian Plover. change M. Brandt to J. F. Brandt.

p. 145. Charadrius leschenaultii is added to the list p. 231. We follow Garrido et al. (2002) in separat- (and to the list of species known to occur in the U.S.) ing Hispaniolan and Cuban populations currently on the basis of a documented record from California. grouped as Geotrygon caniceps, on the basis of origi- AV er the account for Charadrius mongolus, insert: nally recognized morphological diff erences. Change the English name for Geotrygon caniceps to Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson. Greater Sand- Gray-fronted Quail-Dove. Substitute the following ac- Plover. count for that species: Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest. Charadrius Leschenaultii Lesson, 1826, Dict. Sci. Distribution.—Resident in the lowlands of Cuba, Nat., éd. Levrault, 42, p. 36. (Pondicherry, India.) to middle elevations (see Garrido and Kirkconnell 2000). Habitat.—Breeds mainly in bare or sparsely Notes.—Formerly included G. leucometopia of vegetated areas, normally near water in desert and Hispaniola, now separated on the basis of diff erences July 2004] Forty-fi fth Supplement 989 in mensural characters, plumage, and habitat prefer- known as Pacifi c SwiV or White-rumped SwiV , the ence (Garrido et al. 2002). Formerly known as Gray- la er name now generally restricted to the African headed Quail-Dove, a name now available for the species A. cafer (Lichtenstein, 1823). two forms if recombined. The mention of Moustached Quail-Dove (AOU 1998) as a name for this species is p. 282. Change Glaucis aenea to Glaucis aeneus. in error. Change Glaucis hirsuta to Glaucis hirsutus. Make these changes also in the Notes for these species. Following the revised account for G. caniceps, insert the following new account: p. 290. Change Lophornis brachylopha to Lophornis brachylophus in both heading and Notes. Geotrygon leucometopia (Chapman). White-fronted Quail-Dove. p. 304. Change Lampornis calolaema to Lampornis calolaemus. Oreopelia leucometopius [sic] Chapman, 1917, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37: 327. (Loma Tina, Province p. 305. In Notes under Lampornis castaneoventris, of Azua, Dominican Republic.) change L. calolaema to L. calolaemus.

Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest with dense p. 306. In Notes under Heliothryx barroti, change H. undergrowth (745–1,685 m). aurita to H. auritus. Distribution.—Resident on Hispaniola in the mountains of the Dominican Republic; not known p. 322. In the citation for the subgenus Megaceryle, from Haiti (but see Keith et al. 2003). change the statement of the type species from “Alcedo Notes.—Formerly combined with G. caniceps, but gu ata Vigors = Ceryle gu ulata Stejneger” to “Alcedo separated on the basis of diff erences in mensural gu ata Vigors = Ceryle lugubris Temminck.” characters, plumage, and habitat preference (Garrido Insert the following aV er the citations for the et al. 2002) mentioned in the original description. No subgenus Megaceryle: Notes.—The subgenus reasons were given for treatment as conspecifi c with Megaceryle is oV en (e.g., Fry 1980, Fry and Fry 1992, G. caniceps by Peters (1937). For the spelling of the spe- Woodall 2001) considered to be a distinct genus. cifi c name, see David and Gosselin (2002b). The gender of the generic name Ceryle is masculine, whereas the gender of Megaceryle is feminine (David p. 235. In Notes under Aratinga fi nschi, change leu- and Gosselin 2002b). Adjectival species names must cophthalmus to leucophthalma. agree in gender with the generic name. Thus, if Megaceryle is recognized as a distinct genus, adjectival p. 236. Change Ara severa to Ara severus. In text for specifi c names must have a feminine ending (e.g., Ara militaris, change ambigua to ambiguus. torquata) but if it is considered a subgenus of Ceryle, as herein following Peters (1945) and Fry (1978), p. 237. Change Ara ambigua to Ara ambiguus. the adjectival species names must have masculine endings (e.g., torquatus). p. 240. Change Touit dilectissima to Touit dilectissimus. Make this change also in the Notes under T. costaricensis, above. p. 323. Change Ceryle torquata to Ceryle torquatus.

p. 248. In the account for Coccyzus melacoryphus, p. 335. Change the English name of Melanerpes replace the last sentence of the Notes with: A speci- pygmaeus from Red-vented Woodpecker to Yucatan men record with li le data, obtained from a wild bird Woodpecker to agree with general use in other ref- rehabilitation center in southern Texas (Weslaco), is of erences (e.g., Sibley and Monroe 1990, Howell and uncertain origin (Robbins et al. 2003). Webb 1995, Winkler et al. 1995). Change the Notes to read: Formerly known as Red-vented Woodpecker. p. 269. Change Siphonorhis americanus to Siphonorhis Melanerpes pygmaeus and M. rubricapillus were con- americana in the heading and Notes. Make this change sidered conspeciﬁ c by Short (1982). They are treated also in the Notes under S. brewsteri, below. as a superspecies by Sibley and Monroe (1990). See comments under M. radiolatus. p. 273. Change the English name of Caprimulgus indicus from Jungle Nightjar to Gray Nightjar to agree p. 351. Change Philydor fuscipennis to Philydor with general use in modern Old World literature. fuscipenne. Make that change also in the text of the Change Notes to: Also known as Jungle Nightjar. account, and change erythronotus to erythronotum and erythrocercus to erythrocercum in the Distribution and p. 280. Under Apus paciﬁ cus, change Notes to: Also Notes. 990 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 121

p. 352. Change Philydor rufus to Philydor rufum. p. 409. Change Conopias albovi ata to Conopias albovi atus in the heading and text of the account. Also p. 364. Reanalysis of relationships of forms in the change C. parva to C. parvus in the same account. Pygmy Antwren complex (Isler and Isler 2003) has shown that the Myrmotherula ignota group in Panama p. 416. Change Schiff ornis turdinus to Schiff ornis and Colombia is conspecifi c with M. obscura rather turdina in both heading and text. than being closely related to M. brachyura; see the Notes under the la er in the seventh edition. Further, p. 423. Change Procnias tricarunculata to Procnias the name ignota Griscom, 1929 has priority over ob- tricarunculatus. scura Zimmer, 1932, and is the proper name of the species that occurs in the Check-list area. Therefore, p. 424. The account for Manacus aurantiacus mistak- replace the account for Myrmotherula brachyura with enly incorporates M. vitellinus viridiventris into that the following account for M. ignota. species. It is a weakly diff erentiated population allied with M. vitellinus (Haff er 1975). Correct the statement Myrmotherula ignota Griscom. Moustached of Distribution by removing “[aurantiacus group]” Antwren. and all mention of the viridiventris group. Delete the fi rst sentence of Notes. Myrmotherula brachyura ignota Griscom, 1929, Bull. Change the Distribution of M. vitellinus to include Mus. Comp. Zool. 69:167. (Jususito, eastern Panama.) the range of viridiventris by replacing “in northwestern Colombia” with “in western and northern Colombia.” Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest The previous citation of northwestern Ecuador in Edge, Secondary Forest (0–600 m; Tropical Zone). the range of viridiventris is in error (Ridgely and Distribution.—Resident in central and eastern Greenfi eld 2001b). Panama south through western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador, and east of the Andes in southwest- p. 463. Change Delichon urbica to Delichon urbicum. ern Colombia, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil. p. 490. Phylloscopus trochilus is moved from Notes.—Isler and Isler (2003) demonstrated, on the the Appendix to the main list because of a well- basis of plumage and vocal characters, that the trans- documented record from Alaska. It is also added Andean form M. ignota is distinct from M. brachyura to the list of species that occur in the United States. (Hermann, 1783) [Pygmy Antwren], of which it has Before the account for Phylloscopus sibilatrix, insert: usually been considered a subspecies, and should be considered conspecifi c with M. obscura Zimmer, Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus). Willow Warbler. 1932 from upper Amazonia. This relationship was previously suggested by Hilty and Brown (1986) and Motacilla trochilus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. Ridgely and Greenfi eld (2001a), who used the name 10, p. 188. (Europa; restricted to England south of the Griscom’s Antwren. Thames by Clancey, 1950, Brit. Birds 43:189.)

p. 368. In Notes of Hylophylax naevioides, change H. Habitat.—Scrub and woodland. naevia to H. naevius. Distribution.—Breeds from the United Kingdom and Scandinavia across the Palearctic to the Anadyr p. 393. Acceptance of a Florida record of Contopus River basin in eastern Siberia (Russia) south to north- caribaeus adds this species to the list of those known ern Spain, southern France, Switzerland, northern to occur in the United States. At the end of the Slovenia, northern Croatia, Hungary, Romania, cen- Distribution statement for that species, insert the fol- tral Ukraine, and northern Kazakhstan. lowing new paragraph: Winters in central and southern Africa from 11° to 12° N in western Africa to 1° to 2° N in eastern Africa; Accidental in southern Florida (one photographed a few also to western and central Ethiopia and south- and videotaped near Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, east Somalia, casually north to Europe where most re- 11 March–4 April 1995; [NAS Field Notes 49:242, corded from the Mediterranean region, but recorded 1995] and one seen on Key Largo, Monroe County, 16 north to Great Britain. February 2001). Migrates through northern Africa, the Mediterranean region, southern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle Add to Notes under this species: Also known as East. Eastern populations migrate north of the deserts Crescent-eyed Pewee (Raﬀ aele et al. 1998). of central Asia. Regular migrant on Madeira and on the Canary Islands, rarely to the Faeroes and to Iceland, and p. 401. Change Machetornis rixosus to Machetornis casually to the Cape Verde Islands, Bioko, Saõ Tomé, rixosa. and the islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean. July 2004] Forty-ﬁ fth Supplement 991

Accidental in Japan and Kamchatka. Erroneously Accidental [group not certain] in Alaska (Gambell, and dubiously reported from India. St. Lawrence Island, 8–9 September 2002; Lehman Accidental in Greenland (specimen from Hold 2003). with Hope, Myggbukta, 18 September 1937 [Bird Notes.—Groups: S. curruca [Lesser Whitethroat], S. and Bird 1941]) and in western Alaska (at least one minula (Hume, 1873) [Desert Whitethroat], S. althaea photographed at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, 25–30 (Hume, 1878) [Hume’s Whitethroat], and S. marge- August 2002 [Lehman 2003]). lanica (Stolzmann, 1898) [Margelanic Whitethroat]. Notes.—The Greenland specimen was identifi ed as Treatments of this strongly polytypic species vary the subspecies P. t. acredula and was treated as such by from two subspecies groups (Cramp 1992) to as many AOU (1957); it has since been assigned to the nominate as three (King 1997) or even four allospecies (Shirihai race, P. t. trochilus (Williamson 1976). A specimen taken et al. 2001). Although there are vocal diff erences be- at Barrow, Alaska, on 15 June 1952 and identifi ed as this tween at least some of the groups, critical behavioral species (Pitelka 1974) proved upon reexamination to be studies, especially where the groups overlap, are in- an example of P. borealis (Roberson and Pitelka 1983). suffi cient; further studies are needed (Shirihai et al. 2001). p. 491. Sylvia curruca is added to the list (and to the list of birds known to occur in the United States) on p. 495. Change the English name of Muscicapa sibir- the basis of a well-documented record from Alaska. ica from Siberian Flycatcher to Dark-sided Flycatcher AV er the account for Phylloscopus borealis, insert: to agree with general use in modern Old World literature. Add to Notes: Formerly known as Siberian Genus Sylvia Scopoli Flycatcher.

Sylvia Scopoli, 1769, Annus I Hist. Nat., p. 154. p. 495. Change the English name of Muscicapa Type, by subsequent designation (Bonaparte 1828), griseisticta from Gray-spo ed Flycatcher to Gray- Motacilla atricapilla Linnaeus. streaked Flycatcher to agree with general use in modern Old World literature. Add to account: Notes.— Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus). Lesser Whitethroat. Formerly known as Gray-spo ed Flycatcher.

Motacilla Curruca Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 495. Muscicapa striata is added to the list (and to p. 184. (Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1909, the list of birds known to occur in the United States) Vögel Pal. Fauna, p. 588.) on the basis of a well-documented record from Alaska. AV er the account for Muscicapa dauurica, insert the fol- Habitat.—Breeds in semi-open country; thorn lowing new account: bushes oV en favored for nests. Winters in arid sites, from thorny bushes along wadis to scrub jungle. Muscicapa striata (Pallas). Spo ed Flycatcher. Distribution.—Breeds [curruca group] from Great Britain and Scandinavia east across the Palearctic to Motacilla striata Pallas, 1764, in Vroeg, Cat. Raisonné eastern Siberia (to about the Lena River) and south to Coll. Oiseaux, Adumbr., p. 3. (Holland.) central France, northern Italy, Greece, Turkey, northern Israel, northern Iraq, northwest Iran, northwest Habitat.—Various types of open woodland. Kazakhstan, northwest Uzbekistan, and northern Distribution.—Breeds from the United Kingdom China; [minula group] from Kazakhstan and eastern and Scandinavia east across Siberia to about Lake Iran to western China (western Xinjiang); [althaea Baikal and south to northwestern Africa, southern Italy, group] from north central Iran, central Afghanistan, Greece, northern Turkey, central Israel, northwest- Kyrgyzstan and extreme northwest China south to ern Jordan, Iran, Afghanistan, western and northern southeast Iran, Pakistan, and northwestern India; and Pakistan, and extreme northwestern China (Xinjiang). [margelanica group] in north central China (eastern Winters in sub-Saharan Africa, from about 10° N Xinjiang to Ningxia). south through the remainder of the continent, mostly Winters [curruca group] mainly from central and south of the Equator; casual north to Egypt and to the northeastern Africa to southeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf countries. Pakistan, northern India, and southern Nepal; [minula Migrates regularly through central and northern group] from southern Pakistan to northwestern India Africa and the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and perhaps Iran; [althaea group] in hills of peninsular western and (in fall) central Pakistan to northwestern India and Sri Lanka; and [margelanica group] from India. Iran possibly to northwestern India. Casual to Spitsbergen, Iceland, the Faeroes, Casual [curruca group] to Iceland and northwestern Madeira, and the Cape Verde and Guinea islands. Africa, Madeira, and Thailand; [group unspeciﬁ ed] to Accidental in Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Korea and Japan. Island, 14 September 2002; Lehman 2003). 992 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 121

p. 498. Change Saxicola torquata to Saxicola tor- plus the following taxa recognized by some authors, quatus. Make this change also in the text, and change plexa, angarensis, and zaissanensis; inclusion of plexa S. maura to S. maurus. with tschutschensis is controversial, but does not af- fect range statement here. Sometimes called Alaska p. 525. Several recent genetic studies (Voelker 2002, Yellow-Wagtail or Eastern Yellow-Wagtail, but given Alström et al. 2003, Pavlova et al. 2003) indicate that the non-monophyly of Motacilla fl ava sensu lato, we Motacilla fl ava encompasses two or more species, of avoid hyphenation of the modifi er “Yellow” as a which only one occurs in our area. Therefore, we group name. separate M. tschutschensis from others in the M. fl ava complex. Substitute the following account for that of p. 553. Change Helmitheros vermivorus to Helmitheros M. fl ava: vermivorum.

Motacilla tschutschensis Gmelin. Eastern Yellow p. 594. Change Tiaris canora to Tiaris canorus. Wagtail. p. 595. Change Tiaris olivacea to Tiaris olivaceus. Motacilla tschutschensis Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1, p. 962. (Coast of Chukotski Peninsula.) p. 603. In the Notes under Melozone kieneri, change M. biarcuatum to M. biarcuata. Habitat.—Breeds in tundra with thickets of dwarf willow or birch; in Eurasia, also wet meadows, moor- p. 604. Change Melozone biarcuatum to Melozone lands, edges of wetlands, and coastal scrub; in winter, biarcuata in both heading and text. cultivated fi elds, moist grassy fi elds, and mudfl ats. Habitat of M. tschutschensis in Old World not distin- p. 644. Change Dives atroviolacea to Dives atrovio- guished here from that of races of M. fl ava. laceus. Distribution.—Breeds in North America in northern and western Alaska (south to St. Lawrence and p. 696. Delete the account for Phylloscopus trochilus, Nunivak islands, and on the mainland to the Nushagak moved to the main list. River) and extreme northwestern Canada (east to the Mackenzie River delta); and in the Palearctic from p. 696. Before the account for Copsychus saularis, the Zaysan Depression, eastern Kazakhstan, cen- insert: tral Siberia, and north-eastern Mongolia east to the Russian Far East, including northern Kamchatka. Luscinia sibilans (Swinhoe). Rufous-tailed Robin. Winters in the Old World from south-eastern Asia and the Philippines to the Greater Sundas and north- Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe, 1863, Proc. Zool. Soc. ern Australia. Also reported in the Andaman Islands London, p. 292. (Macao, south-eastern China.) and southern India, where status requires clarifi cation. Identifi cation of an individual believed to be of this Migrates regularly through coastal western Alaska Asian species photographed on A u Island, western and the western Aleutians, the Pribilof Islands, and Aleutians, Alaska, on 4 June 2000 (North Amer. Birds in the Old World through eastern Asia from Japan to 54:317, 2000), is not defi nitive (Gibson et al. 2003, Taiwan; range of migrants elsewhere uncertain due to Robbins et al. 2003). confusion with forms of M. fl ava. Casual in central and southern coastal Alaska, cen- p. 697, aV er the account for Saxicola rubetra, insert: tral Yukon, British Columbia, western Washington, and California; sight reports (tentatively referred to Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus). Blue Rock Thrush. this species) from Oregon, Nevada, Alabama, and Baja California (audiotaped). Turdus solitarius Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, Notes.—Formerly treated as a race of Motacilla p. 170. (Oriente = Italy; see Hartert, Vögel Pal. Fauna, fl ava Linnaeus, 1758 [Yellow Wagtail], but multiple p. 674, 1910.) independent genetic analyses show paraphyly and strong genetic diff erentiation between the fl ava group An adult male of this Eurasian species was pho- and tschutschensis, which are not sister taxa (Voelker tographed at Goldpan Provincial Park, about 6.5 2002, Alström et al. 2003, Pavlova et al. 2003). These miles west of Spences Bridge, in south-central British studies do not unequivocally demonstrate which, if Columbia (McDonald 1997). Photos clearly show it to any, other taxa should be considered conspecifi c with be of the east Asian race, M. s. philippensis. Although tschutschensis; taivana and macronyx together may the identifi cation is not questioned, the origin has form a third species. Pending further data, the pres- been (Robbins et al. 2003). The location is along the ent account includes only tschutschensis and simillima Trans- Canada Highway. July 2004] Forty-fi fth Supplement 993

p. 700. Change Ara erythrocephala to Ara erythro- Branta canadensis cephalus and Ara erythrura to Ara erythrurus. Branta sandvicensis

pp. 705–730. In the list of French Names of North p. 739. The citation to a paper by David and American Birds, insert the following species in Gosselin 2002 added by the 44th Supplement should the proper position as indicated by the text of this be changed to 2002a. Supplement: Pterodroma macroptera Pétrel noir Taxonomic proposals considered since 1 January Branta hutchinsii Bernache de Hutchins 2003 but not yet accepted by the Commi ee include: Charadrius leschenaultii Pluvier de Leschenault separation of the genus Basilinna from Hylocharis; sep- Geotrygon leucometopia Colombe d'Hispaniola aration of the genus Polyerata from Amazilia; merger Myrmotherula ignota Myrmidon de Griscom of Amazilia decora into A. amabilis; split of Caprimulgus Phylloscopus trochilus Pouillot fi tis indicus into two species; division of Aulacorhynchus Sylvia curruca Fauve e babillarde prasinus into four species; split of the genus Dryobates Muscicapa striata Gobemouche gris from Picoides; separation of Hyloctistes virgatus from Motacilla tschutschensis Bergeronne e de Béringie H. subulatus; merger of New World species of Pica into Luscinia sibilans Rossignol siffl eur an enlarged Pica pica; merger of Catharus bicknelli with Monticola solitarius Monticole bleu C. minimus; division of Dendroica petechia into two or more species; division of Geothlypis aequinoctialis into Remove the following names: four species; division of Ammodramus maritimus into Myrmotherula brachyura two or four species; division of Passerella iliaca into up Motacilla fl ava to four species; and separation of Icterus fuertesi from I. spurius. Make the following spelling changes: Moving Mesophoyx intermedia from the appendix Butorides striatus to Butorides striata to the main list on the basis of a report from Midway Leucopternis plumbea to Leucopternis plumbeus Island (North Amer. Birds 53:441–443, 1999) was re- Leucopternis semiplumbea to Leucopternis semiplumbeus jected because published and archival photographs Lagopus mutus to Lagopus muta probably pertain to the Asian/Australasian subspe- Lagopus leucurus to Lagopus leucura cies of the Ca le Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus). The Actitis macularia to Actitis macularius transfer of Tadorna ferruginea to the main list from the Ara severa to Ara severus Appendix was rejected because of uncertainty that the Ara ambigua to Ara ambiguus birds seen on Southampton Island, Nunavut (Allard Touit dilectissima to Touit dilectissimus et al. 2001) were natural vagrants rather than escapes. Siphonorhis americanus to Siphonorhis americana We are aware of other distributional reports that Glaucis aenea to Glaucis aeneus might add species to our list but have not yet had the Glaucis hirsuta to Glaucis hirsutus opportunity to evaluate them fully. Lophornis brachylopha to Lophornis brachylophus We considered but rejected suggestions to change Lampornis calolaema to Lampornis calolaemus the English name of Riparia riparia from Bank Swallow Ceryle torquata to Ceryle torquatus to Sand Martin, and to change English names of spe- Philydor fuscipennis to Philydor fuscipenne cies of Myioborus from Redstart to Whitestart. Philydor rufus to Philydor rufum Machetornis rixosus to Machetornis rixosa Ahpst|qjilrjsyx Conopias albovi ata to Conopias albovi atus Schiff ornis turdinus to Schiff ornis turdina Michel Gosselin serves as the Commi ee’s author- Procnias tricarunculata to Procnias tricarunculatus ity for French names, and Normand David serves as Delichon urbica to Delichon urbicum the authority for classical languages, especially rela- Saxicola torquata to Saxicola torquatus tive to scientifi c names. P. Alström, M. J. Braun, D. V. Helmitheros vermivorus to Helmitheros vermivorum Derksen, K. L. Garre , D. D. Gibson, J. M. Pearce, H. Tiaris canora to Tiaris canorus D. Pra , S. L. Talbot, and K. T. Scribner provided im- Tiaris olivacea to Tiaris olivaceus portant suggestions and assistance. Melozone biarcuatum to Melozone biarcuata Dives atroviolacea to Dives atroviolaceus Lnyjwfyzwj Cnyji Ara erythrocephala to Ara erythrocephalus Ara erythrura to Ara erythrurus. Aggtyy, S., S. N. G. Ht|jqq, fsi P. P~qj. 2001. First Rearrange the sequence of species of Branta as North American record of Greater Sandplover. follows: North American Birds 55:252–257. Branta bernicla Aqiwnhm, J. W. 1946. Speciation in the white- Branta leucopsis cheeked geese. Wilson Bulletin 58:94–103. Branta hutchinsii Aqqfwi, K., K. MhKf~, fsi L. MhKnssts. 2001. 994 BANKS ET AL. [Auk, Vol. 121

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FORTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS R C. B,1,9,10 C C,2 J L. D,3 A W. K,4 P C. R,5 J. V. R, J.,6 J D. R,7 D F. S8 1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA; 2Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA; 3RR2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 4Florida Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 5Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045, USA; 6Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 7Department of Zoology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada; and 8Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA

This is the fi h Supplement since publica- removed from the families in which they were tion of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North previously treated and placed in incertae sedis American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union categories (Donacobius atricapilla and Coereba [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made fl aveola), and one family is removed from the list by the AOU’s Commi ee on Classifi cation (Coerebidae); (6) one genus is removed from the and Nomenclature between 1 January and 31 list (Mimodes) because of its merger with another December 2004. The Commi ee has contin- on the list (Mimus), with the consequent change ued to operate in the manner outlined in the of the scientifi c name of one species; and (7) the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Changes in this distribution of one species is restricted because Supplement fall into the following categories: of the removal of an extralimital population (1) two species replace others presently on the now treated as distinct (Melanerpes chrysauchen). list because of spli ing of extralimital forms Further, one species is added to the list of birds (Leptotila plumbeiceps replaces L. rufaxilla and known to occur in the United States (Tachycineta Hylocharis humboldtii replaces H. grayi); (2) one albilinea). A few recent references are added to species is removed from the Appendix and statements of distribution. Minor corrections added to the main list because of new distri- are made in several citations or notes. butional information (Circus aeruginosus); (3) one species is removed from the list because There is one more deletion from the main list of its merger with another species on the list than additions to it, so the number of species in (Motacilla lugens); (4) one species is removed the main list becomes 2,037. Literature that pro- from the main list and placed in the Appendix vides the basis for the Commi ee’s decisions is (Acridotheres cristatellus); (4) two species are cited at the end of the Supplement, and citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with Supplements) become additions 9Authors are members of the Commi ee on to it. An updated list of the bird species known Classi fi cation and Nomenclature of the American from the AOU Check-list area may be accessed at Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically a er the h p://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3. Chairman. 10E-mail: [email protected] The following changes to the 7th edition (page 1026 July 2005] Forty-sixth Supplement 1027 numbers refer thereto) and its Supplements Lanka and east to Myanmar; resident in north- result from the Commi ee’s actions: western Africa. Casual to Madeira, and the Canary, Cape pp. xvii–liv. Insert the following names in the Verde, and Seychelles islands. proper position as indicated by the text of this Accidental on Guadeloupe, 28 Nov. 2002–14 Supplement: Apr. 2003 (Levesque and Malglaive 2004; photographs). Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier Notes.—The report of this species in Virginia Leptotila plumbeiceps Gray-headed Dove (Shedd et al. 1998) that led to its inclusion in Hylocharis humboldtii Humboldt’s Sapphire the Appendix (AOU 2000) is still considered Mimus graysoni Socorro Mockingbird unsatisfactory. Many authorities consider C. aeruginosus conspecifi c with C. spilonotus Kaup, Remove the following names: 1847 [Eastern Marsh Harrier]. Leptotila rufaxilla Gray-fronted Dove Hylocharis grayi Blue-headed Sapphire p. 108. In the account for Falco tinnunculus, Mimodes graysoni Socorro Mockingbird add to Distribution: See Pranty et al. (2004) for Acridotheres cristatellus Crested Myna additional detailed information. Motacilla lugens Black-backed Wagtail Coerebidae p. 123. In the account for Numida meleagris, in the last line of Distribution, change Trinidad to Insert the term Genus INCERTAE SEDIS Trindade. above, and place an asterisk before, the following names (moving the entry for Donacobius to p. 141. In the account for Burhinus bistriatus, precede the family name Troglodytidae): add to fi rst paragraph of Distribution: Recently *Donacobius atricapilla Black-capped Donaco- reported breeding on Great Inagua, Bahamas bius (North American Birds 57:418, photo p. 432, *Coereba fl aveola Bananaquit 2003).

Remove the annotation (H): p. 207. The individual of Gygis alba photo- Gygis alba White Tern graphed on Bermuda was originally identi- ﬁ ed as being of the candida group (Wingate p. 60. In the citation of the original descrip- and Watson 1974), and it was so listed in the tion of Branta sandvicensis, change the reference 6th edition (AOU 1983). There is no evidence for Olson (1989) to ‘Elepaio 49:49–51. supporting its change to the alba group in the 7th edition (AOU 1998). Change the paragraph p. 93. Because of new distributional informa- beginning “Accidental” in the distribution of tion, Circus aeruginosus is added to the Check- this species by eliminating the mention of the list. A er the account for Circus cyaneus, insert alba group, and Tobago, which is out of the the following new account: Check-list area.

Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus). Western Marsh p. 228. Genetic data (Johnson 2004) lead us Harrier. to treat Leptotila plumbeiceps as a species distinct from L. rufaxilla, a treatment that follows tradi- Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. tional classiﬁ cations (e.g. Meyer de Schauensee (ed. 10) 1:91. (Europa = Sweden.) 1970, Goodwin 1983, Sibley and Monroe 1990, Baptista et al. 1997, Gibbs et al. 2001). The AOU Habitat.—Marshes and open grasslands. (1983) considered plumbeiceps conspeciﬁ c with Distribution.—Breeds in Europe and Asia L. rufaxilla, but did not provide or cite rationale. from England to western Mongolia south to Remove the account of L. rufaxilla and insert the the Mediterranean, Caucasus, Iran, and north- following in its place: ern Afghanistan, and winters in Africa south to Angola and the Transvaal, and from Iran Leptotila plumbeiceps Sclater and Salvin. Gray- through the Indian subcontinent south to Sri headed Dove 1028 B . [Auk, Vol. 122

Leptotila plumbeiceps Sclater and Salvin, 1868, Jaqué in southern Darién) to northern Ecuador Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 59 (Prov. Verae Pacis (Esmeraldas). in rep. Guatemalensi, et Mexico = Choctum, Notes.—Formerly treated as conspecifi c Vera Paz, Guatemala.) with H. grayi (DeLa re and Bourcier, 1845) [Blue-headed Sapphire] of the Pacifi c foothills Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen and drier valleys of the Andean Pacifi c slope Forest Edge, Secondary Forest (0–1,000 m; in Colombia and northern Ecuador, but Stiles Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). (2003) showed that diff erences in habitat, color Distribution.—As for the plumbeiceps and of males, size, and proportions are consistent ba yi groups in the account for L. rufaxilla. with treatment as separate species; see also Notes.—Groups: L. plumbeiceps [Gray- Ridgely and Greenfi eld (2001). headed Dove]; L. ba yi Rothschild, 1901 [Brown-backed Dove]. Formerly (AOU 1983, p. 333–334. The South American Melanerpes 1998) included in L. rufaxilla (Richard and pulcher is recognized as a species distinct from Bernard, 1792) [Gray-fronted Dove] of South M. chrysauchen, following the treatment by America but now treated as a separate spe- Wetmore (1968) and Stiles and Skutch (1989), cies on the basis of genetic data (Johnson 2004) who considered the plumage diff erences to be that supports the traditional classifi cation (e.g. comparable to species level diff erences in other Goodwin 1983, Gibbs et al. 2001). The ba yi Melanerpes. Authors who have treated them as group, which Wetmore (1968) recognized as a conspecifi c (e.g. Peters 1948, Sibley and Monroe distinct species, has generally been included 1990, Winkler et al. 1995) have not provided a with plumbeiceps (e.g. Goodwin 1983, Ridgely specifi c rationale for so doing. and Gwynne 1989, Gibbs et al. 2001), which we continue to do here in the absence of published Remove the phrase (chrysauchen group) and analyses. Reported vocal diff erences between all mention of the pulcher group from the para- L. plumbeiceps and L. ba yi suggest that, with graph on Distribution. Replace the fi rst sen- further study, they may merit status as separate tence of the Notes with: Formerly included M. species. pulcher Sclater, 1870 [Beautiful Woodpecker] of the Magdalena Valley of Colombia, now p. 295. Hylocharis humboldtii is separated from treated as distinct following Wetmore (1968) H. grayi, following Stiles (2003); see also Ridgely and Stiles and Skutch (1989). Add M. pulcher and Greenfi eld (2001). The two diff er in habitat, Sclater, 1870 to the species in the presumed elevation, coloration (especially males), and superspecies. measurements (not only size but proportions), and they were treated as species until Peters p. 457. Sykes et al. (2004) documented the fi rst (1945) treated them as conspecifi c without Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) in the explanation. The population in the Check-list United States. To the statement of distribution area is H. humboldtii, so the account for H. grayi of that species, add a paragraph: Accidental in is replaced by the following: Florida (Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, 18–25 Nov. 2002; Sykes et al. 2004). Hylocharis humboldtii (Bourcier and Mulsant). Humboldt’s Sapphire p. 469-470. In the account for Si a pusilla, add to Distribution: See Renfrow (2003) for addi- Trochilus humboldtii Bourcier and Mulsant, tional information. 1852, Ann. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyon (2) 4:142. (River Mira, Esmeraldas [Ecuador]; perhaps p. 471. Genetic data (Barker 2004) show that southwestern Colombia as suggested by Donacobius is neither a wren nor a mimid, as Ridgely and Greenfi eld 2001:353.) previously treated, but belongs in some Old World sylvioid group. Remove the account Habitat.—Mangroves and adjacent lowlands for Donacobius atricapilla from the family (Tropical Zone). Troglodytidae and place it ahead of that fam- Distribution.—Resident along the Pacifi c ily under a new centered heading Genus coast from extreme southeastern Panama (near INCERTAE SEDIS. July 2005] Forty-sixth Supplement 1029

Replace the Notes under the genus Donacobius 1979). Most European authorities did not with the following: This enigmatic taxon was separate the forms as species, however. Alström formerly treated in the Mimidae (Davis and and Mild (2003) suggested that the amount of Miller in Mayr and Greenway 1960) and then hybridization had been underestimated, and the Troglodytidae (AOU 1983, 1998), but recent they treated lugens as a subspecies of alba, a genetic analysis indicates that it is closest to treatment also indicated by Voelker (2002) on members of an Old World sylvioid assemblage the basis of genetic analysis. (Barker 2004). Its proper placement is yet to be determined by a more complete taxonomic p. 569. Two genetic data sets (Sato et al. sampling. 1999, Burns et al. 2002, 2003) have shown that the genus Coereba is embedded in a clade of p. 516–518. An analysis of mtDNA sequence “island” taxa, most of which were formerly clas- data (Barber et al. 2004) shows that the species siﬁ ed as sparrows (Emberizidae/Emberizinae). known as Mimodes graysoni is actually embed- Therefore, maintaining the family Coerebidae, ded within the genus Mimus and is most closely as constituted solely by Coereba, is untenable. related to Mimus polyglo os and M. gilvus. This The familial placement of Coereba is yet to be necessitates the following changes: Remove the determined. Remove the heading for the Family heading for the genus Mimodes from p. 518; move Coerebidae and replace it with the centered the citation for Mimodes to p. 516, under the cita- heading Genus INCERTAE SEDIS. tion for Mimus; move the account for the species Mimus graysoni to a position following that of M. p. 691. In the citation for Buteo buteo, change gilvus on p. 517; add to the Notes under M. gray- the page number from 1 to 50. soni: Formerly treated in the monotypic genus Mimodes, but now shown by genetic data (Barber p. 697. Before the account for Acridotheres et al. 2004) to be embedded in Mimus. javanicus, insert the following account for A. cristatellus: p. 524. Acridotheres cristatellus has become extirpated in North America (Self 2003), nearly Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus). Crested a century a er its introduction. Remove the spe- Myna. cies from the main list, and add an account for it in the Appendix (see p. 697, below). Gracula cristatellus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) I: 109. Based on “The Chinese Starling p. 526–527. Reevaluation of the evidence for or Blackbird” Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds I: 19, pl. considering Motacilla lugens a species distinct 19. (In Chinese.) from M. alba, of which it had long been considered a subspecies (AOU 1982, 1983), has led to A population of this native of China and its merger back into that species, in agreement southeastern Asia was introduced and seem- with most recent treatments (e.g. Voelker 2002, ingly well established in southwestern British Alström and Mild 2003). Incorporate the appro- Columbia (Vancouver region) from the late priate sections of the Distribution in the present 1800s until February 2003, when it was extir- M. lugens account into the account of M. alba, as pated (Self 2003). Individuals from that popu- the [lugens group], a er the alba group. In the lation ranged to Vancouver Island (nesting Notes for M. alba, insert: “M. lugens Gloger, 1829 a empted) and northwestern Washington. A [Black-backed Wagtail]” a er the alba group bird seen in Portland, Oregon, in 1922 may have and change the sentence following the listing of been from that population or may have escaped groups to read: Motacilla lugens was separated locally (Gabrielson and Jewe 1940, Marshall as a distinct species by AOU (1982, 1983, 1998) et al. 2003). Reports from Florida (Miami-Dade and some Russian workers (Stepanyan 1978, and Brevard counties) are based on escaped Kistchinski 1980) on the basis of contact with birds. Also reported in Puerto Rico, but status supposedly only limited hybridization in areas uncertain. of overlap in Ussuriland with M. a. leucopsis Nazarenko (1968) and in northern Kamchatka p. 705 ﬀ . In the list of French names of North with M. a. ocularis (Kistchinski and Lobkov American Birds, make the following changes: 1030 B . [Auk, Vol. 122

Insert in the appropriate place in main list: Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North Circus aeruginosus Busard des roseaux American Birds. Auk 99:1CC–16CC. Leptotila plumbeiceps Colombe à calo e grise A O’ U. 1983. Hylocharis humboldtii Saphir de Humboldt Check-list of North American Birds, 6th Mimus graysoni Moqueur de Socorro ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. Delete the entries for the following: A O’ U. 1998. Leptotila rufaxilla Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Hylocharis grayi ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Mimodes graysoni Washington, D.C. Motacilla lugens A O’ U. 2000. COEREBIDAE Forty-second supplement to the American Circus aeruginosus Busard des roseaux (from Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North Appendix portion of list, where added by American Birds. Auk 117:847–858. AOU (2000) Bu, L. F., P. W. T, H. M. Hg. 1997. Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Insert the term INCERTAE SEDIS above, and Doves). Pages 60–243 in Handbook of the place an asterisk before, each of the following Birds of the World, vol. 4: Sandgrouse to names (moving the name Troglodytidae to fol- Cuckoos (J. del Hoyo, A. Ellio , and J. low Donacobius and changing the name of the Sargatal, Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, la er): Spain. *Donacobius atricapilla Donacobe à miroir Bg, B. R., J. E. M-G», A. T. *Coereba fl aveola P. 2004. Systematic position of the Socorro Mockingbird Mimodes graysoni. Move the entry for Acridotheres cristatellus Journal of Avian Biology 35:195–198. from the main list to the Appendix. B, F. K. 2004. Monophyly and relationships of wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae): A The commi ee considered several other congruence analysis of heterogeneous mito- taxonomic changes, but did not make changes chondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. because of insuffi cient or confl icting informa- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: tion. Included were several proposals concern- 486–504. ing generic and specifi c limits and relationships B, K. J., S. J. H, N. K. K. in the Parulidae. Action on these proposals 2002. Phylogenetic relationships and mor- awaits further genetic data from studies that phological diversity in Darwin’s fi nches and include more complete coverage of the taxa their relatives. Evolution 56:1240–1252. involved. B, K. J., S. J. H, N. K. Klein. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical A honeycreepers and the evolution of feeding morphology. Journal of Avian Biology 34: Normand David serves as the Commi ee’s 360–370. authority for classical languages relative to Gg, I. N., S. G. J. 1940. Birds scientifi c names, and Michel Gosselin serves as of Oregon. Oregon State College, Corvallis, the authority for French names. We also thank Oregon. D. D. Gibson, Sir C. Lever, J. O’Donahue, A. P. Ggg, D., E. B, J. C}. 2001. Pigeons Peterson, and F. G. Stiles. and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Yale University Press, L C New Haven, Connecticut. G, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the A¾, P., K. M. 2003. Pipits and World, 3rd ed. Cornell University Press, Wagtails. Princeton University Press, Ithaca, New York. Princeton, New Jersey. J, K. P. 2004. Deletion bias in avian introns A O’ U. 1982. over evolutionary timescales. Molecular Thirty-fourth supplement to the American Biology and Evolution 21:599–602. July 2005] Forty-sixth Supplement 1031

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FORTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS R C. B,1,9,10 C C,2 J L. D,3 A W. K,4 P C. R,5 J. V. R, J.,6 J D. R,7 D F. S8 1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA; 2Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA; 3RR2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 4Florida Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 5Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045, USA; 6Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 7Department of Zoology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada; and 8Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA

This is the sixth Supplement since publica- resultant nomenclatural changes; (6) one subfam- tion of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North ily is elevated to status of family (Stercorariidae), American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union with no resultant nomenclatural changes; (7) [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made one genus (Asturina) is merged with another by the AOU’s Commi ee on Classifi cation and (Buteo), resulting in a new name combination Nomenclature—North America between 1 (B. nitidus); (8) one species (sissonii) is trans- January and 31 December 2005. The Commi ee ferred from one genus (Thryomanes) to another has continued to operate in the manner outlined (Troglodytes); and (9) two species (Myiozetetes in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Changes similis, Catharus mexicanus), in addition to three in this Supplement fall into the following cat- of the four added to the entire list [see (1) and egories: (1) three species are added because of (2) above], are added to the list of species known splits from species already on the list (Calonectris to occur in the United States. edwardsii, Dendragapus fuliginosus, Loxigilla barbadensis); (2) one species is added because of More sweeping changes are involved in new distributional information (Frege a tropica); reclassifi cations of entire tribes or subfamilies (3) two species replace others presently on the because of new data on relationships, with list because of spli ing of extralimital forms resultant changes in several well-known sci- (Cuculus optatus, Ficedula albicilla); (4) one spe- entifi c names in each group. In the shorebird cies name (Streptopelia risoria) is changed because tribe Tringini, the genera Heteroscelus and of recognition of its status as a feral form of S. Catoptrophorus are merged into Tringa, with roseogrisea; (5) one family is merged into another resultant new name combinations for their three (Dendrocolaptidae into Furnariidae), with no included species. In the tern subfamily Sterninae, fi ve previously recognized generic names are resurrected for species placed in Sterna in the 9Authors are members of the Commi ee on 7th edition (AOU 1998)—Onychoprion, Sternula, Classi fi cation and Nomenclature of the American Gelochelidon, Hydroprogne, and Thalasseus—with Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically a er the resultant new name combinations for 13 species Chairman. on the list. The cuckoo subfamily Coccyzinae 10E-mail: [email protected] is merged with Cuculinae, one old generic 926 July 2006] Forty-seventh Supplement 927 name (Coccycua) is resurrected, and two gen- Change Dendragapus obscurus from Blue era (Saurothera and Hyetornis) are merged into Grouse to Dusky Grouse Coccyzus, with resultant new name combina- Change Stercorariinae to STERCORARIIDAE tions for seven species. Changes of classifi cation and move the entire family to follow Rynchops of entire genera, tribes, subfamilies, and even niger. families will become more frequent as DNA evidence continues to provide new or confi rm Rearrange the fi rst 15 names in the family old concepts of relationships. Scolopacidae to the following sequence: Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper (N) The addition of four species to the list brings Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper (N) the total known to occur in the Check-list area Actitis macularius Spo ed Sandpiper to 2,041. This Supplement presents new name Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper (A) combinations for 28 species and replacements Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper for three species on the list. Five generic names Tringa brevipes Gray-tailed Ta ler (N) go out of use, but six others are revived. One Tringa incana Wandering Ta ler new family name is used, and one family name Tringa erythropus Spo ed Redshank (N) and one subfamily name go out of use. Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank (N) Literature that provides the basis for the Tringa semipalmata Willet Commi ee’s decisions is cited at the end of the Tringa fl avipes Lesser Yellowlegs Supplement, and citations not already in the Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper (A) Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with Supple- Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper ments) become additions to it. An updated list of Tringa totanus Common Redshank (A) the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area may be found at . Sterninae to the following sequence: Anous stolidus Brown Noddy The following changes to the 7th edition (to Anous minutus Black Noddy which page numbers refer) and its Supplements Procelsterna cerulea Blue-gray Noddy (H) result from the Commi ee’s actions: Gygis alba White Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern pp. xvii–liv. Insert the following names in the Onychoprion lunatus Gray-backed Tern (H) proper position as indicated by the text of this Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled Tern Supplement: Onychoprion aleuticus Aleutian Tern Sternula albifrons Li le Tern (H, A) Calonectris edwardsii Cape Verde Shearwater (A) Sternula antillarum Least Tern Frege a tropica Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (A) Sternula superciliaris Yellow-billed Tern (A) Buteo nitidus Gray Hawk Phaetusa simplex Large-billed Tern (A) Dendragapus fuliginosus Sooty Grouse Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed Tern Streptopelia roseogrisea African Collared-Dove Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern (I) Larosterna inca Inca Tern (A) Cuculus optatus Oriental Cuckoo (A) Chlidonias niger Black Tern Troglodytes sissonii Socorro Wren Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher (A) (A) Loxigilla barbadensis Barbados Bullfi nch Chlidonias hybrida Whiskered Tern (A) Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern Remove the following names: Sterna hirundo Common Tern Asturina nitida Gray Hawk Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern Streptopelia risoria Ringed Turtle-Dove (I) Sterna forsteri Forster’s Tern Thryomanes sissonii Socorro Wren Thalasseus maximus Royal Tern Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher (A) Thalasseus bergii Great Crested Tern (H, A) Cuculus saturatus Oriental Cuckoo (A) Thalasseus sandvicensis Sandwich Tern DENDROCOLAPTIDAE Thalasseus elegans Elegant Tern 928 B . 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Remove the subfamily name Coccyzinae Notes.—Formerly considered conspecifi c and rearrange the species in it to the following with C. diomedea; see Pa eson and Armistead sequence: (2004) for a synopsis of the rationale for treat- Coccycua minuta Li le Cuckoo ment as separate species. Piaya cayana Squirrel Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Dark-billed Cuckoo (A) p. 23. Because of new distributional infor- Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo mation, a genus and species are added to the Coccyzus euleri Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (A) Check-list. A er the account for Hydrobates Coccyzus minor Mangrove Cuckoo pelagicus, insert the following new generic name Coccyzus ferrugineus Cocos Cuckoo and species account: Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Genus FREGETTA Bonaparte Coccyzus rufi gularis Bay-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo Frege a Bonaparte, 1855, Compt. Rend. Acad. Coccyzus vieilloti Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Sci., Paris, 41:1113. Type, by original designa- Coccyzus merlini Great Lizard-Cuckoo tion, Thalassidroma leucogaster Gould = Procellaria Coccyzus longirostris Hispaniolan Lizard- grallaria Vieillot. Cuckoo Frege a tropica (Gould). Black-bellied Storm- pp. 17–18. Calonectris edwardsii is recognized Petrel. as a species distinct from C. diomedea and is added to the list of species known to occur in Thalassidroma tropica Gould, 1844, Ann. Mag. the geographic limits of this Check-list. No Nat. Hist. 13:366. (equatorial regions of Atlantic explicit reasons were given for merging C. Ocean = lat. 6°33’N, long. 18°6’W, from “a” edwardsii into C. diomedea by Murphy (1924) and type preserved in the British Museum (Natural Peters (1931), who have been followed by most History). later authors. Calonectris edwardsii is consider- ably smaller than C. diomedea, has a thinner bill Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests on islands. that is basally gray or pinkish rather than yel- Distribution.—Breeds on islands in the low or ivory, and is darker and grayer brown subantarctic zone circumpolarly from South on the upperparts; see Pa eson and Armistead Shetland Islands (Deception, Elephant), South (2004) for a synopsis of the rationale for treating Orkney Islands (Signy, Larsen, and Laurie), edwardsii as a separate species. South Georgia, Gough, Prince Edward Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Auckland Islands, p. 18. A er the account for Calonectris dio- and Antipodes Islands. May breed on South medea, insert the following new account: Sandwich Islands, Bouvet, Heard, and the Bounty islands. Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet). Cape Verde Ranges at sea north to subtropical and tropi- Shearwater. cal waters north to Equatorial waters in Pacifi c, Atlantic, and Indian oceans (recorded north to Puffi nus Edwardsii Oustalet, 1883, Ann. Sci. nearly 18 degrees north). Nat., Zool., Paris, ser. 6, art. 5, p. 1. (Branco, Accidental off North Carolina (77 km south- Cape Verde Islands.) east of Oregon Inlet, 31 May 2004; photos; Guris et al. 2004). Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows Notes.—A previous report from St. Marks, on islands. Florida (AOU 1957), was relegated to the Distribution.—Breeds in the Cape Verde Appendix (AOU 1983, AOU 1998:687) under Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Frege a grallaria). Ranges at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mainly near the breeding grounds. pp. 96–100. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA Accidental off the coast of North Carolina sequence data (Riesing et al. 2003) shows that (48 km southeast of Ha eras Inlet, 15 August the genus Asturina is embedded within the 2004; photos; Pa eson and Armistead 2004). genus Buteo. Remove the entry for the genus July 2006] Forty-seventh Supplement 929

Asturina from p. 96. The citation for Asturina (Cascade Mountains, at foot of Mount Hood, should be placed in the synonymy of Buteo on Oregon, and Chiloweyuck Depot, Washington = p. 99, immediately following the citation for beneath Mount Hood, Hood River County, Buteo. Add to the Notes under the genus Buteo: Oregon.) See Banks and Browning (1979) for Includes Asturina, formerly (AOU 1998) treated citation and Deignan (1961) and Browning as distinct. (1979) for type locality. Habitat and Distribution as for fuliginosus Move the account for Asturina nitida from p. group in AOU (1998) account for D. obscurus. 97 and insert it on p. 100 following the account Notes.—Formerly merged with D. obscurus for Buteo platypterus, under the name “Buteo as Blue Grouse, but separated on the basis of nitidus (Latham). Gray Hawk.” genetic evidence (Barrowclough et al. 2004) and Add the following to Notes under Buteo diff erences in voice (hooting), behavior, and nitidus: Riesing et al. (2003) suggested that the plumage (Brooks 1929). groups should be recognized as distinct species, but did not provide supporting data. Formerly pp. 152 ff . Analysis of mitochondrial and (AOU 1998) treated in the genus Asturina, but nuclear DNA sequences in members of the Riesing et al. (2003) showed from mitochondrial shorebird tribe Tringini (Pereira and Baker DNA sequence data that recognition of the 2005) has shown that the species in the genera genus Asturina renders Buteo paraphyletic. Catoptrophorus and Heteroscelus are embedded within Tringa and should be merged into it, and p. 121. The two groups of Blue Grouse are that the genera Xenus and Actitis are basal in recognized as species on the basis of evidence the tribe. The resultant phylogeny necessitates from mitochondrial DNA sequence data a rearrangement of the species accounts in our (Barrowclough et al. 2004) that supports the list, with some new combinations of generic previous separation (AOU 1931, Hellmayr and and specifi c names (but no changes in English Conover 1942) based on behavior, plumage, and names), to the following sequence: vocalizations (e.g., Brooks 1929). Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt) Replace the heading for the Blue Grouse with: Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus) A. macularius (Linnaeus) Dendragapus obscurus (Say). Dusky Grouse. Tringa ochropus Linnaeus T. solitaria Wilson The citation remains as it is. Habitat is as for T. brevipes (Vieillot) the obscurus group. Distribution is as for obscu- T. incana (Gmelin) rus group with the deletion of “from southeast- T. erythropus (Pallas) ern Alaska (except coastal areas),” and comma T. melanoleuca (Gmelin) following Yukon. Change Notes to: Previously T. nebularia (Gunnerus) included D. fuliginosus and called Blue Grouse, T. semipalmata (Gmelin) but now separated on the basis of genetic evi- T. fl avipes (Gmelin) dence (Barrowclough et al. 2004) and diff er- T. stagnatilis (Bechstein) ences in voice (hooting), behavior, and plumage T. glareola Linnaeus (Brooks 1929). Barrowclough et al. (2004) also T. totanus (Linnaeus) found a lesser genetic diff erence between northern and southern populations of D. obscurus that Following the heading “Tribe TRIGININI: does not correspond to currently recognized Tringinine Sandpipers” insert the following: subspecifi c boundaries. Notes.—Tringa incana and T. brevipes were formerly placed in the genus Heteroscelus Following the account for D. obscurus, insert Baird, and T. semipalmata was formerly placed the following: in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus Gmelin (AOU 1998). Sequence here follows Pereira and Dendragapus fuliginosus (Ridgway). Sooty Baker (2005). Grouse. Canace obscura var. fuligniosa [sic] Ridgeway Remove the headings for the genera [sic], 1873, Forest and Stream 1(19):289. Catoptrophorus and Heteroscelus from p. 156, and 930 B . [Auk, Vol. 123 move the citations for these names into the syn- Genus Gygis Wagler onymy of the genus Tringa on pp. 152–153. Gygis alba (Sparrman) Genus Onychoprion Wagler p. 181. The subfamily Stercorariinae is Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus) elevated to family status as a result of analyses Onychoprion lunatus (Peale) of DNA sequence data that show the family is Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli) sister to the Alcidae and not part of Laridae Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird) (Ericson et al. 2003, Paton et al. 2003, Fain and Genus Sternula Boie Houde 2004). Replace the subfamily heading Sternula albifrons (Pallas) with Family STERCORARIIDAE: Skuas and Sternula antillarum Lesson Jaegers. Remove the entire new family (pp. Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot) 181–183) from the Laridae and place it follow- Genus Phaetusa Wagler ing the larid subfamily Rynchopinae and before Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin) the family Alcidae (p. 208). Genus Gelochelidon C. L. Brehm Following the heading “Family STER- Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin) CORARII DAE: Skuas and Jaegers” insert the Genus Hydroprogne Kaup following: Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas) Notes.—Formerly considered a subfamily Genus Larosterna Blyth of the Laridae (AOU 1998), but analyses of Larosterna inca (Lesson) sequence data indicate that it is more closely Genus Chlidonias Rafi nesque related to the Alcidae (Ericson et al. 2003, Paton Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus) et al. 2003, Fain and Houde 2004). Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck) Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas) pp. 196–207. Bridge et al. (2005) analyzed mito- Genus Sterna Linnaeus chondrial DNA of terns (except Procelsterna) and Sterna dougallii Montagu correlated the results with plumage characters. Sterna hirundo Linnaeus The data show that the genus Sterna as currently Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan defi ned by AOU (1983, 1998) is paraphyletic, Sterna forsteri Nu all and that to keep it monophyletic would require Genus Thalasseus Boie the merger of Phaetusa, Larosterna, and Chlidonias Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert) into Sterna. Further, members of several distinct Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein) genetic clusters share crown pa erns that corre- Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham) spond with formerly recognized genera. Because Thalasseus elegans (Gambel) of the new phylogenetic data and because these genera were merged without comment or expla- Under the generic headings and citations for nation, a generic revision is warranted. Rather the genera Onychoprion, Sternula, Gelochelidon, than merge additional genera into Sterna, we Hydroprogne, and Thalasseus, insert the fol- follow the recommendation by Bridge et al. lowing: Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) (2005) to resurrect four generic names currently included in the genus Sterna but separated on placed in the synonymy of Sterna (p. 196) with the basis of genetic data that correspond to the citations given—Thalasseus Boie, Sternula plumage pa erns (Bridge et al. 2005). Boie, Hydroprogne Kaup, and Gelochelidon C. L. Brehm. One other generic name is revived— p. 221. The name Streptopelia risoria is applied Genus Onychoprion Wagler, 1832, Isis 25, to a long-domesticated (o en feral) form of S. col. 277. Type, by monotypy, Sterna serrata roseogrisea (Goodwin 1983, Sibley and Monroe Wagler = Sterna fuscata Linnaeus. This revised 1990, Baptista et al. 1997). We follow these classifi cation results in a new sequence of genera authors in using the name of the wild spe- and species as follows: cies (roseogrisea) in place of the name based on Genus Anous Stephens domesticated birds. This follows the principle Anous stolidus (Linnaeus) set forth in Opinion 2027 of the International Anous minutus Boie Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Genus Procelsterna Lafresnaye (2003) that conserved the usage of specifi c Procelsterna cerulea (Benne ) names based on wild species of mammals that July 2006] Forty-seventh Supplement 931 are predated by or contemporary with names Kamchatka, and south from Kazakhstan based on domesticated forms. through Mongolia, northern China and South In the citation for the generic name Korea to Japan and the Nansei-shoto Islands. Streptopelia, add to the designation of the type Winters from the Malay Peninsula and species “= Columba roseogrisea Sundevall.” Vietnam to the Philippines, Micronesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, northern and Replace the account of S. risoria with the follow- eastern Australia, and Lord Howe Island. ing account: Wanders casually to the western Aleutian Islands (A u, Rat Islands), the Pribilof Islands Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall). African (St. Paul), St. Lawrence Island, and (once) to Collared-Dove. the western Alaskan mainland (Cape Prince of Wales). Columbam roseogriseam (accusative case) Notes.—Previously considered conspe- Sundevall, 1857, Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Akad, Handl. cifi c with C. saturatus Blyth, 1843 [Himalayan (n.s.) no. 1, art. 3, p. 54. (Nubia.) Cuckoo] and C. lepidus S. Müller, 1845 [Sunda Cuckoo] but separated on the basis of diff er- Habitat.—Arid country with trees and shrubs, ences in vocalizations and morphological char- o en near human habitation. Feral populations acters (Payne 2005). Formerly known as C. s. occur mainly in urban and suburban parks. horsfi eldi and as Horsfi eld’s Cuckoo. Distribution.—Resident in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia. pp. 246–250. An analysis of mitochondrial Introduced and established as feral popu- DNA and ribosomal RNA sequences (Sorenson lations of domesticated stock in west-central and Payne 2005) produced a phylogeny for Florida (Pinellas County), the Bahamas (New the family Cuculidae in which the subfamily Providence), and Puerto Rico. Other introduced Cuculinae is paraphyletic with respect to the populations in North America have failed to Coccyzinae. Therefore, we merge the Coccyzinae become established. into the Cuculinae. Delete the heading Subfamily Notes.—Also known as Ringed Turtle-Dove COCCYZINAE: New World Cuckoos. and Barbary Dove. The widely domesticated and locally introduced populations (Goodwin The study by Sorenson and Payne (2005) fur- 1983) have been known as S. risoria (Linnaeus, ther showed that the species now (AOU 1998) in 1758). Present North American feral popula- the genera Saurothera and Hyetornis are embed- tions may be entirely human-dependent and ded within Coccyzus, and that the genus Piaya not self-sustaining. is not monophyletic if minuta is included, the la er forming a monophyletic group with two p. 246. We follow Payne (2005) in separating South American species to be recognized as the Cuculus optatus and C. lepidus from C. saturatus genus Coccycua. The resultant phylogeny neces- on the basis of diff erences in vocalizations and sitates a rearrangement of the species accounts minor morphological features. Records from our in our list, with some new combinations of area are of C. optatus. The account for Cuculus generic and specifi c names (but no changes in saturatus should be replaced with the following: English names), to the following sequence: Coccycua minuta (Vieillot) Cuculus optatus Gould. Oriental Cuckoo. Piaya cayana (Linnaeus) Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot Cuculus optatus Gould 1845, Proc. Zool. Soc. Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus) London, 1845: 18. (Port Essington, northern Coccyzus euleri Cabanis Australia.) Coccyzus minor (Gmelin) Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould Habitat.—Forested regions, in coniferous, Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson) mixed, and deciduous woodlands. Coccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin) Distribution.—Breeds from Finland and Coccyzus rufi gularis Hartlaub Komi, western Russia, east through Russia Coccyzus vetula (Linnaeus) south of the Arctic Circle to Anadyrland and Coccyzus vieilloti (Bonaparte) 932 B . [Auk, Vol. 123

Coccyzus merlini (d’Orbigny) January 2004; photo in North American Birds Coccyzus longirostris (Hermann) 59:368, 2004).

Following the account for Cuculus optatus pp. 479, 481. An analysis of mitochondrial (see above), before the account for Coccycua DNA sequence data (Martinez Gómez et al. minuta (formerly Piaya minuta), insert the 2005) showed that Thryomanes sissonii is embed- generic citation: ded in the Troglodytes clade and is a member of the Troglodytes aedon species complex. Remove Genus COCCYCUA Lesson the species account from its present position and move it to p. 481 following the account for Coccycua Lesson, 1830, Traité d’Orn., livr. 2, Troglodytes aedon, as follows: p. 142. Type, by monotypy, Cuculus monachus Lesson = Coccyzus minutus Vieillot. Troglodytes sissonii (Grayson). Socorro Wren. Notes.—Includes two extralimital species The citation (synonymy), habitat, and distri- usually placed in Coccyzus (e.g., Payne 1997) bution remain unchanged. Change the Notes to and minuta, formerly (AOU 1998) placed in read as follows: Piaya. Analysis of DNA sequence data showed Notes.—Placed in the genus Thryomanes by this former arrangement to be paraphyletic Oberholser (1898) because of similarities to (Sorenson and Payne 2005). Thryomanes bewickii in bill structure. Phillips (1986) used the specifi c name insularis Lawrence Remove the generic headings and notes for and placed the species in Troglodytes; see Banks Saurothera and Hyetornis, and place the names and Browning (1995) for comments on nomen- and citations in the synonymy of the genus clature. It is here placed in Troglodytes because Coccyzus. Following the heading and citation analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data for the genus Coccyzus, insert the following: (Martinez Gómez et al. 2005) revealed that it is Notes.—Includes species formerly placed in part of the T. aedon complex. Howell and Webb the genera Saurothera (vetula, vieilloti, merlini, (1995) treated the species in Troglodytes on the and longirostris) and Hyetornis (pluvialis and basis of voice, behavior, and plumage. rufi gularis), now included in Coccyzus on the basis of DNA sequence data (Sorenson and p. 494. Ficedula albicilla is recognized as dis- Payne 2005). tinct from F. parva (Svensson et al. 2005) on the basis of diff erences in song, plumage pa ern p. 354. Two independent genetic data sets and molt sequence, and divergent mtDNA. (Irestedt et al. 2002, Chesser 2004) strongly indi- Replace the account for F. parva with the fol- cate that the Furnariidae is paraphyletic with lowing: respect to the Dendrocolaptidae because the furnariid genera Sclerurus and Geosi a (extra- Ficedula albicilla (Pallas). Taiga Flycatcher. limital) are basal to Dendrocolaptidae and the rest of the Furnariidae. This confi rms suspicions Muscicapa Albicilla Pallas, 1811, Zoographia dating back to at least Ihering (1915), and is Rosso-Asiat., 1, p. 462. (Dauriya, near the Onon consistent with morphological data (e.g., Ames [Russia].) 1971, Feduccia 1973). Therefore, we merge the Family Dendrocolaptidae into the Furnariidae. Habitat.—Deciduous and mixed taiga forest. Remove the heading and Notes for the Family Distribution.—Breeds from eastern Russia Dendrocolaptidae. There are no changes in east across Siberia to Anadyrland, the Sea of sequence or names at this time. Okhotsk, and Kamchatka, south to the Altai, northern Mongolia, and Ussuriland. p. 408. A new distributional record adds a Winters from west-central India through species to the list of birds known to occur in Bangladesh and south-east Asia to the upper the United States. In the account for Myiozetetes Malay Peninsula. similis, add to the Distribution: Casual in Alaska in the western Aleutian Accidental in Texas (near Bentsen-Rio Islands (A u, Shemya) and St. Lawrence Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, 7–14 Island. July 2006] Forty-seventh Supplement 933

Notes.—Formerly considered conspeciﬁ c Loxigilla barbadensis Sporophile de Barbade with F. parva (Bechstein, 1792) [Red-breasted Flycatcher] but recognized as distinct on the Delete the entries for the following: basis of diﬀ erences in voice, plumage pat- Streptopelia risoria tern, molt sequence, and mitochondrial DNA Cuculus saturatus sequence data (Svensson et al. 2005). Also Thryomanes sissonii known as Red-throated Flycatcher. Ficedula parva

p 503. A new distributional record adds a Move the species from Stercorarius skua through species to the list of birds known to occur in the Stercorarius longicaudus to a position following United States. In the account for Catharus mexi- Rynchops niger. canus, add to the Distribution: Accidental in Texas (Pharr, Hidalgo County, Rearrange, with appropriate changes, the fi rst 28 May-early August, 19–29 October 2004; pho- 15 scientifi c names in the family Scolopacidae tograph in Lockwood and Bates 2005). to the following sequence, with no change in French names: p. 596. The Barbados population of Loxigilla Xenus cinereus noctis diff ers from populations on other islands Actitis hypoleucos in the Lesser Antilles by being sexually mono- Actitis macularius chromatic, in several behavioral characters, and Tringa ochropus genetically (Buckley and Buckley 2004), and is Tringa solitaria recognized as a species. Insert the following Tringa brevipes account a er that of L. noctis: Tringa incana Tringa erythropus Loxigilla barbadensis Cory. Barbados Bullfi nch. Tringa melanoleuca Tringa nebularia Loxigilla barbadensis Cory, 1886, Auk 3:382. Tringa semipalmata (Barbados.) Tringa fl avipes Tringa stagnatilis Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Tringa glareola Forest, Secondary Forest, Tropical Deciduous Tringa totanus Forest (0–300 m). Distribution.—Resident on Barbados in the Rearrange, with appropriate changes, the sci- Lesser Antilles. entifi c names from Sterna nilotica through Gygis Notes.—Formerly considered a subspecies alba to the following sequence, with no change of L. noctis, but treated here as a separate spe- in French names: cies because of diff erences in plumage (sexual Gygis alba monochromatism), behavioral traits (e.g., Onychoprion fuscatus foraging behavior), and genetics (summarized Onychoprion lunatus by Buckley and Buckley 2004) consistent with Onychoprion anaethetus specifi c status. Onychoprion aleuticus Sternula albifrons p. 705 ff . In the list of French names of North Sternula antillarum American Birds, make the following changes: Sternula superciliaris Phaetusa simplex Insert in the appropriate place in main list: Gelochelidon nilotica Calonectris edwardsii Puffi n du Cap-Vert Hydroprogne caspia Frege a tropica Océanite à ventre noir Larosterna inca Dendragapus fuliginosus Tétras fuligineux Chlidonias niger Streptopelia roseogrisea Tourterelle rieuse Chlidonias leucopterus Cuculus optatus Coucou oriental Chlidonias hybrida Troglodytes sissonii Troglodyte de Socorro Sterna dougallii Ficedula albicilla Gobemouche de la taïga Sterna hirundo 934 B . [Auk, Vol. 123

Sterna paradisaea L C Sterna forsteri Thalasseus maximus A O’ U. 1931. Thalasseus bergii Check-list of North American Birds, 3rd ed. Thalasseus sandvicensis American Ornithologists’ Union, Lancaster, Thalasseus elegans Pennsylvania. A O’ U. 1957. Rearrange, with appropriate changes, the sci- Check-list of North American Birds, 5th ed. entifi c names from Coccyzus erythropthalmus American Ornithologists’ Union, Baltimore, through Piaya minuta to the following sequence, Maryland. with no change in French names: A O’ U. 1983. Check- Coccycua minuta list of North American Birds, 6th ed. American Piaya cayana Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. Coccyzus melacoryphus A O’ U. 1998. Check- Coccyzus americanus list of North American Birds, 7th ed. American Coccyzus euleri Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. Coccyzus minor A O’ U. 2000. Coccyzus ferrugineus Forty-second supplement to the American Coccyzus erythropthalmus Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North Coccyzus pluvialis American Birds. Auk 117:847–858. Coccyzus rufi gularis A, P. L. 1971. The morphology of the syrinx Coccyzus vetula in passerine birds. Bulletin of the Peabody Coccyzus vieilloti Museum of Natural History, no. 37. Coccyzus merlini B, R. C., M. R. B. 1979. Correct Coccyzus longirostris citations for some North American bird taxa. Proceedings of the Biological Society The commi ee considered several other of Washington 92:195–203. taxonomic changes, but did not make changes B, R. C., M. R. B. 1995. because of insuffi cient or confl icting informa- Comments on the status of revived old tion. Included were proposals to recognize names for some North American birds. Auk Si a pusilla insularis of the Bahamas as a spe- 112:633–648. cies (Hayes et al. 2005), to split the Gray Hawk Bu, L. F., P. W. T, H. M. Hg. Buteo nitidus into two species (Riesing et al. 1997. Family Columbidae (Pigeons and 2003), to recognize the genus Rupornis for the Doves). Pages 60–243 in Handbook of the Birds Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris (Riesing of the World, vol. 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos et al. 2003), to move Calcarius mccownii to the (J. del Hoyo, A. Ellio , and J. Sargatal, Eds.). genus Plectrophenax (Klicka et al. 2003), and to Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. elevate Loxigilla portoricensis grandis to specifi c B, G. F., J. G. G, L. A. M, rank (Garrido and Wiley 2003). Action on these R. J. G. 2004. Phylogeographic proposals awaits further studies that include structure, gene fl ow and species status additional data. Various records commi ees are in Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus). still evaluating several distributional reports Molecular Ecology 13:1911–1922. that would add species to the list B, E. S., A. W. J, A. J. B. 2005. A phylogenetic framework for the terns A (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: Implications for taxonomy and plumage N. David serves as the Commi ee’s author- evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and ity for classical languages relative to scien- Evolution 35:459–469. tifi c names, and M. Gosselin serves as the B, A. 1929. On Dendragapus obscurus obscu- authority for French names. We also thank rus. Auk 46:111–113. J. C. Arvin, M. R. Browning, T. L. Eubanks, D. D. B, M. R. 1979. Type specimens of birds Gibson, A. P. Peterson, and F. G. Stiles for assis- collected in Oregon. Northwest Science 53: tance, suggestions and comments. 132–140. July 2006] Forty-seventh Supplement 935

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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 . 11Authors are members of the Committ ee on Classifi cation and Nomenclature–North America of the American Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabeti- The following changes to the 7th edition (page cally a er the Chairman. numbers refer thereto) and its Supplements 12E-mail: [email protected] result from the Committ ee’s actions: 1109 1110 Banks et al. [Auk, Vol. 124

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 alternative 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, retaining the English names: Genus MESOPHOYX Sharpe Spizastur melanoleucus to Spizaetus melanoleucus 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 probably 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. Delete the account for L. cachinnans and white Hawk-Eagle. replace it with the following: July 2007] Forty-eighth Supplement 1113

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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Richard C. Banks,1,11,12 R. Terry Chesser,1 Carla Cicero,2 Jon L. Dunn,3 Andrew W. Kratter,4 Irby J. Lovette,5 Pamela C. Rasmussen,6 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,7 James D. Rising,8 Douglas F. Stotz,9 and Kevin Winker10

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 3Rural Route 2, Box 52R, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 4Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 5Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA; 6Museum and Department of Zoology, Michigan State, University, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; 7Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 8Department of Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 9Environmental and Conservation Programs, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 10University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the eighth Supplement since publication of the 7th philadelphia, C. cirrocephalus, C. ridibundus, Hydrocoloeus minu- edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Or- tus, Leucophaeus modestus, L. atricilla, L. pipixcan, Pyrilia pyrilia, nithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made P. haematotis, Colaptes rubiginosus, C. auricularis, Epinecro- by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature– phylla fulviventris, Arremon crassirostris, A. brunneinucha, A. North and Middle America between 1 January and 31 December virenticeps, A. torquatus, and Magumma parva); (7) 13 English 2007. The Committee has continued to operate in the manner out- names are changed (Phoenicopterus ruber becomes American Fla- lined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Kevin Winker became mingo, two species of Colibri become Violetear rather than Violet- a member of the Committee in 2007. Changes in this Supplement ear, Goethalsia bella becomes Pirre [rather than Rufous-cheeked] fall into the following categories: (1) one genus (Creagrus) and three Hummingbird, Cnipodectes subbrunneus becomes Brownish species (Creagrus furcatus, Phylloscopus proregulus, and Turdus Twistwing rather than Brownish Flycatcher, six species of Tur- philomelos) are added to the main list (including one transferred dus become Thrush rather than Robin, Chlorothraupis carmioli from the Appendix) because of new distributional information; becomes Carmiol’s [rather than Olive] Tanager, and Troupial be- (2) one species is removed from the list (Buteogallus subtilis) by comes Venezuelan Troupial); (8) distribution statements of four being merged with another on the list; (3) two species are changed species are changed by splits of extralimital taxa (Pelecanus occi- by being split from extralimital species (Anas zonorhyncha and dentalis, Phoenicopterus ruber, Conopias albovittatus, and Icterus Nonnula frontalis); (4) six genera are added (Helicolestes, Chroico- icterus); and (9) one generic name in the Appendix is changed cephalus, Hydrocoloeus, Leucophaeus, Epinecrophylla, and Ma- (Columba goodsoni becomes Patagioenas goodsoni). gumma) and one is replaced (Pyrilia) because of generic splits; (5) two genera (Lysurus and Buarremon) are lost by merger (with Additionally, a new classification and sequence of genera and Arremon); (6) 18 scientific names are changed by transfer from species is adopted for gulls of the subfamily Larinae. A new se- one genus to another (Helicolestes hamatus, Chroicocephalus quence is adopted for the species of tinamous (Tinamidae) and for

11Authors are members of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature–North and Middle America, of the American Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. 12E-mail: [email protected]

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species in the genus Tangara. The flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) Piculus auricularis Gray-crowned Woodpecker. are moved to a position immediately following the grebes (Pod- Myrmotherula fulviventris Checker-throated Antwren. icipedidae). In higher-level classification, a suborder (Eurylaimi) Hemignathus parvus Anianiau. and family (Eurylaimidae) are added to our list for the species Sapayoa aenigma, previously incertae sedis. The family Furnari- Change the generic names and position: idae is divided into three subfamilies. The family Formicariidae is Lysurus crassirostris to Arremon crassirostris limited to antthrushes of the genera Formicarius and (extralim- Buarremon brunneinucha to Arremon brunneinucha ital) Chamaeza; the genus Pittasoma is transferred to the fam- Buarremon virenticeps to Arremon virenticeps ily Conopophagidae (adding a family to the Check-list area), and Buarremon torquatus to Arremon torquatus the genera Grallaria, Hylopezus, and Grallaricula are placed in a newly recognized family, Grallariidae. Change the English names of the following species: Phoenicopterus ruber to American Flamingo. Several of the changes in this Supplement were made so that Colibri delphinae to Brown Violetear. the North and Middle American and South American (Remsen et al. Colibri thalassinus to Green Violetear. 2008) lists will conform. The species changed belong to groups Goethalsia bella to Pirre Hummingbird. that are primarily South American. Cnipodectes subbrunneus to Brownish Twistwing. Turdus nigrescens to Sooty Thrush. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s deci- Turdus infuscatus to Black Thrush. sions is cited at the end of the Supplement, and citations not al- Turdus plebejus to Mountain Thrush. ready in the Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with Supplements) Turdus grayi to Clay-colored Thrush. become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species known Turdus nudigenis to Bare-eyed Thrush. from the AOU Check-list area can be found at www.AOU.org/ Turdus assimilis to White-throated Thrush. checklist/index.php3. Chlorothraupis carmioli to Carmiol’s Tanager. Icterus icterus to Venezuelan Troupial. The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers refer thereto) and its Supplements result from the Committee’s actions: Reverse the sequence of: Nothocercus bonapartei Highland Tinamou. pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of Tinamus major Great Tinamou. species to 2,048. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this Supplement: Move PHOENICOPTERIFORMES and Phoenicopterus ruber to follow PODICIPEDIFORMES. Anas zonorhyncha Eastern Spot-billed Duck. (A) Helicolestes hamatus Slender-billed Kite. Replace the listing of the Larinae with the following: Creagrus furcatus Swallow-tailed Gull. (A) Creagrus furcatus Swallow-tailed Gull. (A) Pyrilia haematotis Brown-hooded Parrot. Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake. Pyrilia pyrilia Saffron-headed Parrot. Rissa brevirostris Red-legged Kittiwake. Nonnula frontalis Gray-cheeked Nunlet. Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull. Colaptes rubiginosus Golden-olive Woodpecker. Xema sabini Sabine’s Gull. Colaptes auricularis Gray-crowned Woodpecker. Chroicocephalus philadelphia Bonaparte’s Gull. EURYLAIMIDAE Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Gray-hooded Gull. (A) Sclerurinae Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull. Furnariinae Hydrocoloeus minutus Little Gull. Dendrocolaptinae Rhodostethia rosea Ross’s Gull. CONOPOPHAGIDAE Leucophaeus modestus Gray Gull. (A) GRALLARIIDAE Leucophaeus atricilla Laughing Gull. Epinecrophylla fulviventris Checker-throated Antwren. Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin’s Gull. Phylloscopus proregulus Pallas’s Leaf-Warbler. (A) Larus belcheri Belcher’s Gull. (A) Turdus philomelos Song Thrush. (A) Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull. (A) Magumma parva Anianiau. Larus heermanni Heermann’s Gull. Larus canus Mew Gull. Delete the following names: Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull. Anas poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck. (A) Larus occidentalis Western Gull. Rostrhamus hamatus Slender-billed Kite. Larus livens Yellow-footed Gull. Buteogallus subtilis Mangrove Black-Hawk. Larus californicus California Gull. Pionopsitta pyrilia Saffron-headed Parrot. Larus argentatus Herring Gull. Pionopsitta haematotis Brown-hooded Parrot. Larus michahellis Yellow-legged Gull. (A) Nonnula ruficapilla Gray-cheeked Nunlet. Larus thayeri Thayer’s Gull. Piculus rubiginosus Golden-olive Woodpecker. Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull.

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Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull. (N) In the account for P. occidentalis, delete information on the Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull. thagus group and the words “[occidentalis group].” Change Notes Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull. to read: Formerly included P. thagus Molina, 1782 [Peruvian Pel- Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull. ican], now considered distinct (e.g., Sibley and Monroe 1990, Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull. Ridgely and Greenfield 2001) on the basis of much larger size, dif- Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull. ferences in color of plumage and soft parts (Wetmore 1945), and absence of interbreeding. Reverse the sequence of: Pyrilia pyrilia Saffron-headed Parrot. p. 40. Ardea cinerea is added to lists of bird species known Pyrilia haematotis Brown-hooded Parrot. to occur in Canada and in the United States because of records in Newfoundland and the Pribilof Islands. Add the following para- Move Sapayoa aenigma to follow EURYLAIMIDAE. graph to the section on Distribution: Accidental in Canada (Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Move the three species of Sclerurus to follow the newly inserted 11 October 1996; Renner and Linegar 2007) and Alaska (St. Paul Sclerurinae. Island, Pribilofs, 1 August 1999 and 1–2 October 2007; Gibson et al., in press); a sight record for Bermuda (7 October 2005; Rearrange the species in Tangara to the following sequence: Dobson 2005). Tangara palmeri Tangara cabanisi p. 54. Greater Flamingo of the Old World, Phoenicopterus Tangara cucullata roseus, is recognized as a species distinct from American birds, Tangara larvata P. ruber. No convincing evidence was cited for their merger Tangara guttata (AOU 1983). Tangara fucosa Change the name of Phoenicopterus ruber to American Tangara dowii Flamingo. Tangara inornata In the Distribution section of the account for P. ruber, de- Tangara lavinia lete the phrase “[ruber group]” and all information for the roseus Tangara gyrola group. Change the Notes to read: Formerly included P. roseus Pal- Tangara florida las, 1811 [Greater Flamingo], separated on the basis of differences Tangara icterocephala in color of plumage and bill, and in displays and vocalizations (Sangster 1997). p. 1. After the family Tinamidae insert the following: Notes.— The sequence of genera and species in this family is based on the p. 54. To recognize the apparent close relationship to the phylogeny indicated by the data of Bertelli et al. (2002) and Bertelli order Podicipediformes shown by several genetic studies (Van and Porzecanski (2004). Tuinen et al. 2001, Chubb 2004, Cracraft et al. 2004, Ericson et al. 2006), the order Phoenicopteriformes is moved ahead in the se- Reverse the sequence of the tinamou genera (and included quence to follow the grebes and should be moved from p. 54 to species) Tinamus and Nothocercus. p. 9, following the account of Aechmophorus clarkii.

p. 9. Insert the Order Phoenicopteriformes and its included p. 69. Anas zonorhyncha is treated as a separate species from account, as modified below, after the account for Aechmophorus Anas poecilorhyncha. Replace the account of the latter with the clarkii, transferring it from p. 54. Under the heading for the order, following: insert: Notes.—To recognize the close relationship to the order Podicipediformes shown by several genetic studies (Van Tuinen Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe. Eastern Spot-billed Duck. et al. 2001, Chubb 2004, Cracraft et al. 2004, Ericson et al. 2006), the Phoenicopteriformes are placed next to the Podicipediformes Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866, Ibis 2 (sec. ser.):394. in the linear sequence of orders. They were formerly considered (Ningpo, China.) more closely related to the Ciconiiformes. Habitat.—Small streams and ponds. p. 17. Procellaria parkinsoni is added to the list of species known Distribution.—Breeds from Transbaikalia and the Amur from the United States because of an accepted record off California. River south through the eastern half of China and winters in Add the following paragraph to the section on Distribution: southeastern China. Accidental off central California (one photographed about 18 Casual in Alaska in the Aleutians (Attu, Adak; photographs; miles [29 km] off Pt. Reyes, Marin County, 1 October 2005; Stall- Gibson and Byrd 2007) and on Kodiak Island (specimen; Trapp cup and Preston 2006). and MacIntosh 1978). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with A. poecilo- p. 31. Pelecanus thagus is recognized as distinct from P. occi- rhyncha J. R. Forster, 1781 [Indian Spot-billed Duck] but separated dentalis. No reasons were given for the merger by Peters (1931) or by Leader (2006) on the basis of sympatric breeding at Hong Kong subsequent authors who continued to treat them as conspecific. in southern China.

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pp. 89, 90. The genus Helicolestes, now in the synonymy of species in Larinae (from the 7th edition and Supplements) as fol- Rostrhamus, is restored for the species hamatus, because most of lows, with new generic names, headings, and notes inserted as in- the evidence for merging the genera (Amadon 1964) is now sus- dicated. The first species was previously in the Appendix and is pected to be the result of convergence. Remove the citation for newly placed on the main list. Helicolestes from Rostrhamus and insert it at the top of p. 90 under the heading: Genus CREAGRUS Bonaparte Creagrus Bonaparte, 1854, Naumannia 1854, p. 213. Type, by Genus Helicolestes Bangs and Penard original designation, Larus furcatus Néboux.

Notes.—Formerly merged with the genus Rostrhamus, Creagrus furcatus (Néboux). Swallow-tailed Gull. following Amadon (1964), but now treated as a separate genus because of lack of evidence of relationship. Larus furcatus Néboux, 1846, Voy. Vénus, Atlas, Zool., Ois., pl. 10. (rade de Monterey, Haute-Californie [error = Galapagos Change Rostrhamus hamatus (Temminck) to Helicolestes Islands].) hamatus (Temminck). At the end of that species account, add: Notes.—Formerly treated in the genus Rostrhamus. Habitat.—Breeds on rocky islands, nesting on cliffs, crevices and caves; otherwise pelagic (feeds at night). pp. 97–98. Buteogallus subtilis is treated as a subspecies of Distribution.—Breeds in the Galapagos Islands and Malpelo B. anthracinus. Add Mangrove Forest to the Habitat section of the Island, Colombia. B. anthracinus account. Ranges along the Pacific coast of South America south to central Peru and, uncommonly, to central Chile. Casual well Modify the Distribution section of B. anthracinus as modi- off the coast of Panama and Costa Rica (recent records docu- fied in the previous Supplement (Banks et al. 2007) by inserting mented with photos; North American Birds 60:452–454, 2006). “[anthracinus group]” after the words “Resident” and “accidental,” Also reported at Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, 14 March 2003 and by adding “[subtilis group]” and the distribution statement (North American Birds 57:415, 2003). Accidental in California now under B. subtilis to the end of the first paragraph. Change the (Monterey Bay, 6–8 June 1985; photo; Heindel and Garrett 1995, Notes to read: Notes.—Formerly known as Black Hawk. Groups: and west of the Farallon Islands, 3 March 1996, McCaskie and B. anthracinus [Common Black-Hawk] and B. subtilis (Thayer and San Miguel 1999). Bangs, 1905) [Mangrove Black-Hawk]. An analysis of morpho- Genus RISSA logical characters (Clark 2007) has shown that B. subtilis is better Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake treated as a subspecies of B. anthracinus than as a separate species. Rissa brevirostris Red-legged Kittiwake See notes after B. gundlachii. Genus PAGOPHILA Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull Delete the account for Buteogallus subtilis. Genus XEMA Xema sabini Sabine’s Gull p. 184 et seq. Pons et al. (2005) proposed a genus-level reclas- Genus CHROICOCEPHALUS Eyton, 1836 sification of the subfamily Larinae on the basis of studies of mi- Insert the citation for this name now in the synonymy of Larus. tochondrial DNA; they found that the existing broadly defined Insert: Notes.—Formerly included in Larus but separated genus Larus was paraphyletic. Their classification included the on the basis of genetic data (Pons et al. 2005) that indicate that splitting of the present genus Larus into four genera and the merg- that genus would be paraphyletic if the following species were ing of Rhodostethia into Hydrocoloeus. We accept that classifica- included. tion in principle but disagree with the merging of Rhodostethia Chroicocephalus philadelphia Bonaparte’s Gull into Hydrocoloeus. The phylogeny of Pons et al. (2005, fig. 1) also Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot) Gray-hooded�� Gull suggests that many relationships within the subfamily are best Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus)�� Black-headed Gull represented by a new linear arrangement of genera and species. Genus HYDROCOLOEUS Kaup, 1829 We have accepted this new linear sequence except in the case of Insert the citation for this name now in the synonymy of Larus. the white-headed gull group in Larus. Support for the perceived Insert: Notes.—Formerly included in Larus but separated relationships of most species in this group is poor, and we prefer to on the basis of genetic data (Pons et al. 2005) that indicate that retain the sequence of species currently in use until their relation- that genus would be paraphyletic if the following species were ships are better resolved. included. Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas)�� Little�� Gull Under the heading Subfamily LARINAE: Gulls, insert Genus RHODOSTETHIA Notes.—The recognition and sequence of genera largely follows Notes.—Merged with Hydrocoloeus by Pons et al. (2005). that of Pons et al. (2005). Rhodostethia rosea Ross’s Gull Remove the citations for Hydrocoloeus and Chroicocephalus Genus LEUCOPHAEUS Bruch, 1853 from the synonymy of Larus; these will be used later for newly Leucophaeus Bruch, 1853, Journ. für Ornithol. 1853,�� p. 108. recognized genera. Rearrange the genera and the accounts for the Type by original designation, Larus scoresbii Traill.

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Notes.—Formerly included in Larus but separated on the ba- Gypopsitta Bonaparte, 1856 (August), Naumannia, Beilage sis of genetic data (Pons et al. 2005) that indicate that that genus no. 1, Consp. Psitt., genus 25. Type, by monotypy, Psittacus vultu- would be paraphyletic if the following species were included. rinus Wagler = Psittacus vulturinus Kuhl. Leucophaeus modestus (Tschudi) Gray�� Gull Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus)�� Laughing Gull Notes.—Formerly merged with the South American genus Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler)�� Franklin’s Gull Pionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854, but separated on the basis of mito- Genus LARUS chondrial DNA sequence data by Ribas et al. (2005), who removed Larus belcheri Belcher’s Gull several species of South and Middle American parrots from Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull Pionopsitta and placed them in the genus Gypopsitta Bonaparte, Larus heermanni Heermann’s Gull 1856, but Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856 has priority. Larus canus Mew Gull Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull Replace the name Pionopsitta pyrilia (Bonaparte) with Pyrilia Larus occidentalis Western Gull pyrilia (Bonaparte). Larus livens Yellow-footed Gull Replace the name Pionopsitta haematotis (Sclater and Salvin) Larus californicus California Gull with Pyrilia haematotis (Sclater and Salvin). Reverse the sequence Larus argentatus Herring Gull of those species so that pyrilia follows haematotis. Insert at beginning of notes: Includes the North American L. smithsonianus Coues, 1862, separated as a species by Pons et al. p. 286. Remove the hyphen in the English name of Colibri del- (2005) and the Siberian L. vegae Palmen, 1887, separated as a dis- phinae, changing it to Brown Violetear (as in Remsen et al. 2008). tinct species by Crochet et al. (2002). Larus michahellis Yellow-legged Gull p. 287. Remove the hyphen in the English name of Colibri Larus thayeri Thayer’s Gull thalassinus, changing it to Green Violetear (as in Remsen et al. 2008). Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull In the Notes, change Mountain Violet-ear to Mountain Violetear. Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull p. 296. Change the English name of Goethalsia bella to Pirre Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull Hummingbird (as in Wetmore 1968, Ridgely 1976, Dickinson Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull 2003, and Remsen et al. 2008). Change notes accordingly. Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull p. 326. Nonnula frontalis is separated from the allopatric N. ruficapilla. No evidence was presented for their merger and p. 194. Creagrus furcatus is moved from the Appendix to the most classifications (e.g., Sibley and Monroe 1990, Rasmussen and main list. A report of a bird in Monterey Bay in 1985 was rejected Collar 2002, Dickinson 2003, Remsen et al. 2008) treat them as by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) on the basis of distinct. The English name is retained for the form in our area. uncertain origin of the bird (DeBenedictis 1996). More recent reports resulted in reevaluation of that report, and it is now accepted Change the species name and citation of N. ruficapilla to: by the CBRC and the American Birding Association Checklist Committee (Rottenborn and Morlan 2000, Pranty et al. 2007). Nonnula frontalis (Sclater). Gray-cheeked Nunlet. It would have followed Xema sabini in the 7th edition; its proper Malacoptila frontalis Sclater, 1854, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.�� (2) position is indicated in the listing above. 13:479. (Nova Grenada = interior of Colombia.)

pp. 240–241. On the basis of mtDNA sequence data, Ribas et al. Change the Distribution by removing the term “[frontalis (2005) removed several species of South and Middle American par- group]” and all mention of the ruficapilla group. Change the Notes rots from the genus Pionopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 and placed them in to: Formerly treated as conspecific with N. ruficapilla (Tschudi, the genus Gypopsitta Bonaparte, 1856 (type species Psittacus vultu- 1844) [Rufous-capped Nunlet] of South America. Because most rinus Kuhl, 1820). Among these species was P. pyrilia (Bonaparte, sources treat the two as distinct species (Hilty and Brown 1986, 1853), which is the type species of the genus Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856. Rasmussen and Collar 2002, Dickinson 2003, Remsen et al. 2008), Most citations for these generic names (e.g., Cory 1918, Peters 1937) and no evidence supporting a close relationship has ever been pre- indicate that they originate from the same paper, but Pyrilia was sented, we consider that treating ruficapilla and frontalis as dis- named earlier in 1856 in a different paper and must be used when tinct species is the best course. the two type species are placed in the same genus. p. 343. The species now listed as Piculus rubiginosus and P. Replace the heading for the genus Pionopsitta with: auricularis are transferred to the genus Colaptes. Move the accounts of these two species to precede that of Colaptes punctigula Genus PYRILIA Bonaparte under the heading of the genus Colaptes, under the names: Pyrilia Bonaparte, 1856 (2 June), Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson). Golden-olive Woodpecker. Paris 42:956. Type, by original designation and tautonomy, Colaptes auricularis (Salvin and Godman). Gray-crowned Psittacula pyrilia Bonaparte. Woodpecker.

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In the Notes of each species, change the generic name or abbreviation to Colaptes or C., and add the statement: Formerly Genus EPINECROPHYLLA Isler and Brumfield placed in the genus Piculus, but studies of morphological and ge- Epinecrophylla Isler and Brumfield, 2006,in Isler et al., Proc. netic characters (Benz et al. 2006, Moore et al. 2006) indicate that Biol. Soc. Wash. 116: 523. Type species Formicivora haematonota they are members of Colaptes. Sclater, 1857.

To the synonymy of the genus Colaptes, after the citation for Insert the account for Myrmotherula fulviventris, moved Chrysoptilus, insert: from p. 364, with the heading: Chloronerpes Swainson, 1837, Classif. Birds, 2, p. 307. Type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840), C. rubiginosus Epinecrophylla fulviventris (Lawrence). Checker-throated Swainson = Picus rubiginosus Swainson. Antwren.

p. 347. The speciesSapayoa aenigma has been shown by DNA Add the following: Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus sequence data to be more closely related to Old World suboscines Myrmotherula, but separated on the basis of genetic data and than to any New World group (Fjeldså et al. 2003, Chesser 2004), morphological, vocal, and ecological characters (Isler et al. 2006). and to be embedded in the Old World broadbill family Eurylaimi- dae (Irestedt et al. 2006, Moyle et al. 2006). After the heading for pp. 370–371. Strong genetic evidence (Irestedt et al. 2002; the Order Passeriformes, insert headings: Chesser 2004; Rice 2005a, b) indicates that the family Formicari- idae should be limited to antthrushes of the genera Formicarius Suborder EURYLAIMI: Broadbills, Asities, and Pittas and (extralimital) Chamaeza. The genus Pittasoma is closely re- Family EURYLAIMIDAE: Broadbills lated to the South American Conopophaga and belongs with it Move the heading for the genus Sapayoa and the account for in the family Conopophagidae. The generaGrallaria , Hylopezus, Sapayoa aenigma from p. 416 to follow this newly added family. and Grallaricula are now placed in a newly recognized family Grallariidae. Both of the latter two families, new to our list, were p. 347 et seq. Independent genetic data sets (Irestedt et al. established by Sclater and Salvin (1873). 2002, 2006; Fjeldså et al. 2003; Chesser 2004) indicate that the Remove the words “and Antpittas” from the heading of the family Furnariidae (including the former Dendrocolaptidae, family Formicariidae. merged into Furnariidae in an earlier Supplement [Banks et al. After the account of Formicarius rufipectus and before the 2006]) should be divided into three subfamilies: (1) Sclerurinae, genus Pittasoma, insert: containing the genus Sclerurus and the South American genus Family CONOPOPHAGIDAE: Gnateaters. Geositta; (2) Furnariinae, containing the remaining genera in the After the citation of the genus Pittasoma, add: Notes.—For- Furnariidae; and (3) Dendrocolaptinae, including the genera in merly treated as part of the family Formicariidae, but now moved the former family Dendrocolaptidae. The sequence of the genera to the Conopophagidae to reflect relationships with the genus in the two latter subfamilies does not change. Conopophaga (Krabbe and Schulenberg 2003, Rice 2005a). After the account of Pittasoma michleri and before the genus Change the heading Family FURNARIIDAE: Ovenbirds Grallaria, insert: to Family FURNARIIDAE: Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, and Family GRALLARIIDAE: Antpittas. Leaftossers. Insert: Notes.—Members of this family were previously Delete the Notes and insert a center heading: included in the family Formicariidae but are placed in their Subfamily SCLERURINAE: Leaftossers and Miners own family because genetic data (Irestedt et al. 2002) indi- Move the accounts of the genus Sclerurus and the in- cate that their inclusion in the Formicariidae would make it cluded species from pages 353–354 to follow this new subfamily non-monophyletic. heading. p. 383. Change the English name of Cnipodectes subbrun- After the account of Sclerurus guatemalensis, insert a center neus to Brownish Twistwing, as in most recent South American heading: works, e.g., Remsen et al. 2008. Change the Notes to read: For- Subfamily FURNARIINAE: Ovenbirds merly known as Brownish Flycatcher.

Following the account for Lochmias nematura on p. 354, in- p. 409. Conopias parvus is considered a species distinct from sert a center heading: C. albovittatus. Remove the term “[albovittatus group]” and all Subfamily DENDROCOLAPTINAE: Woodcreepers mention of the parvus group from the section on Distribution. Change the Notes to read: Notes.—Formerly considered conspe- pp. 364–365. Isler et al. (2006) found that the genus cific with C. parvus (Pelzeln, 1868) [Yellow-throated Flycatcher] Myrmotherula is not monophyletic and named a new genus, of South America, but separated because of vocal differences Epinecrophylla, for the stipple-throated species, to include the (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001, Fitzpatrick 2004). Sometimes species fulviventris of our area and seven species endemic to placed in the genus Coryphotriccus. South America. Delete the Notes under the genus Myrmotherula. Before the p. 414. A new record of Tyrannus caudifasciatus in Florida heading of the genus Herpsilochmus on p. 365, insert the heading: places the species back on the list of birds known to occur in the

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United States, from which it was removed by Banks et al. (2002). pp. 508–512. The English group names of several American Replace the second paragraph of the Distribution section with: species in the genus Turdus are changed from Robin to Thrush, to Accidental in Florida (Key West, Monroe County, 8–27 agree with the treatments by Ridgely and Tudor (1989), Sibley and March 2007; North American Birds 61:432, 2007). Analysis of Monroe (1990), Gill and Wright (2006), and Remsen et al. (2008). photos (J. S. Greenlaw in litt.) indicates that the subspecies was These changes are as follows: likely caudifasciatus or perhaps caymanensis. All prior reports Turdus nigrescens Sooty Robin becomes Sooty Thrush from south Florida are considered questionable (Smith et al. 2000). Turdus infuscatus Black Robin becomes Black Thrush A sight report for the central Bahamas (Long Island). Turdus plebejus Mountain Robin becomes Mountain Thrush Delete last two sentences in notes. Turdus grayi Clay-colored Robin becomes Clay-colored Thrush Turdus nudigenis Bare-eyed Robin becomes Bare-eyed Thrush p. 416. Delete the word “seven” from the first sentence and (We are awaiting proposals for a potential name change for this the entire second sentence in the Notes under the heading Genera species because African T. tephronotus typically bears the same INCERTAE SEDIS. English name) Turdus assimilis White-throated Robin becomes White-throated p. 463. The page number in the citation of the genus Poecile Thrush should be 114, not 92. p. 573. Change the English name of Chlorothraupis carmioli p. 490. Phylloscopus proregulus is added to the main list on to Carmiol’s Tanager (as in Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Dickinson the basis of a new distributional record. Following the account of 2003, Remsen et al. 2008), from Olive Tanager to avoid confusion P. fuscatus, before that of P. inornatus (added to the list by Banks with C. olivacea. et al. 2002), insert the following: pp. 586–589. A gene-based phylogeny (Burns and Naoki Phylloscopus proregulus (Pallas). Pallas’s Leaf-Warbler. 2004) has indicated that relationships in the genus Tangara are best expressed by a new linear arrangement of the species. Rear- Motacilla Proregulus Pallas, 1811, Zoographia Rosso-Asiat. range the species in our list to the following sequence: 1:490. (Ingoda River, southern Transbaikalia.) Tangara palmeri Tangara cabanisi Habitat.—Breeds in mature coniferous and mixed forest, Tangara cucullata usually with dense scrub undergrowth. Tangara larvata Distribution.—Breeds from southwestern Siberia east to Tangara guttata Transbaikalia, northern Mongolia, northern Manchuria, Amurland, Tangara fucosa Ussuriland, and Sakhalin. Tangara dowii Winters in southeastern China and northern Indochina. Tangara inornata Frequent in fall migration to Scandinavia and northwest Europe, Tangara lavinia particularly the United Kingdom, and casually to the Mediterra- Tangara gyrola nean region and Iceland. Tangara florida Accidental in Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Tangara icterocephala 25 September 2006; photos; Lehman and Rosenberg 2007). Notes.—We follow Alström and Olsson (1990) in treating Add the following after the citation for the genus Tangara: this species as monotypic. Notes.—The sequence of species in this genus is based on the phylogeny indicated by the genetic data of Burns and Naoki (2004). p. 508. Song Thrush Turdus( philomelos) is added to the main list because of new distributional records. Following the account pp. 600–602. The generaLysurus and Buarremon are merged for Turdus iliacus, insert the following: into the genus Arremon to reflect relationships found by study of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Cadena et al. 2007). Turdus philomelos Brehm. Song�� Thrush. Delete the headings for the genera Lysurus and Buarremon; move their citations to follow the citation for the genus Arre- Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831, Handb. Naturgesch. ��Vög. mon. Move the account for Lysurus crassirostris to follow that Deutschl., p. 382. (Mitteldeutschland.) of Arremon aurantiirostris, and the accounts of the three species of Buarremon to follow that of crassirostris, with the new Habitat.—Breeds in a variety of woodland types. headings: Distribution.—Breeds from British Isles and Europe east Arremon crassirostris (Cassin) across Siberia to Lake Baikal and south to northern Iran. Arremon brunneinucha (Lafresnaye) Winters in the Mediterranean Basin and southern Asia with Arremon virenticeps (Bonaparte) small numbers to North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Arremon torquatus (Lafresnaye and d’Orbigny) Wanders to Iceland in late fall. In the Notes under A. crassirostris, change the generic name Accidental in northeastern Greenland (specimen) at Claver- Lysurus to Arremon and the initial L. to A.; add: Formerly treated ing Ø in 1982; (Boertmann 1994) and Canada (11–17 November in the genus Lysurus but merged into Arremon to reflect relation- 2006, Saint-Fulgence, Quebec; Auchu et al. 2007; photos). ships found by Cadena et al. (2007).

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In the Notes under those species formerly in Buarremon (cre- p. 693. Change Columba goodsoni Hartert to Patagioenas ating a new Note for A. virenticeps) insert: Formerly treated in the goodsoni (Hartert). genus Buarremon. Cadena et al. (2007) found that genetic data indicate that Buarremon as traditionally defined is paraphyletic p. 705 et seq. In the list of French names for North American with respect to Arremon and also probably Lysurus. Change the Birds, make the following changes: generic abbreviations from B. to A. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this Supplement: p. 607. Remove the parentheses around the names of the au- Anas zonorhyncha ��Canard de Chine thors of Aimophila humeralis and A. sumichrasti. The Code, Arti- Helicolestes hamatus cle 51.3.1 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Creagrus furcatus 1999) states that “Parentheses are not used when the species- Pyrilia haematotis group name was originally combined with an incorrect spelling or Pyrilia pyrilia an emendation of the generic name. . . .” Nonnula frontalis ��Barbacou à ��joues grises Colaptes rubiginosus p. 623. The page numbers in the citation forZonotrichia leu- Colaptes auricularis cophrys should be 403, 426, not 340. EURYLAIMIDAE CONOPOPHAGIDAE p. 652. The species Icterus icterus is divided into three spe- GRALLARIIDAE cies; the two populations separated, currently called groups, are Epinecrophylla fulviventris extralimital to our area. Phylloscopus proregulus Pouillot de Pallas Change the English name of Icterus icterus (Linnaeus) to Turdus philomelos Grive�� musicienne Venezuelan Troupial. From the Distribution, remove the phrases Magumma parva Anianiau�� de Kauai “[icterus group]” and the sections on the croconotus and jamacaii groups. Change Notes to: Formerly included two South Ameri- Delete the following names: can populations now separated as the species Icterus croconotus Anas poecilorhyncha (Wagler, 1829) [Orange-backed Troupial] and I. jamacaii (Gmelin, Rostrhamus hamatus 1788) [Campo Troupial] on the basis of limited sympatry without Buteogallus subtilis signs of interbreeding between jamacaii and croconotus (Pacheco Pionopsitta pyrilia and Olmos 2006) and pronounced vocal differences among the Pionopsitta haematotis three (Jaramillo and Burke 1999, Ridgely and Greenfield 2001, Nonnula ruficapilla Hilty 2002). Retain the last sentence. Piculus rubiginosus Piculus auricularis pp. 674–675. The species listed as Hemignathus parvus is Myrmotherula fulviventris transferred to the monotypic genus Magumma on the basis of Hemignathus parvus studies of mtDNA (Tarr and Fleischer 1993, Fleischer et al. 2001) and morphology (Conant et al. 1998, Pratt 2005). After the account Change the French names of the following species: for Hemignathus munroi and before the genus Oreomystis, insert: Phoenicopterus ruber ��Flamant des Cara�ï��bes Geotrygon veraguensis Colombe de Veraguas Genus MAGUMMA Mathews Aratinga nana Conure aztèque Rothschildia Perkins in Wilson and Evans, 1899, Aves Coccyzus pluvialis Tacco de pluie Hawaiiensis, p. xxi. Type, by monotypy, Himatione parva Coccyzus rufigularis Tacco cabrite Stejneger. Threnetes ruckeri Ermite de Rücker Magumma Mathews, 1925, Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 45: 93. Anthracothorax veraguensis Mango de Veraguas New name for Rothschildia Perkins, preoccupied. Melanerpes hoffmannii Pic de Hoffmann Pittasoma michleri Pittasome à tête noire Notes.—Formerly included in Hemignathus Lichtenstein, but Baoelophus ridgwayi Mésange des genévriers separated on the basis of genetic and morphological differences Saltator grossus Saltator ardoisé (Tarr and Fleischer 1993, Fleischer et al. 2001, Pratt 2005). Pterodroma defilippiana Pétrel de De Filippi

Insert the account of Hemignathus parvus (p. 674) with the heading: Reverse the sequence of Tinamus major and Nothocercus bonapartei. Magumma parva (Stejneger). Anianiau. The account remains the same, but change Notes to: Formerly Change the generic names and position: included in the genus Hemignathus, but see above. Lysurus crassirostris to Arremon crassirostris Buarremon brunneinucha to Arremon brunneinucha p. 692. Delete the account for Creagrus furcatus, now moved Buarremon virenticeps to Arremon virenticeps to the main list. Buarremon torquatus to Arremon torquatus

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Move PHOENICOPTERIDAE and Phoenicopterus ruber to follow Delete Creagrus furcatus from its listing in the appendix. PODICIPEDIDAE. Change Columba goodsoni to Patagioenas goodsoni. Replace the listing of the Laridae from Larus atricilla to Pagophila eburnea with the following, with no change in French names: Taxonomic proposals considered but not accepted by the Creagrus furcatus Committee include: recognition of Chondrohierax uncina- Rissa tridactyla tus wilsonii of Cuba as a species (Johnson et al. 2007); resurrec- Rissa brevirostris tion of the genus Rupornis for the Roadside Hawk (Riesing et al. Pagophila eburnea 2003); the merger of Rhodostethia into Hydrocoloeus (Pons et al. Xema sabini 2005); the separation of Larus smithsonianus and L. vegae from Chroicocephalus philadelphia L. argentatus (Crochet et al. 2002, Pons et al. 2005, Olson and Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Banks 2007); the separation of Pionopsitta (now Pyrilia) h. coc- Chroicocephalus ridibundus cinicollaris from P. haematotis (Ribas et al. 2005); the transfer of Hydrocoloeus minutus Veniliornis fumigatus to Picoides (Moore et al. 2006), held in an- Rhodostethia rosea ticipation of further changes in Picoides; the division of Icterus Leucophaeus modestus spurius into two species (Kiere et al. 2007); and the transfer of the Leucophaeus atricilla New World species of Carpodacus to the genus Burrica (Arnaiz- Leucophaeus pipixcan Villena et al. 2007). Proposals to change the English names of Larus belcheri Gallinula chloropus, Brotogeris versicolurus, and Microbates Larus crassirostris cinereiventris were rejected. Finally, a broad proposal to alter the Larus heermanni hyphenation of English names was not accepted for reasons out- Larus canus lined elsewhere (Auk 124:1472, 2007). Larus delawarensis Larus occidentalis Acknowledgments Larus livens Larus californicus Normand David serves as the Committee’s advisor for classical Larus argentatus languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel Gosselin is Larus michahellis the authority for French names. We also thank K. J. Burns, C. D. Larus thayeri Cadena, T. Donegan, R. Fraga, D. D. Gibson, M. J. Iliff, A. Jaramillo, Larus glaucoides M. Mendenhall, A. P. Peterson, H. D. Pratt, F. G. Stiles, J.Tobias, Larus fuscus and K. J. Zimmer for assistance, suggestions, and comments. Larus schistisagus Larus glaucescens Literature Cited Larus hyperboreus Larus marinus Alström, P., and U. Olsson. 1990. Taxonomy of the Phylloscopus Larus dominicanus proregulus complex. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 110:38–43. Move Sapayoa aenigma to follow the newly inserted Amadon, D. 1964. Taxonomic notes on birds of prey. American EURYLAIMIDAE. Museum Novitates 2166:1–24. American Ornithologists’ Union. 1983. Check-list of North Move the three species of Sclerurus to the beginning of the American Birds, 6th ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, FURNARIIDAE. Washington, D.C. American Ornithologists’ Union. 1998. Check-list of North Rearrange the species in Tangara to the following sequence: American Birds, 7th ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Tangara palmeri Washington, D.C. Tangara cabanisi American Ornithologists’ Union. 2000. Forty-second Tangara cucullata supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of Tangara larvata North American Birds. Auk 117:847–858. Tangara guttata Arnaiz-Villena, A., J. Moscoso, V. Ruiz-del-Valle, J. Gonzalez, Tangara fucosa R. Reguera, M. Wink, and J. I. Serrano-Vela. 2007. Bayesian Tangara dowii phylogeny of Fringillinae birds: Status of the singular African Tangara inornata Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus and evolution and heterogeneity Tangara lavinia of the genus Carpodacus. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53:826–834. Tangara gyrola Auchu, C., C. Girard, and G. Savard. 2007. First record of Song Tangara florida Thrush Turdus( philomelos) in North America. North American Tangara icterocephala Birds 61:166–168.

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FIFTIETH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

R. TERRY CHESSER,1,12,13 RICHARD C. BANKS,1 F. K EITH BARKER,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 DOUGLAS F. STOTZ,10 AND KEVIN WINKER11

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 452 Nevada Street, 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 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 10Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 11University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the ninth Supplement since publication of the seventh of the generic name; () the citation for one genus (Dives) is changed; edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American () three English names are changed (Vireo caribaeus becomes San Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] ). It summarizes decisions Andres [rather than Saint Andrew] Vireo, Ammodramus nelsoni made between  January and  December  by the AOU’s becomes Nelson’s [rather than Nelson’s Sharp-tailed] Sparrow, and Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and A. caudacutus becomes Saltmarsh [rather than Saltmarsh Sharp- Middle America. The Committee has continued to operate in tailed] Sparrow); and () one species is added to the Appendix (Cir- the manner outlined in the nd Supplement (AOU ). Terry cus buffoni). In addition, the scientific names of two species in the Chesser became chair of the Committee and Keith Barker became Appendix are changed (to Chroicocephalus genei and C. novae- a member of the Committee in . hollandiae [rather than Larus genei and L. novaehollandiae]); this change, based on a committee decision from , was overlooked Changes in this Supplement include the following: () seven in the Supplement published in  (Banks et al. ). species are added to the main list (including one transferred from the Appendix) on the basis of new distributional information A new sequence is adopted for species in the genus Trogon, the (Anser anser, Patagioenas plumbea, Ninox scutulata, Tolmomyias Numididae are recognized at the family level, and the sequence of flaviventris, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus, Acrocephalus families within the Galliformes is rearranged. A newly recognized schoenobaenus, and Emberiza chrysophrys), one of which (Ninox) family, the Mohoidae (Hawaiian honeyeaters), is added to the main also represents a new genus for the main list; () the distributional list. The five species in this new family (all extinct) were formerly statement of one species (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) is changed by considered part of the Meliphagidae (honeyeaters); the latter fam- a split of extralimital taxa; () one species is changed (to Notharchus ily is now deleted from the Check-list. The family placement of six hyperrhynchus) by being split from an extralimital species (N. mac- passerine genera (Chlorothraupis, Habia, Piranga, Granatellus, rorhynchos); () three generic names (Acanthis, Spinus, and Chloris) Amaurospiza, and Saltator) is changed on the basis of new infor- are added as a result of splits from the genus Carduelis; () one ge- mation on their phylogenetic relationships. The offshore limit for nus (Cichlherminia) is lost by merger (into Turdus), and the scien- acceptable records is changed to  miles [ km] to conform to tific name of one species (Turdus lherminieri) is thereby changed; international convention. Finally, a system of regional consultants () the gender of the adjectival names of two species (Poecile hud- for bird distribution in North America and Middle America is es- sonicus and P. cinctus) is changed, owing to correction of the gender tablished and is being implemented.

12The authors are members of the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Committee on Classiﬁcation and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. 13E-mail: [email protected]

The Auk, Vol. , Number , pages  . ISSN -, electronic ISSN -.  by The American Ornithologists’ Union. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals. com/reprintInfo.asp. DOI: ./auk.. — 705 — 706 — CHESSER ET AL. — AUK,VOL. 126

Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s de- MELIPHAGIDAE cisions is cited at the end of this Supplement, and citations not Poecile hudsonica Boreal Chickadee. already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with Supple- Poecile cincta Gray-headed Chickadee. ments) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species Cichlherminia lherminieri Forest Thrush. known from the AOU Check-list area is available at www.aou.org/ Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll. checklist/north/index.php. Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll. Carduelis spinus Eurasian Siskin. The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers Carduelis pinus Pine Siskin. refer thereto) and its Supplements result from the Committee’s Carduelis atriceps Black-capped Siskin. actions: Carduelis notata Black-headed Siskin. Carduelis xanthogastra Yellow-bellied Siskin. Carduelis cucullata Red Siskin. p. xii. The offshore limit for acceptable records is changed Carduelis dominicensis Antillean Siskin. to  nautical miles ( km). This change brings theCheck-list Carduelis psaltria Lesser Goldfinch. into conformity with international convention regarding the ju- Carduelis lawrencei Lawrence’s Goldfinch. risdictional limits of nations over offshore natural resources. De- Carduelis tristis American Goldfinch. lete the last sentence under Geographic Coverage and insert the Carduelis sinica Oriental Greenfinch. following: Records of occurrence within  nautical miles offshore from any coast, including islands, in the Check-list area are Change the English names of the following species: included unless such records are within territory or territorial Vireo caribaeus to San Andres Vireo. waters of a country or other geographical entity outside the AOU Ammodramus nelsoni to Nelson’s Sparrow. Check-list area (e.g., Russia). Ammodramus caudacutus to Saltmarsh Sparrow. Change the sequence of families and subfamilies of GALLI- pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of spe- FORMES to: cies to ,. Insert the following names in the proper position as CRACIDAE indicated by the text of this Supplement: NUMIDIDAE ODONTOPHORIDAE Anser anser Graylag Goose. (A) PHASIANIDAE NUMIDIDAE Phasianinae Patagioenas plumbea Plumbeous Pigeon. Tetraoninae Ninox scutulata Brown Hawk-Owl. (A) Meleagridinae Notharchus hyperrhynchus White-necked Puffbird. Rearrange the species in Trogon to the following sequence: Tolmomyias flaviventris Yellow-breasted Flycatcher. Trogon clathratus Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Crowned Slaty- Trogon massena Flycatcher. (A) Trogon melanurus Poecile hudsonicus Boreal Chickadee. Trogon melanocephalus Poecile cinctus Gray-headed Chickadee. Trogon citreolus Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Sedge Warbler. (A) Trogon viridis Turdus lherminieri Forest Thrush. Trogon bairdii MOHOIDAE Trogon violaceus Emberiza chrysophrys Yellow-browed Bunting. (A) Trogon rufus Acanthis flammea Common Redpoll. Trogon elegans Acanthis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll. Trogon mexicanus Spinus spinus Eurasian Siskin. Trogon collaris Spinus pinus Pine Siskin. Trogon aurantiiventris Spinus atriceps Black-capped Siskin. Move the four species of Moho and Chaetoptila angusti- Spinus notatus Black-headed Siskin. pluma to follow the newly inserted MOHOIDAE. Spinus xanthogastrus Yellow-bellied Siskin. Spinus cucullatus Red Siskin. Move the two species of Chlorothraupis, the three species Spinus dominicensis Antillean Siskin. of Habia, and the eight species of Piranga to the beginning of the Spinus psaltria Lesser Goldfinch. CARDINALIDAE in the order Piranga, Habia, Chlorothraupis. Spinus lawrencei Lawrence’s Goldfinch. Remove the asterisks from these species. Spinus tristis American Goldfinch. Move the two species of Granatellus and Amaurospiza Chloris sinica Oriental Greenfinch. concolor to follow Pheucticus melanocephalus. Remove the asterisks from these species. Delete the following names: Move the six species of Saltator to Genus INCERTAE Numidinae SEDIS following Tersina viridis. Remove the asterisks from these Notharchus macrorhynchos White-necked Puffbird. species. JULY 2009 — FIFTIETH SUPPLEMENT — 707

p. . After the account for Anser erythropus, insert the fol- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Mon- lowing new account: tane Evergreen Forest (–, m; Tropical and Subtropical zones). Anser anser (Linnaeus). Graylag Goose. Distribution.—Resident from extreme eastern Panama (Ser- ranía de Jungurudó and Cerro Pirre, Darién) to northwestern Co- Anas Anser Linnaeus, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ) : . Based on lombia and northwestern Ecuador, and east of the Andes from “The Laughing-Goose” Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds : , pl. . (in Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonia to central Europa & America maxime boreali Sweden.) Bolivia, southern Brazil, and eastern Paraguay. Notes.—Considered a fairly common resident on Cerro Pirre Habitat.—Breeds in arctic, boreal, and temperate habitats and Serranía de Jungurudó, Panama (Angehr et al. , Angehr from tundra through a variety of wetlands, usually with extensive ). Vocal differences among populations suggest that P. plum- open fresh water with adjacent dense emergent vegetation. Win- bea as currently recognized may contain multiple species (Done- ters in estuaries, lakes, and marshes. gan et al. , Whittaker ). Distribution.—Breeds from Iceland, the British Isles, and Scandinavia east through central Europe and Russia to central p. . After the account for Aegolius ridgwayi, insert the fol- and southern Siberia and southern Russian Far East and south lowing new account: to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, possibly extreme western Afghanistan, and northern China. Northernmost populations are migratory. Win- Genus NINOX Hodgson ters south to North Africa, Israel, Iraq, northern India, central Myanmar, northern Vietnam, and southern China. Ninox Hodgson, , Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., , p. . Type, Casual north to Svalbard, Jan Mayen, east to Japan, and south by monotypy, Ninox nipalensis Hodgson Strix lugubris to the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Egypt, Kuwait, and Tickell. Sri Lanka. Casual north to Greenland where there are at least seven Ninox scutulata (Raffles). Brown Hawk-Owl. sight records (Boertmann , D. Boertmann in litt.). Accidental off Newfoundland; one landed and was photo- Strix scutulata Raffles, , Trans. Linn. Soc. London, , pt. , graphed aboard a ship  nautical miles off St. John’s, from  p. . (Sumatra.) April to  May  (Pranty et al. ). This species is widely kept domestically, and most if not all re- Habitat.—Forest and a variety of woodland habitats. ports from mainland North America likely represent escapes from Distribution.—Found (both resident and migratory popu- captivity. A report from Attu Island (, Amer. Birds :) lations) from western India south to Sri Lanka, east to southern pertains to either Anser fabalis or A. serrirostris (, Amer. China, Siberian Russia, Korea, and Japan and south to the Anda- Birds :; D.D. Gibson in litt.). man and Nicobar Islands, southeast Asia, Indonesia east to the Moluccas, and the Philippines. Northeastern populations are mi- p. . Within Galliformes, elevate Numidinae to family sta- gratory; the species winters from southeast Asia south to the lim- tus and change the sequence of families and subfamilies, with its of the resident range. their included species (Cox et al. ) to: Accidental on Ashmore Reef, Australia. Accidental in Alaska (St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands,  CRACIDAE August– September ; photos; Yerger and Mohlmann ; NUMIDIDAE and Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands,  August ; photos of desic- ODONTOPHORIDAE cated carcass; I. L. Jones in litt.). PHASIANIDAE Notes.—Also known as Brown Boobook. Phasianinae Tetraoninae pp. –. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nu- Meleagridinae clear DNA sequences (Moyle , DaCosta and Klicka ) has shown that relationships among North American members of the Under the heading Order GALLIFORMES: Gallinaceous genus Trogon are not reflected accurately in the linear sequences Birds, insert the following: of previous classifications. Their phylogenetic conclusions result Notes.—Sequence and taxonomic rank of families follow in a new sequence of species, as follows: Cox et al. (). Trogon clathratus Trogon massena p. . Before the account for Patagioenas subvinacea, known Trogon melanurus as Columba subvinacea until the th Supplement (Banks et al. Trogon melanocephalus ), insert the following new account: Trogon citreolus Trogon viridis Patagioenas plumbea (Vieillot). Plumbeous Pigeon. Trogon bairdii Trogon violaceus Columba plumbea Vieillot, , Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. Trogon rufus ed., : . (Brésil vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Trogon elegans 708 — CHESSER ET AL. — AUK,VOL. 126

Trogon mexicanus distributions. Ridgely and Tudor () stated that the vocaliza- Trogon collaris tions of the two groups differ strongly, although no analysis of Trogon aurantiiventris these characters has been published. In the account for L. affinis, delete information on the lacrymiger Under the heading Genus TROGON, insert the following: group and the words “[affinis group].” Change Notes to read: For- Notes.—Sequence of species follows Moyle () and Da- merly included L. lacrymiger (Des Murs, ) [Montane Wood- Costa and Klicka (). creeper], here considered specifically distinct on the basis of larger size, differences in plumage, and apparent differences in vocaliza- p. . Notharchus hyperrhynchus is recognized as distinct tions, following Cory and Hellmayr (), Zimmer (), Eisen- from N. macrorhynchos, following the AOU South American Clas- mann (), Ridgely and Tudor (), and Marantz et al. (). sification Committee (Remsen et al. ). The hyperrhynchus subspecies group, which also includes N. h. paraensis of Amazo- p. . After the account for Tolmomyias assimilis, insert the nian Brazil, was formerly considered a separate species, but was following new account: merged, along with N. swainsoni, into the single species N. macrorhynchos by Peters (), who did not provide a rationale for the Tolmomyias flaviventris (Wied). Yellow-breasted Flycatcher. change. Notharchus swainsoni was recently re-elevated to species status, and it was suggested that the hyperrhynchus group might Muscipeta flaviventris Wied, , Beitr. Naturg. Brasilien, also warrant species rank (Rasmussen and Collar , Remsen (), p. . (Mucuri and Alcobaca, southern Bahia, et al. ). Vocal (e.g., Hilty ) and morphological differences Brazil.) between macrorhynchos and the hyperrhynchus group are typical of species differences in this genus, and the two are not known to Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest edge, River- intergrade where their distributions are parapatric. edge Forest, Gallery Forest, Secondary Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest (– m; Tropical Zone). Replace the account of N. macrorhynchos with the following: Distribution.—Resident from extreme eastern Panama and northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, and Trinidad and To- Notharchus hyperrhynchus (Sclater). White-necked Puffbird. bago south, east of the Andes to central Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Bucco hyperrhynchus Sclater, , Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Notes.—Known in Panama only from near El Real, Darién pt. , p. , pl. . (Upper Amazon.) (Angehr ).

Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Secondary p. . After the account for Empidonomus varius, insert the Forest (– m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). following new account: Distribution.—Resident from southern Mexico (west-central Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, southern Campeche, and Quintana Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye). Roo) south along both slopes of Middle America, and in South Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher. America from Colombia and northern and northeastern Venezu- ela south, west of the Andes to western Ecuador and east of the T[yrannus] aurantio-atro cristatus [sic] d’Orbigny and Andes to central Bolivia and western and southern Amazonian Lafresnaye, , Mag. Zool. [Paris], , cl. , p. . (Valle Brazil (east to Rios Branco and Negro and Maranhão and south Grande, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.) to Mato Grosso). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with N. macro- Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Gallery Forest; also rhynchos (Gmelin, ) [Guianan Puff bird] of southeastern Vene- winters in Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest edge and Second- zuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Amazonian Brazil, and with ary Forest (–, m; Lower Tropical and Subtropical zones). N. swainsoni (Gray, ) [Buff-bellied Puffbird] of southeastern Distribution.—Breeds in southern South America from east- Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina, but sepa- ern Bolivia and Brazil to central Argentina. Resident in central rated on the basis of morphological and vocal differences (Ras- Brazil. Winters in Amazonia from southern Colombia and south- mussen and Collar , Hilty ). Further, no justification was ern Venezuela south to Peru and Brazil. provided by Peters () for his treatment of these taxa as con- Accidental in Cerro Azul, Panama, – December  (pho- specific, despite their previous treatment as three species by Ridg- tos; , North Amer. Birds :–; Robb et al. ). way (), Cory (), and Pinto (). Notes.—Sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Griseo- tyrannus Lanyon,  (e.g., Fitzpatrick ). p. . Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger is recognized as distinct from L. affinis. Although many recent authors, following Peters pp. , . Recent genetic work (Fleischer et al. ) indi- (), have treated South American lacrymiger as conspecific cates that Chaetoptila angustipluma and the four species of the ge- with L. affinis, this merger was never supported by an explicit nus Moho, extinct Hawaiian species traditionally included in the rationale, and many authors have retained them as distinct spe- family Meliphagidae, form a distinct clade unrelated to the Me- cies. The plumage patterns of the two groups differ strongly, more liphagidae. Further studies of the phylogenetic position of this so than those of some pairs of woodcreeper species with similar family, endemic to Hawaii, are in progress. The Mohoidae are JULY 2009 — FIFTIETH SUPPLEMENT — 709

most likely sister to the Ptilogonatidae (R. Fleischer pers. comm.) Winters in Africa south of the Sahara from Senegal east to and are provisionally placed between the Bombycillidae and the Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and South Africa. Ptilogonatidae. Casual or accidental to Iceland, Spitsbergen, Faeroes, and Madeira. Change Family MELIPHAGIDAE: Honeyeaters to Family Accidental to western Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Is.,  MOHOIDAE: Hawaiian Honeyeaters and move family and in- September ; photos, Rosenberg and Lehman ). cluded genera and species to a position following the account for Bombycilla cedrorum, p. . p. . The genus Cichlherminia is merged into Turdus on the basis of genetic studies (Klicka et al. , Pan et al. , Under the heading Family MOHOIDAE, insert the Voelker et al. ). Delete the heading for the genus Cichlher- following: minia and move the citation for it to the synonymy of the genus Notes.—The genera Chaetoptila and Moho were formerly Turdus on p. , immediately following the citation for Tur- placed in the Meliphagidae. Genetic studies (Fleischer et al. dus. Change the heading for the species to Turdus lherminieri ) indicate that these two genera form a clade unrelated to Lafresnaye. Forest Thrush. Add the following to the end of the the meliphagids, and that morphological and behavioral simi- species account: larities to the meliphagids are the result of convergent evolution. Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Cichlherminia, but ge- The Mohoidae are closely related to the Bombycillidae–Ptilog- netic studies indicate a position within Turdus (Klicka et al. , onatidae–Dulidae clade within the Passerida and are placed Pan et al. , Voelker et al. ). between the Bombycillidae and the Ptilogonatidae pending further data. pp. , . Remove the genus Granatellus and included species from the family Parulidae on p.  and transfer them to p. . Change the English name of Vireo caribaeus to San a position in the Cardinalidae on p. , following the account Andres Vireo (following Hilty and Brown , Salaman et al. for Pheucticus melanocephalus. Substitute the following for the , BirdLife International , Gill and Wright ). Under Notes under the generic name: Notes, add before ﬁrst sentence: Previously known as St. Andrew Notes.—Recent mitochondrial genetic data (Lovette and Ber- Vireo. mingham , Klicka et al. ) show that the genus Granatel- lus is not a member of the Parulidae and instead indicate strong p. . The generic name Poecile is masculine (David and support for placement in the Cardinalidae (Klicka et al. ). Al- Gosselin ). The committee adopted Poecile (replacing Parus) though Granatellus was traditionally included in the Parulidae, in the seventh edition and retained the masculine endings for the this placement had been questioned on morphological grounds species names that are adjectival. In the nd Supplement (AOU (Meyer de Schauensee , Lowery and Monroe , Storer ), we concluded that Poecile is feminine and changed the end- ). ings of all adjectival species names. Poecile atricapilla was subsequently changed to P. atricapillus because the species epithet is pp. , –, . Remove the genera Chlorothraupis, a noun. Reversing an earlier determination, David and Gosselin Habia, and Piranga, and their included species, from the family () have shown that Poecile is in fact masculine, necessitating Thraupidae on pp. , – and transfer them to a position at changing the gender of two adjectival names to hudsonicus and the beginning of the Cardinalidae on p. , in the order Piranga, cinctus. Habia, Chlorothraupis. No changes in English names are implemented at this time. Substitute the following for the Notes under Change the names Poecile hudsonica and P. cincta (which each generic name: were treated as feminine by AOU ) to Poecile hudsonicus and Notes.—Mitochondrial genetic data from several studies P. cinctus. (Burns ; Burns et al. , ; Klicka et al. , ) provide strong evidence that this genus, previously placed in the p. . After the account for Acrocephalus familiaris, insert Thraupidae, is a member of the Cardinalidae. the following new account: pp. , . Remove the genus Amaurospiza and included Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus). Sedge Warbler. species from the family Emberizidae on p.  and transfer them to a position in the Cardinalidae on p. , preceding the account Motacilla Schoenobaenus Linnaeus, , Syst. Nat., ed. , for Cyanocompsa and following the account for Granatellus sal- p. . (Europe; restricted to southern Sweden by Har- laei (as repositioned above). On p. , in the Notes under the fam- tert, , Vogel Pal. Fauna, p. , referring to Lin- ily Emberizidae, change  genera to  genera. naeus, , Fauna Svecica, p. .) Substitute the following for the Notes under the generic name: Habitat.—Shrubby vegetation, usually near fresh water. Notes.—Recent mitochondrial genetic data show that this Distribution.—Breeds in the British Isles and over most of genus is not a member of the Emberizidae, and instead indicate continental Europe east to Siberia (to about Yenisey River), and strong support for placement in the Cardinalidae (Klicka et al. south to Turkey, northwestern Iran, Kazakhstan, and northwest- ). Although Amaurospiza had been placed near the ember- ern China. izid genera Sporophila and Oryzoborus (e.g., Hellmayr , Meyer 710 — CHESSER ET AL. — AUK,VOL. 126

de Schauensee , Paynter ), this placement had been ques- Acanthis and Spinus were considered genera before merger into tioned on the basis of morphology and habitat (Ridgway , Payn- Carduelis (AOU ), in part following Mayr and Short (), ter ). although they continued to be listed as subgenera. Recent mitochondrial genetic data (Arnaiz-Villena et al. ) indicate that p. . Change the English name of Ammodramus nelsoni to Carduelis is polyphyletic and that Acanthis spp., Spinus spp., Car- Nelson’s Sparrow. Under Notes, add before the first sentence: Pre- duelis carduelis, and Chloris sinica belong to different clades. viously known as Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (as in AOU ), but this name was widely considered unnecessarily cumbersome. Move Genus CARDUELIS Brisson and its citation (p. ) to p.  to replace Subgenus CARDUELIS Brisson. p. . Change the English name of Ammodramus caudacutus to Saltmarsh Sparrow. Under Notes, add before the first Under the heading for the genus Carduelis insert the sentence: Previously known as Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow following: (as in AOU ), but this name was widely considered unneces- Notes.—See comments under Acanthis. sarily cumbersome. Change Subgenus ACANTHIS Borkhausen (p. ) to Genus p. . After the account for Emberiza leucocephalos, insert ACANTHIS Borkhausen, and add the following: the following new account: Notes.—The following two species were formerly (AOU , ) listed in Carduelis. Acanthis and Spinus were considered Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas. Yellow-browed Bunting. separate genera prior to their merger into Carduelis (AOU ), in part following Mayr and Short (), although they contin- Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas, , Reise versch. Prov. Russ. ued to be listed as subgenera. Recent mitochondrial genetic data Reichs, , p. . (Daurian Range, southern Chita, south- (Arnaiz-Villena et al. ) indicate that Carduelis is polyphyletic eastern Siberia.) and that Acanthis spp., Spinus spp., Carduelis carduelis, and Chlo- ris sinica belong to different clades. Habitat.—Breeds in lowland mixed forests with extensive pines and larches, often near water; also second growth. Winters Change the following names previously listed in Carduelis as in scrubby and weedy areas, often near forest edge. follows, and change generic names and abbreviations in Notes for Distribution.—Breeds in eastern Russia from the Lake Bai- A. hornemanni accordingly: kal region east to Vilyui River, Yakutsk, and Stanovoy Range. Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus). Common Redpoll. Winters in central and southeastern China. Acanthis hornemanni (Holböll). Hoary Redpoll. Migrates through Mongolia, northeastern China, and Korea, rarely to Japan. Substitute the following for the Notes for A. flammea: Accidental in the Ukraine, Sweden, Netherlands, and the Notes.—Known in Old World literature as the Redpoll. United Kingdom. Acanthis flammea and A. hornemanni appear to constitute Accidental in western Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, a superspecies (Mayr and Short ). See comments under A.  September ; photos, Lehman ). hornemanni. Formerly included Acanthis cabaret (Müller, ) [Lesser Redpoll], recently treated as a separate species by Knox pp. , . Remove the genus Saltator and included species et al. (). from the family Cardinalidae on p.  and transfer them to a position under the heading Genus INCERTAE SEDIS on p. , fol- Change Subgenus SPINUS Koch (p. ) to Genus SPINUS lowing the account for Tersina viridis. Under the Notes for the Koch, and add the following: generic name, add before the first sentence: Recent genetic data Notes.—The following ten species were formerly (AOU , (Klicka et al. ) suggest that the genus Saltator is a member of ) listed in Carduelis. See comments under Acanthis. the Thraupidae rather than the Cardinalidae. This is likely its correct placement, but additional data are needed. Change the following names previously listed in Carduelis as follows, and change generic names and abbreviations in Notes p. . Change Genus DIVES Deppe to Genus DIVES Cassin. accordingly: Delete the first citation to Dives and replace it with Dives Cassin, Spinus spinus (Linnaeus). Eurasian Siskin. , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia  (  July ): Spinus pinus (Wilson). Pine Siskin. . Type, by tautonomy, Lampropsar dives Bonaparte Icterus Spinus atriceps (Salvin). Black-capped Siskin. dives (Lichtenstein) Deppe. Spinus notatus (Du Bus de Gisignies). Black-headed Siskin. Spinus xanthogastrus (Du Bus de Gisignies). Yellow-bellied Under Notes add after the last sentence: Previous attribution Siskin. of Dives to Deppe,  by AOU (, ) followed Blake (), Spinus cucullatus (Swainson). Red Siskin. who was in error. Deppe did not use the name in a generic sense. Spinus dominicensis (Bryant). Antillean Siskin. Spinus psaltria (Say). Lesser Goldfinch. pp. –. The subgenera Acanthis and Spinus are elevated Spinus lawrencei (Cassin). Lawrence’s Goldfinch. to genera, and the genus Chloris is split from the genus Carduelis. Spinus tristis (Linnaeus). American Goldfinch. JULY 2009 — FIFTIETH SUPPLEMENT — 711

Substitute the following for the Notes for S. pinus: Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by Notes.—See comments under S. spinus. the text of this Supplement: Anser anser Oie cendrée Delete the Notes in the accounts for S. atriceps, S. notatus, NUMIDIDAE S. xanthogastrus, S. cucullatus, S. lawrencei, and S. tristis. Patagioenas plumbea Pigeon plombé Ninox scutulata Ninoxe hirsute Substitute the following for the Notes for S. dominicensis: Notharchus hyperrhynchus Tamatia à front blanc Notes.—This species is sometimes placed in the monotypic Tolmomyias flaviventris Platyrhynque à poitrine jaune genus Loximitris. Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Tyran oriflamme Poecile hudsonicus Mésange à tête brune Delete the last sentence in the Notes for S. psaltria. Poecile cinctus Mésange lapone Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Phragmite des joncs Following the account for Carduelis carduelis (p. ), insert Turdus lherminieri Grive à pieds jaunes the following: MOHOIDAE Chaetoptila angustipluma Kioéa d’Hawaï Genus CHLORIS Cuvier Emberiza chrysophrys Bruant à sourcils jaunes Chloris Cuvier, , Leçons Anat. Comp., , tab. . Type, by Piranga roseogularis Piranga à gorge rose tautonomy, Chloris Cuvier Loxia chloris Linnaeus. Piranga flava Piranga orangé Piranga rubra Piranga vermillon Change the following name previously listed in Carduelis as Piranga olivacea Piranga écarlate follows: Piranga ludoviciana Piranga à tête rouge Chloris sinica (Linnaeus). Oriental Greenfinch. Piranga bidentata Piranga à dos rayé Under Notes, insert preceding the first sentence: Formerly Piranga leucoptera Piranga bifascié placed in the genus Carduelis. See comments under Acanthis. Piranga erythrocephala Piranga érythrocéphale Habia rubica Habia à couronne rouge p. . Delete the account for Anser anser from the Appendix. Habia fuscicauda Habia à gorge rouge Habia atrimaxillaris Habia à joues noires p. . Insert the following before the account for Accipiter Chlorothraupis carmioli Habia olive nisus: Chlorothraupis olivacea Habia à lunettes Granatellus venustus Granatelle multicolore Circus buffoni (Gmelin). Long-winged Harrier. Granatellus sallaei Granatelle à plastron Amaurospiza concolor Évêque bleu Falco buffoni Gmelin, , Syst. Nat., , p. . Based on Acanthis flammea Sizerin flammé “Cayenne Ringtail” Latham, , Gen. Synop. Birds , p. Acanthis hornemanni Sizerin blanchâtre . (Cayenne French Guiana.) Spinus spinus Tarin des aulnes Spinus pinus Tarin des pins This widespread South American species is considered a va- Spinus atriceps Tarin sombre grant in Panama by Angehr () on the basis of sight records Spinus notatus Chardonneret à tête noire at Tocumen Marsh, east of Panama City,  August , and El Spinus xanthogastrus Chardonneret à ventre jaune Real, Darién,  January . Spinus cucullatus Chardonneret rouge Spinus dominicensis Chardonneret des Antilles p. . Change Larus genei Brème and Larus novaehollan- Spinus psaltria Chardonneret mineur diae Stevens (both added as Appendix species in AOU ) to Spinus lawrencei Chardonneret gris Chroicocephalus genei (Brème) and Chroicocephalus novae- Spinus tristis Chardonneret jaune hollandiae (Stevens), respectively. These species were formerly Chloris sinica Verdier de Chine included in Larus but were separated on the basis of genetic data Circus buffoni Busard de Buffon (Pons et al. ) that indicate that Larus would be paraphyletic if Chroicocephalus genei Goéland railleur these species were included. Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Mouette argentée Piranga rubriceps Piranga à capuchon p. . Move the species account for Piranga rubriceps to fol- Spinus magellanicus Chardonneret de Magellan low the account for Sporophila bouvronides. Chloris chloris Verdier d’Europe

p. . Change Carduelis magellanica (Vieillot) to Spinus Delete the following names: magellanicus (Vieillot), and change Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus) Numidinae to Chloris chloris (Linnaeus). Notharchus macrorhynchos MELIPHAGIDAE pp.  ﬀ. Make the following changes to the list of French Chaetoptila angustipluma names of North American birds: Poecile hudsonica 712 — CHESSER ET AL. — AUK,VOL. 126

Poecile cincta Trogon violaceus Cichlherminia lherminieri Trogon rufus Granatellus venustus Trogon elegans Granatellus sallaei Trogon mexicanus Chlorothraupis carmioli Trogon collaris Chlorothraupis olivacea Trogon aurantiiventris Habia rubica Habia fuscicauda Move the species from Moho braccatus to M. nobilis to a posi- Habia atrimaxillaris tion following the newly inserted heading MOHOIDAE, with no Piranga roseogularis change in French names. Piranga flava Piranga rubra Move the species from Saltator albicollis to S. grossus to a new Piranga olivacea heading INCERTAE SEDIS in a position following Tersina viridis, Piranga ludoviciana with no change in French names. Piranga bidentata Piranga leucoptera Proposals considered but not accepted by the committee Piranga erythrocephala include: transfer of White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequi- Amaurospiza concolor noctialis) to the main list (Pranty et al. ); division of Ferrug- Carduelis flammea inous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) into two species Carduelis hornemanni (Proudfoot et al. ); transfer of Straight-billed Woodcreeper Carduelis spinus (Xiphorhynchus picus) to the genus Dendroplex (Aleixo et al. Carduelis pinus ); merger of Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sul- Carduelis atriceps phureipygius) into M. barbatus; change of Ptilogonatidae, Du- Carduelis notata lidae, and Mohoidae to subfamilies within the Bombycillidae Carduelis xanthogastra (Spellman et al. ); change of the family-level placement of Carduelis cucullata several genera currently placed in the Emberizidae (e.g., Klicka Carduelis dominicensis et al. ); division of Passerculus sandwichensis into as many Carduelis psaltria as four species (Rising ); and division of Spinus into three Carduelis lawrencei genera (Arnaiz-Villena et al. , ). Proposals to change Carduelis tristis the English names of Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocer- Carduelis sinica ata) and to remove the hyphen from the English names of Moun- Anser anser tain-gem (Lampornis spp.) were rejected. Any of these proposals Larus genei may be reconsidered pending further data or discussion. The sta- Larus novaehollandiae tus of current proposals under consideration by the Committee Piranga rubriceps can be followed at www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/ Carduelis magellanica pending.php. Carduelis chloris ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Rearrange, with appropriate changes, the sequence of families and subfamilies from CRACIDAE to ODONTOPHORIDAE to the fol- Normand David serves as the Committee’s advisor for classical lowing sequence, with no change in French names: languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel Gosselin is CRACIDAE the authority for French names. We thank A. Aleixo, G. Angehr, NUMIDIDAE D. Arendt, D. Boertmann, K. J. Burns, S. W. Carothers, J. DaCosta, ODONTOPHORIDAE T. Donegan, R. C. Fleischer, D. D. Gibson, R. R. Johnson, J. Klicka, K. PHASIANIDAE Larsen, R. Robb, M. B. Robbins, P. Sherrell, N. A. Smith, G. Voelker, Phasianinae and K. J. Zimmer for assistance, suggestions, and comments. Tetraoninae Meleagridinae LITERATURE CITED

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R. Te rr y Ch e s s e r ,1,12,13 Ri c h a r d C. Ba n k s ,1 F. Ke i t h Ba r k e r ,2 Ca r l a Ci c e r o ,3 Jo n L. Du n n ,4 An d r e w W. Kr a tt e r ,5 Irb y J. Lo v e tt e ,6 Pa m e l a C. Ra s m u s s e n ,7 J. V. Re m s e n , Jr.,8 Ja m e s D. Ri s i n g ,9 Do u g l a s F. St o t z ,10 a n d Ke v i n Wi n k e r 11

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 452 Nevada Street, 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 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 10Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 11University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the 10th supplement since publication of the seventh (T. troglodytes) and from each other; (6) five species (Melozone edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Or- fusca, M. albicollis, M. crissalis, M. aberti, and Amphispiza quin- nithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made questriata) are transferred to currently recognized genera; (7) five between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2010 by the AOU’s Com- genera (Psilorhinus, Peucaea, Oreothlypis, Parkesia, and Rhyncho- mittee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle phanes) are added because of splits from other genera, resulting in America. The Committee has continued to operate in the man- changes to 20 scientific names; (8) a new scientific nameVermi ( ner outlined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). There were no vora cyanoptera) is adopted for one species because of a nomencla- changes to committee membership in 2009. tural problem with the previous scientific name V.( pinus); (9) the citation for one species (Dendroica pinus) is changed; (10) the end- Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) one ge- ings of the specific or subspecific names of two taxa (Acanthidops nus (Chrysomus) and eight species (Oceanodroma monorhis, Ixo- bairdi and Vireo gilvus swainsoni) are corrected; (11) the English brychus minutus, Ardea purpurea, Platalea leucorodia, Glareola names of three species (Caprimulgus vociferus, Chasiempis sand- pratincola, Elaenia albiceps, Luscinia sibilans, and Chrysomus wichensis, and Icterus dominicensis) are modified as a result of tax- icterocephalus) are added to the main list (including three spe- onomic changes, the English name of one species (Puffinus gravis) cies transferred from the Appendix) on the basis of new distri- is modified for global conformity, and the hyphen is removed from butional information; (2) the distributional statement of one the English name of one species (Empidonomus aurantioatrocris- species (Trogon melanurus) is changed because of a split from an tatus); and (12) two species (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus extralimital species; (3) three species are changed (to Melanitta and Thryothorus sinaloa) are added to the list of species known to americana, Trogon caligatus, and T. chionurus) by being split occur in the United States. from extralimital species; (4) six species (Caprimulgus arizonae, Chasiempis sclateri, C. ibidis, Icterus northropi, I. melanopsis, Numerous changes are made at higher levels of the classi- and I. portoricensis) are added as a result of splits from species fication on the basis of new genetic data. Four newly recognized already on the list; (5) two species (Troglodytes hiemalis and T. orders (Phaethontiformes, Suliformes, Accipitriformes, and Eury- pacificus) are added by being split both from an extralimital taxon pygiformes) are added to the main list by being split from existing

12The authors are members of the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. 13E-mail: [email protected]

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orders, and 11 newly recognized or restored families (Pandionidae, Troglodytes pacificus Pacific Wren Capitonidae, Semnornithidae, Polioptilidae, Cettiidae, Phylloscop- Troglodytes hiemalis Winter Wren idae, Acrocephalidae, Donacobiidae, Megaluridae, Calcariidae, and POLIOPTILIDAE Viduidae) are added to the main list by splits from existing families. CETTIIDAE Two families (Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae) are transferred PHYLLOSCOPIDAE from the order Ciconiiformes to the order Pelecaniformes. New ACROCEPHALIDAE linear sequences are adopted for species in the genera Cyanolyca, DONACOBIIDAE Aimophila, and Pipilo, and the sequences of genera within the MEGALURIDAE Cotingidae and portions of the Corvidae and Emberizidae are Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin (A) rearranged to reflect new findings on relationships. One genus Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler (Lipaugus) is moved from Incertae Sedis to the Cotingidae. The Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler family placement of one species (Chamaea fasciata) is changed Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler on the basis of new information on its phylogenetic relationships. Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler The English group names of three orders (Pelecaniformes, Ciconi- Oreothlypis virginiae Virginia’s Warbler iformes, and Falconiformes), one suborder (Pelecani), and three Oreothlypis crissalis Colima Warbler families (Ramphastidae, Sylviidae, and Cardinalidae) are modified Oreothlypis luciae Lucy’s Warbler because of changes to the composition of these groups. Oreothlypis gutturalis Flame-throated Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa Crescent-chested Warbler Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s de- Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush cisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations not Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with supple- *Acanthidops bairdi Peg-billed Finch ments) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species Melozone fusca Canyon Towhee known from the AOU Check-list area is available at www.aou.org/ Melozone albicollis White-throated Towhee checklist/north/index.php. Melozone crissalis California Towhee Melozone aberti Abert’s Towhee The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers Peucaea sumichrasti Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee’s Peucaea carpalis Rufous-winged Sparrow actions: Peucaea ruficauda Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea humeralis Black-chested Sparrow pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of spe- Peucaea mystacalis Bridled Sparrow cies to 2,070. Insert the following names in the proper positions as Peucaea botterii Botteri’s Sparrow indicated by the text of this supplement: Peucaea cassinii Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis Bachman’s Sparrow Melanitta americana American Scoter Amphispiza quinquestriata Five-striped Sparrow Puffinus gravis Great Shearwater CALCARIIDAE Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel (A) Rhynchophanes mccownii McCown’s Longspur PHAETHONTIFORMES Chrysomus icterocephalus Yellow-hooded Blackbird (A) SULIFORMES Icterus northropi Bahama Oriole Ixobrychus minutus Little Bittern (A) Icterus melanopsis Cuban Oriole Ardea purpurea Purple Heron (A) Icterus dominicensis Hispaniolan Oriole Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill (A) Icterus portoricensis Puerto Rican Oriole ACCIPITRIFORMES VIDUIDAE PANDIONIDAE EURYPYGIFORMES Delete the following names: Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole (A) Melanitta nigra Black Scoter Caprimulgus vociferus Eastern Whip-poor-will Puffinus gravis Greater Shearwater Caprimulgus arizonae Mexican Whip-poor-will Pandioninae Trogon chionurus White-tailed Trogon Accipitrinae Trogon caligatus Gartered Trogon Caprimulgus vociferus Whip-poor-will CAPITONIDAE Trogon viridis White-tailed Trogon SEMNORNITHIDAE Trogon violaceus Violaceous Trogon Elaenia albiceps White-crested Elaenia (A) Capitoninae Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Crowned Semnornithinae Slaty Flycatcher (A) Ramphastinae Psilorhinus morio Brown Jay Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Crowned Chasiempis sclateri Kauai Elepaio (H) Slaty-Flycatcher (A) Chasiempis ibidis Oahu Elepaio (H) Cyanocorax morio Brown Jay Chasiempis sandwichensis Hawaii Elepaio (H) Chasiempis sandwichensis Elepaio (H)

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Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren FALCONIFORMES Sylviinae FALCONIDAE Polioptilinae Vermivora pinus Blue-winged Warbler Other than the elevation of Pandioninae and the transfer of Pan- Vermivora peregrina Tennessee Warbler dion haliaetus from ACCIPITRIDAE to PANDIONIDAE, all Vermivora celata Orange-crowned Warbler subfamilies and species in these families remain in the current se- Vermivora ruficapilla Nashville Warbler quence within their current family. Vermivora virginiae Virginia’s Warbler Vermivora crissalis Colima Warbler Move EURYPYGIDAE and its included species to the newly Vermivora luciae Lucy’s Warbler inserted EURYPYGIFORMES, to follow Falco mexicanus. Parula gutturalis Flame-throated Warbler Parula superciliosa Crescent-chested Warbler Move Lipaugus unirufus to COTINGIDAE to precede Seiurus noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Procnias tricarunculatus. Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush *Acanthidops bairdii Peg-billed Finch Change the sequence of genera of COTINGIDAE to: Pipilo albicollis White-throated Towhee Querula Pipilo fuscus Canyon Towhee Cephalopterus Pipilo crissalis California Towhee Cotinga Pipilo aberti Abert’s Towhee Lipaugus Aimophila ruficauda Stripe-headed Sparrow Procnias Aimophila humeralis Black-chested Sparrow Carpodectes Aimophila mystacalis Bridled Sparrow Aimophila sumichrasti Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow Change the sequence of genera from Cyanocitta to Gym- Aimophila carpalis Rufous-winged Sparrow norhinus to: Aimophila cassinii Cassin’s Sparrow Cyanolyca Aimophila aestivalis Bachman’s Sparrow Calocitta Aimophila botterii Botteri’s Sparrow Psilorhinus Aimophila quinquestriata Five-striped Sparrow Cyanocorax *Calcarius mccownii McCown’s Longspur Gymnorhinus Icterus dominicensis Greater Antillean Oriole Cyanocitta Estrildinae Aphelocoma Viduinae Rearrange the species in Cyanolyca to the following Recognize new orders PHAETHONTIFORMES, SULI sequence: FORMES, and ACCIPITRIFORMES, elevate Pandioninae to Cyanolyca mirabilis PANDIONIDAE, and move several families between orders, Cyanolyca nana rearranging and reconstituting the orders between PROCEL Cyanolyca pumilo LARIIFORMES and GRUIFORMES as follows, with PHAE Cyanolyca argentigula THONTIFORMES immediately following Oceanodroma Cyanolyca cucullata microsoma: Move newly inserted family POLIOPTILIDAE and its in- PHAETHONTIFORMES cluded species to follow Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus. PHAETHONTIDAE CICONIIFORMES Change the sequence of families from SYLVIIDAE to ZOS CICONIIDAE TEROPIDAE, including newly inserted families CETTIIDAE, SULIFORMES PHYLLOSCOPIDAE, ACROCEPHALIDAE, DONACOBII FREGATIDAE DAE, and MEGALURIDAE, to: SULIDAE PHALACROCORACIDAE CETTIIDAE ANHINGIDAE PHYLLOSCOPIDAE PELECANIFORMES SYLVIIDAE PELECANIDAE ZOSTEROPIDAE ARDEIDAE TIMALIIDAE THRESKIORNITHIDAE ACROCEPHALIDAE ACCIPITRIFORMES DONACOBIIDAE CATHARTIDAE MEGALURIDAE PANDIONIDAE MUSCICAPIDAE ACCIPITRIDAE TURDIDAE

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Move Cettia diphone to follow the newly inserted Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe). Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel. CETTIIDAE. Thalassidroma monorhis Swinhoe, 1867, Ibis, p. 386. (near Move the six species of Phylloscopus to follow the newly in- Amoy, China.) serted PHYLLOSCOPIDAE. Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows on islands. Move Chamaea fasciata to SYLVIIDAE, following Sylvia Distribution.—Breeds on islands of the North Pacific from curruca. the Verhovsky Islands off southern Kamchatka, Russian Far East, south on islands close to the Asian continent including those in Move the two species of Acrocephalus to follow the newly the Yellow and South China seas and around the Sea of Japan inserted ACROCEPHALIDAE. south to islands off China (Shandong) and Taiwan. Winters in the northern Indian Ocean and possibly the west- Move Donacobius atricapilla to follow the newly inserted ern Pacific. DONACOBIIDAE, and delete the asterisk in front of the name. Rare or casual (mainly in summer) at sea and on islands in the North Atlantic, the North Sea, the western Mediterranean, and Move the two species of Locustella to follow the newly in- the Gulf of Aqaba. serted MEGALURIDAE. Casual off Hatteras, North Carolina, where photographed on 8 August 1998 (O’Brien et al. 1999) and on 2 June 2008 (Howell Rearrange the species remaining in Pipilo to the following and Patteson 2008, Patteson et al. 2009). Another was seen off Or- sequence: egon Inlet, North Carolina, on 20 August 1993 (Brinkley 1995). Pipilo ocai Video of a “dark-rumped” storm-petrel thought to be this species Pipilo chlorurus was obtained off Kodiak, Alaska, on 5 August 2003; after review by Pipilo maculatus the Alaska Checklist Committee it was added to their unsubstan- Pipilo erythrophthalmus tiated list (D. D. Gibson in litt.). Notes.—Formerly placed in the Appendix (AOU 2000) on Rearrange the species remaining in Aimophila to the follow- the basis of the 1998 record. Clarification of the status of this ing sequence: species in the eastern North Atlantic (Flood 2009) and the ex- Aimophila rufescens cellent photographic documentation of the 2008 individual Aimophila ruficeps warrant adding the species to the main list; see also Pranty et al. Aimophila notosticta (2009). The relationship ofO. monorhis to other “dark-rumped” storm-petrels is uncertain (Dawson 1992). Palmer (1962) treated Change the sequence of genera from Atlapetes to Aimophila it as a subspecies of O. leucorhoa, whereas Sibley and Monroe to: (1990) considered the two species to probably constitute a Arremon superspecies. Arremonops Atlapetes In the Notes for O. leucorhoa, change the first sentence to: Pipilo Oceanodroma leucorhoa and O. monorhis probably constitute a Aimophila superspecies (Sibley and Monroe 1990), although Mayr and Short Melozone (1970) considered O. leucorhoa and O. castro to constitute a super- Peucaea species. Replace the last sentence in these Notes with the following: See comments under O. monorhis. Move Amphispiza quinquestriata to precede Amphispiza bilineata. p. 26. After the account for Oceanodroma microsoma, insert the heading: Move the three species of Calcarius, Rhynchophanes mccownii, and the two species of Plectrophenax to follow the Order PHAETHONTIFORMES: Tropicbirds newly inserted CALCARIIDAE. Remove the asterisks in front of the three species of Calcarius, Rhynchophanes mccownii, After this heading insert the following: and the two species of Plectrophenax. Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences have shown that the tropicbirds are distantly re- p. 18. Change the English name for Puffinus gravis to Great lated to the other families in the traditional order Pelecaniformes Shearwater (as in Marchant and Higgins 1990a, Sibley and Monroe (Kennedy and Spencer 2004, Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 1990, Carboneras 1992, Dudley et al. 2006). Change Notes to read: 2008). Formerly known as Greater Shearwater (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998), but Delete the heading Suborder PHAETHONTES: Tropic- name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. birds and move the heading Family PHAETHONTIDAE: Trop- icbirds and the genus and species accounts included under this p. 24. Before the account for Oceanodroma leucorhoa, insert heading from pp. 26–27 to a position following this newly in- the following new account: serted order.

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p. 26. Change the heading Order PELECANIFORMES: To- been treated as a separate species (Marchant and Higgins 1990b). tipalmate Birds to Order PELECANIFORMES: Pelicans, Herons, See comments under I. exilis. Ibises, and Allies and insert the new heading in a position following the account for Mycteria americana on p. 51. Change the head- p. 40. After the account for Ardea cocoi, insert the following ing Suborder PELECANI: Boobies, Pelicans, Cormorants, and new account: Darters to Suborder PELECANI: Pelicans, and insert this heading under the newly inserted order. Move the heading Family PELE Ardea purpurea Linnaeus. Purple Heron. CANIDAE: Pelicans and the genus and species accounts included under this heading from pp. 30–31 to a position following the Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), 1:236. newly changed suborder. Move the headings Suborder ARDEAE: (“in Oriente”; restricted to France by Stresemann, 1920, Avifauna Herons, Bitterns, and Allies, and Family ARDEIDAE: Herons, Macedonica, p. 226.) Bitterns, and Allies, and the genera and species accounts included under these headings, from pp. 36–47 to a position following the Habitat.—Shallow freshwater marshes with extensive bor- account for Pelecanus occidentalis. Move the headings Suborder dering vegetation, especially Phragmites; also mangroves. THRESKIORNITHES: Ibises and Spoonbills, Family THRESKI Distribution.—Breeds from western and southern Europe ORNITHIDAE: Ibises and Spoonbills, Subfamily THRESKIOR- east through central Asia, very locally in northwestern Africa, and NITHINAE: Ibises, and Subfamily PLATALEINAE: Spoonbills, in the Russian Far East and Japan south to eastern China. Resi- and the genera and species accounts included under these head- dent in eastern and southern Africa, Mauritania, the Cape Verde ings, from pp. 47–50 to a position following the account for Coch Islands, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southeastern Asia learius cochlearius. and Taiwan, the Philippines, and eastern Indonesia. Replace the Notes under the heading Order PELECANI Winters in sub-Saharan Africa, rarely north to northern FORMES with the following: Africa, Israel, and the Arabian Peninsula. Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear Casual or accidental north to Iceland, the Faeroes, Scandina- gene sequences have shown that the traditional order Pelecani- via, and Hokkaido; also the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, formes is not a monophyletic group, even when the family Phae Brazil, and Trinidad. thontidae is removed (Van Tuinen et al. 2001, Ericson et al. 2006, Casual in the Lesser Antilles (Barbados; 21 November Hackett et al. 2008). Families Balaenicipitidae, Scopidae (both 1998–28 April 1999, photograph; 4 December 2005–11 January outside of the AOU area), Ardeidae, and Threskiornithidae, all tra- 2006, photograph; ca. 7–28 September 2008, sight report; Buck- ditionally placed in the Ciconiiformes, are more closely related to ley et al. 2009). the Pelecanidae than are other groups traditionally placed in the Pelecaniformes. p. 50. Before the account for Platalea ajaja, known as Ajaia ajaja until the 43rd Supplement (Banks et al. 2002), insert the fol- p. 38. After the account for Ixobrychus exilis, insert the following new account: lowing new account: Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus. Eurasian Spoonbill. Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus). Little Bittern. Platalea Leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), Ardea minuta Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), 1:240. (“Hel- p. 139; based on “The Spoonbill” of Albin, 1734, Nat. Hist. Birds vetia, Aleppo”; restricted to Switzerland by Vaurie, 1965, Birds Pal. 2:61, pl. 66. (Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Fauna, Non-Pass., p. 57.) Svecica, ed. 2, p. 57.)

Habitat.—Primarily freshwater marshes; also mangroves. Habitat.—Open shallow marshes; nests in dense reedbeds or Distribution.—Breeds in much of Europe and locally in other similar vegetation, often with some shrubs or trees. northern Africa east across Russia to south-central Siberia, Iran, Distribution.—Breeds locally from the Netherlands and northwestern India, and Madagascar. Resident or locally nomadic southern Europe east across southern Russia to the Russian Far in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar (possibly), southern and east- East and northern China. Resident in Mauritania, Iran, the Red ern Australia, and formerly on South Island, New Zealand. Small Sea region, and the Indian Subcontinent. numbers also found annually in southern New Guinea. Winters around the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, Winters mainly in Africa south of the Sahara. northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, southeast China, and Rare or casual in the United Kingdom (has bred), the Faeroes, Taiwan. Scandinavia, the Azores, Madeira, and western China. Accidental Rare or casual in Iceland, the Faeroes, Scandinavia, the United in Iceland and the Cape Verde Islands. Kingdom, northeastern Europe, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Accidental in the Lesser Antilles (Barbados; 10–31 December Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, Japan, and southeastern Asia. 1995, photograph; Buckley et al. 2009). Casual in the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbados). Notes.—The isolated subspecies in Australia dubius ( ) dif- Accidental in western Greenland (specimen, 4 October 1936; fers vocally from the European and African subspecies (Rasmus- Boertmann 1994). sen and Anderton 2005) and may be a separate species. The New Notes.—Also known by the English names European Spoon- Zealand subspecies, novaezelandiae, now considered extinct, has bill, White Spoonbill, Common Spoonbill, and Spoonbill.

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p. 50. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear gene Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Hawks, sequences have shown that the traditional order Ciconiiformes is Kites, Eagles, and Allies not a monophyletic group (Van Tuinen et al. 2001, Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 2008). Following removal of families more After this heading, insert the following: closely related to the Pelecanidae than to the Ciconiidae (see above), Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear the Ciconiiformes consists of the single family Ciconiidae. gene sequences have shown that the traditional order Falconiformes is not a monophyletic group and that the Falconidae is not closely Change the heading Order CICONIIFORMES: Herons, related to the Cathartidae, Pandionidae, and Accipitridae (Ericson Ibises, Storks, and Allies to Order CICONIIFORMES: Storks. et al. 2006, Griffiths et al. 2007, Hackett et al. 2008). Some morpho- Change the Notes under the new heading to: See comments under logical data (Jollie 1976–1977) also provide support for this view. Order PELECANIFORMES. Delete the heading Suborder CICO- NIAE: Storks. Delete the heading Suborder ACCIPITRES: Kites, Eagles, Hawks, Secretarybirds, and Allies. Move the headings Family CA p. 51. After the account for Mycteria americana, and preceding THARTIDAE: New World Vultures and Family ACCIPITRI the newly positioned Pelecaniformes (see above), insert the heading: DAE: Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies and the genera and species accounts included under these headings from pp. 51–53 and 86– Order SULIFORMES: Frigatebirds, Boobies, 105 to a position following the newly inserted order. Change the Cormorants, Darters, and Allies heading Order FALCONIFORMES: Diurnal Birds of Prey to Or- der FALCONIFORMES: Caracaras and Falcons. After this head- Under this heading insert the following: ing, insert the following: Notes.—Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear Notes.—See comments under Accipitriformes. gene sequences have shown that several families traditionally placed in the order Pelecaniformes (Fregatidae, Sulidae, Phalacro- Delete the heading Subfamily ACCIPITRINAE: Kites, coracidae, and Anhingidae) form the sister taxon to a group con- Eagles, and Hawks from p. 87, and delete the heading Suborder sisting of the Pelecanidae and several families traditionally placed FALCONES: Caracaras and Falcons from p. 105. in the Ciconiiformes (Van Tuinen et al. 2001, Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 2008). pp. 86–87. Change the heading Subfamily PANDIONINAE: Ospreys to Family: PANDIONIDAE: Ospreys. After the new Move the headings Suborder FREGATAE: Frigatebirds and heading, insert the following: Family FREGATIDAE: Frigatebirds and the included genera and Notes.—Previously considered a subfamily of the Accipitri- species from pp. 35–36 to a position following the newly inserted dae (AOU 1998), the Osprey is returned to family status because of order. its genetic and morphological distinctiveness (Helbig et al. 2005, Lerner and Mindell 2005, Ericson et al. 2006, Griffiths et al. 2007, After the account for Fregata ariel, insert the heading Subor- Hackett et al. 2008). der SULAE: Boobies, Cormorants, and Darters. Move the headings Family SULIDAE: Boobies and Gannets, Family PHALACRO Move the new family and its included genus and species accounts CORACIDAE: Cormorants, and Family ANHINGIDAE: Darters from pp. 86–87 to a position following the account for Sarcoram- and the included genera and species from pp. 28–30 and 32–34 to phus papa. a position following the newly inserted suborder. pp. 111–112. After the account for Falco mexicanus, insert the p. 81. Melanitta americana is treated as a separate species heading: from the allopatric Melanitta nigra. Change the scientific name, English name, and citation to: Order EURYPYGIFORMES: Sunbittern and Kagu

Melanitta americana (Swainson). American Scoter. After this heading, insert the following: Notes.—Genetic data indicate that the Sunbittern and Kagu, Oidemia Americana Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Rich- previously considered part of the Gruiformes, form a relatively ardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 2 (1831):450. (Hudson Bay.) ancient lineage not closely related to any other group of extant birds (Fain and Houde 2004, Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. Change the Distribution by removing the term “[americana 2008). Morphological data (Livezey and Zusi 2007) also provide group]” and all mention of the nigra group. Change the Notes to: support for a sister relationship between these species. Formerly treated as conspecific with M. nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) [Black Scoter] of Eurasia, but separated on the basis of courtship Move the heading Family EURYPYGIDAE: Sunbitterns and the calls (Sangster 2009) and color, form, and feathering of the bill in genus and species accounts included under this heading from p. adult males and most adult females (Collinson et al. 2006). 139 to a position following the newly inserted order.

p. 86. Before the heading FALCONIFORMES, insert the p. 181. Before the account for Glareola maldivarum, insert heading: the following new account:

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Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus). Collared Pratincole. Reports from northwestern California, northwestern Mon- tana, and central Colorado may represent this species but require Hirundo Pratincola Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., (ed. 12) 1:345. confirmation. (Shores of southern Europe and in Austria; restricted to Austria, Notes.—See comments under C. vociferus. B.O.U. 1915.) p. 315. Trogon chionurus is recognized as distinct from T. Habitat.—Nests on extensive flat, dry terrain with low or no viridis, following the AOU South American Classification Com- vegetation; outside breeding season, also salt pans, moist mead- mittee (Remsen et al. 2010). Replace the account for T. viridis with ows, fallow fields, lagoons. the following: Distribution.—Breeds locally from southwestern Europe east to Moldavia, southern Ukraine, eastern Kazakhstan, Afghan- Trogon chionurus Sclater and Salvin. White-tailed Trogon. istan, and Pakistan, and in northern Africa and the Middle East. Resident locally in Africa south of the Sahara. Trogon chionurus Sclater and Salvin, 1871, Proc. Zool. Soc. Migratory Eurasian populations winter mainly in Africa London (1870), p. 843. (Lion Hill, Canal Zone, Panama.) north of the Equator. Rare or casual in central and northern Europe, including the Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (0–1,300 m; United Kingdom and Scandinavia, and in Madeira, the Canary Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, southwestern India, and southern Distribution.—Resident in Panama, on the Caribbean slope Sri Lanka. from near the Costa Rican border east through San Blas, and on Accidental in Iceland and possibly Brazil. the Pacific slope east from the Tuira Valley to Colombia (west of Accidental in the Lesser Antilles (Barbados; 3 November the Eastern Andes) and Ecuador west of the Andes. 1996–24 June 1997, photograph; Buckley et al. 2009). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific withT. viridis Lin- naeus, 1766 [Green-backed Trogon] but considered a separate p. 272. Caprimulgus arizonae is separated from C. vociferus. species on the basis of differences in vocalizations (Ridgely and Revise the account for C. vociferus as follows: Change English Greenfield 2001) and mitochondrial DNA, which suggests that name to Eastern Whip-poor-will. Change Habitat to: Mainly de- chionurus is more closely related to T. bairdii than to T. viridis ciduous and mixed forest with open understory; in migration and (DaCosta and Klicka 2008). winter in mixed and evergreen forests and woodland (Tropical to Temperate zones). Distribution is as for vociferus group, except: pp. 315–316. Trogon caligatus is recognized as distinct from in winter distribution change “from northern Mexico (Sonora T. violaceus, following the AOU South American Classification eastward)” to “from northeastern Mexico,” deleting mention of Committee (Remsen et al. 2010). Replace the account for T. violaceus Sonora, and add “and in Arizona” to the end of the sentence on ac- with the following: cidental occurrence. Change Notes to: Formerly included C. arizonae under the English name Whip-poor-will, but now separated Trogon caligatus Gould. Gartered Trogon. on the basis of differences in vocalizations (Hardy et al. 1988, Cink 2002) and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Han et al. 2010); the Trogon caligatus Gould, 1838, Monogr. Trogonidae, pt. 3, pl. two species also differ in morphology (Phillips et al. 1964, Cink [1] and text [= pl. 7 of volume]. (No type locality, but plate agrees 2002) and egg pigmentation (Phillips et al. 1964). with specimens from the Magdalena Valley, Colombia.) Following the account for C. vociferus, insert the following: Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Secondary Caprimulgus arizonae Brewster. Mexican Whip-poor-will. Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest (0–1,800 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae Brewster, 1881, Bull. Nuttall Distribution.—Resident in Mexico from San Luis Potosí, Orn. Club 6:69. (Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.) Puebla, Veracruz, and Oaxaca south along both slopes of Mid- dle America (including the Yucatan Peninsula) to Panama and Habitat.—Pine Forest, Pine-Oak Forest; in winter also Mon- northern Colombia, east to northwestern Venezuela, and south to tane Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest (1,400–3,000 m; northwestern Peru. locally to 500 m in winter; Subtropical and Temperate zones). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with T. violaceus Distribution.—Breeds in the mountains of southern Cali- Gmelin, 1788 [Violaceous Trogon] but separated on the basis of fornia (probably in San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and differences in vocalizations (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001) and -mi Clark mountains) and from southern Nevada (Sheep Mountains tochondrial DNA, which suggests that T. caligatus and T. violaceus and possibly Spring Mountains), northern Arizona, central New are not sister taxa (DaCosta and Klicka 2008). Mexico, and extreme western Texas south through the highlands of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador to Honduras, also (probably) p. 317. The extralimital species Trogon mesurus is recog- in southern Baja California. nized as distinct from T. melanurus, following the AOU South Winters from central Mexico south through the breeding American Classification Committee (Remsen et al. 2010). In the range to Honduras; northern and southern limits of wintering account for T. melanurus, remove “and west of the Andes in west- range of migratory population poorly known. ern Ecuador and northwestern Peru” from the Distribution of

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the melanurus group, and add the following sentence to the end recommended that the albiceps and chilensis groups be treated as of the Notes: Formerly included T. mesurus Cabanis and Heine, separate species. 1863 [Ecuadorian Trogon] of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru but separated on the basis of differences in vocalizations p. 411. A record of the Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Empidono- (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001) and mitochondrial DNA, which mus aurantioatrocristatus, in the United States is recognized, and suggests that T. mesurus and T. melanurus are not sister species the hyphen is removed from the name, following Remsen et al. (DaCosta and Klicka 2008). (2010). This species was added to the list in the 50th supplement (Chesser et al. 2009). After the paragraph detailing the Panama p. 328. Change the heading Family RAMPHASTIDAE: New record add the following new paragraph: Accidental in southwest- World Barbets and Toucans to Family RAMPHASTIDAE: Tou- ern Louisiana (Peveto Beach Woods, near Johnsons Bayou, Cam- cans, and move the new heading to p. 329 to replace the heading eron Parish, 3 June 2008; Conover and Myers 2009). Subfamily RAMPHASTINAE: Toucans. Change the Notes under this heading to read: See comments under Semnornithidae. pp. 420–423. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and Change the heading Subfamily CAPITONINAE: New World Bar- nuclear DNA sequences (Ohlson et al. 2007) has shown that re- bets to Family CAPITONIDAE: New World Barbets, and change lationships among North American genera of the family Cotingi- the heading Subfamily SEMNORNITHINAE: Toucan-Barbets to dae are not properly reflected in the linear sequences of previous Family SEMNORNITHIDAE: Toucan-Barbets. Under the head- classifications, and that the genusLipaugus , previously considered ing Family SEMNORNITHIDAE: Toucan-Barbets, insert the incertae sedis, is a member of the Cotingidae. Their phylogenetic following: conclusions result in a new sequence of genera, as follows: Notes.—Genetic data (Barker and Lanyon 2000, Moyle 2004) indicate that Semnornis cannot be placed reliably in either the Querula Capitonidae or Ramphastidae, is roughly as old as either group, Cephalopterus and may even be the sister to both. Cotinga Lipaugus Under the heading Family CAPITONIDAE: Toucan-Barbets, Procnias insert the following: Carpodectes Notes.—See comments under Semnornithidae. Under the heading Family COTINGIDAE: Cotingas, insert p. 377. After the account for Elaenia flavogaster, insert the the following: following new account: Notes.—Sequence of genera follows Ohlson et al. (2007).

Elaenia albiceps (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye). White-crested p. 436. Throughout the account for Vireo gilvus, change the Elaenia. spelling of swainsonii to swainsoni. This follows the finding of David et al. (2009) that the latter is the correct spelling under M[uscipeta] albiceps d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Mag. Article 24.2.4 of the Code (International Commission on Zoologi- Zool. [Paris], 7, cl. 2, p. 47. (part, Yungas, Bolivia; types from Yun- cal Nomenclature 1999). gas, Bolivia, fide Hellmayr, 1925, Novit. Zool. 32:28.) pp. 443–444. The genusPsilorhinus , now in the synonymy of Habitat.—Southern Temperate Forest, Montane Evergreen Cyanocorax, is restored for the species morio. Remove the citation Forest Edge, Secondary Forest, Semihumid/Humid Montane for Psilorhinus from Cyanocorax and insert the following after the Scrub (0–3,500 m; Tropical to Temperate zones). account for Calocitta formosa: Distribution.—Resident [albiceps group] in the Andes from southern Colombia to western Bolivia. Genus PSILORHINUS Rüppell Breeds [modesta group] in western Peru and northern Chile; [chilensis group] from central and southern Chile and central Psilorhinus Rüppell, 1837, Mus. Senckenb. 2(2):188. Type, by Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. monotypy, Psilorhinus mexicanus Rüppell = Pica morio Wagler. Winters [modesta group] mostly in Andean foothills and base of the Andes in eastern Peru, some also resident in northern Chile; Notes.—Formerly merged with the genus Cyanocorax (Hardy [chilensis group] lower Andean slopes from western Bolivia north 1969; AOU 1983, 1998), but now treated as separate on the basis of to Ecuador, a few to Amazonia and eastern Brazil, possibly eastern genetic (Saunders and Edwards 2000, Bonaccorso and Peterson Colombia; chilensis group is highly migratory. 2007) and morphological (Sutton and Gilbert 1942) data. Casual [chilensis group] to the Falkland Islands; recorded at sea in the Drake Channel. Change Cyanocorax morio (Wagler) to Psilorhinus morio Accidental [chilensis group] at South Padre Island, Cameron (Wagler) and move the account to follow the heading Genus County, Texas (9–10 February 2008; photos, spectrograms of calls; PSILORHINUS Rüppell and its citation and Notes. Reid and Jones 2009). Notes.—Vocalizations indicate that multiple species are pp. 442–448. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nu- likely involved, as do the genetic data of Rheindt et al. (2009), who clear DNA sequences (Bonaccorso and Peterson 2007) has shown

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that relationships among New World genera of jays (family Corvi- Distribution.—Resident on the island of Oahu in the Hawai- dae) are not properly reflected in the linear sequences of previous ian Islands. classifications. Their phylogenetic conclusions result in a new se- Notes.—See comments under C. sandwichensis. Formerly quence of genera, as follows: known as C. gayi Wilson.

Cyanolyca Chasiempis sandwichensis (Gmelin). Hawaii Elepaio. Calocitta Psilorhinus Muscicapa sandwichensis Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1(2):945. Cyanocorax Based on the “Sandwich Fly-catcher” Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds Gymnorhinus 2(1):344. (in insulis Sandwich = Hawaii.) Cyanocitta Turdus sandwichensis Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1(2):813. Based Aphelocoma on the “Sandwich Thrush” Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds 2(1):39. Sub- jective synonym of Muscicapa sandwichensis Gmelin, 1789; see Under the heading Family CORVIDAE: Crows and Jays on Olson, 1989, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 102:555–558. p. 441, insert the following: Notes.—Sequence of New World genera of jays follows Bonaccorso and Peterson (2007). Habitat.—Lowland and montane wet, mesic, and dry forest, primarily in areas dominated by native vegetation. pp. 445–446. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nu- Distribution.—Resident on the island of Hawaii in the Hawai- clear DNA sequences (Bonaccorso 2009) has shown that relation- ian Islands. ships among members of the genus Cyanolyca are not properly Notes.—Formerly included C. sclateri and C. ibidis, now reflected in the linear sequences of previous classifications. Her treated as separate species on the basis of differences in vocal- conclusions result in a new sequence of species, as follows: izations (VanderWerf 2007); morphology, ecology, and behavior (Pratt et al. 1987, Conant et al. 1998, VanderWerf 1998); and Cyanolyca pumilo mtDNA (VanderWerf et al. 2010). Cyanolyca argentigula Cyanolyca mirabilis p. 477. Records of the Sinaloa Wren, Thryothorus sinaloa, in Cyanolyca nana the United States are recognized. After the last sentence in the Cyanolyca cucullata Distribution account, add the following new paragraph: Casual in southeastern Arizona (near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, 25 Au- Under the heading Genus CYANOLYCA Cabanis, insert the gust 2008 through August 2009, Brown and Baxter 2009, photo; following: near Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, 14–18 April 2009 [North Notes.—Sequence of species derived from phylogenetic data American Birds 63:479, photo]). in Bonaccorso (2009). p. 482. Troglodytes pacificus and T. hiemalis are separated from pp. 452–453. Chasiempis sclateri and C. ibidis are separated T. troglodytes. Delete the account for T. troglodytes and replace it from C. sandwichensis. Insert new accounts for C. sclateri and C. with new accounts for T. pacificus and T. hiemalis as follows: ibidis and revise the account for C. sandwichensis as follows: Baird. Pacific Wren. Chasiempis sclateri Ridgway. Kauai Elepaio. Troglodytes pacificus

Chasiempis sclateri Ridgway, 1882, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Troglodytes hyemalis, var. pacificus Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. 4:337–338. (Kauai, Hawaiian Islands.) Birds 1:145. (Simiahmoo, Puget Sound, Washington.)

Habitat.—Montane wet and mesic forest, primarily in areas Habitat.—Coniferous (including spruce, Douglas-fir, hem- dominated by native vegetation. lock, and redwood) and mixed forests, primarily with dense un- Distribution.—Resident on the island of Kauai in the Hawai- derstory, often near water, and maritime heath near seaside cliffs ian Islands. in southwestern Alaska. Notes.—See comments under C. sandwichensis. Distribution.—Breeds from the Alaska Pacific coast (from the Aleutians east, including the Pribilof Islands) and coastal and cen- Chasiempis ibidis Stejneger. Oahu Elepaio. tral British Columbia (including Queen Charlotte and Vancouver islands) south to central California (San Luis Obispo County, and the Chasiempis ibidis Stejneger, 1887, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10:75– western slope of the central Sierra Nevada), northeastern Oregon, 102. (Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.) central Idaho, northern Utah, western Montana, and southwest- Chasiempis gayi Wilson, 1891, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, ern Alberta. Reports of singing birds in northern Arizona, northern pp. 164–166. New Mexico, and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are presumed to refer to this species, but confirmation is required. Habitat.—Lowland and montane wet and mesic forest, often Winters in breeding area and south to southern California, in areas dominated by alien vegetation. southern Arizona, and southern New Mexico (rare). Sight reports

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from Sonora probably represent pacificus rather than hiemalis, Move the heading Genus CETTIA Bonaparte, its citation, but confirmation is required. and its included species from p. 489 to follow this newly inserted Accidental in northern Alaska (Point Barrow). family. Notes.—Formerly included in T. troglodytes (Linnaeus 1758) [Eurasian Wren], but here considered specifically distinct on the After the account for Cettia diphone, insert the heading: basis of differences in vocalizations (Kroodsma 1980, Hejl et al. 2002) and mitochondrial DNA (Drovetski et al. 2004). Formerly Family PHYLLOSCOPIDAE: Leaf Warblers considered conspecific withT. hiemalis but separated on the basis of the absence of free interbreeding and maintenance of genetic Insert the following under the heading: integrity in their contact zone (Toews and Irwin 2008). Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae.

Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot. Winter Wren. Move Genus PHYLLOSCOPUS Boie, its citation, and its included species from pp. 490–491 to follow this newly inserted family. Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot, 1819, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., 34:514. (Nova Scotia and New York; restricted to Nova Change the heading Family SYLVIIDAE: Old World War- Scotia by Oberholser, 1902, Auk 19:178.) blers and Gnatcatchers to Family SYLVIIDAE: Sylviid Warblers, delete the heading Subfamily SYLVIINAE: Old World Warblers, Habitat.—Coniferous forest (especially spruce and fir) and and move the modified heading from p. 489 to a position follow- mixed forests, primarily with dense understory; in migration and ing the account for Phylloscopus borealis. Change the Notes under winter also in deciduous forest and woodland with dense under- this family heading to: growth and tree-falls, dense hedgerows, and brushy fields. Notes.—The family Sylviidae formerly included members of the Distribution.—Breeds from northeastern British Colum- Cettiidae, Phylloscopidae, Acrocephalidae, Megaluridae, and Poliop- bia, northern Alberta, central Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, tilidae (AOU 1998). Results of several genetic studies (Cibois 2003, northern Ontario, central Quebec, extreme southern Labrador, Barker 2004, Barker et al. 2004, Alström et al. 2006, Johansson et al. and Newfoundland south to southeastern Manitoba, north- 2008, Fregin et al. 2009, Gelang et al. 2009) indicated that the former central and northeastern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, central Sylviidae is not a monophyletic group. The well-sampled phylogeny Michigan, southern Ontario, northeastern Ohio, in the Appala- of Alström et al. (2006) showed that many taxa formerly classified as chians through eastern West Virginia, western Maryland, west- sylviid are more closely related to species from other families (e.g., ern Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina to Timaliidae) than to other groups in the former Sylviidae. northeastern Georgia, and to northern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and southeastern New York. Move Genus SYLVIA Scopoli, its citation, and its included Winters from eastern Colorado, southern Nebraska, southern species from p. 491 to follow this newly modified family. Move Minnesota, eastern Iowa, southern Michigan, southern Ontario, Genus CHAMAEA Gambel, its citation, and its included species central New York, and Massachusetts (casually farther north to from p. 514 to a position following the account for Sylvia curruca. southern Quebec and Newfoundland) south to California (casual), Change Notes for Genus CHAMAEA Gambel to the following: Arizona (casual) and southern New Mexico, Nuevo Leon (casual Formerly placed in the monotypic family Chamaeidae (AOU 1957) in Coahuila), southern Texas, the Gulf coast, and central (perhaps and in the Timaliidae (AOU 1998); see Alström et al. (2006) for casually southern) Florida. placement in the Sylviidae. Notes.—See comments under T. pacificus. Move the heading Family ZOSTEROPIDAE: White-eyes p. 489. The Sylviidae as currently classified is not a monophyl- and the genus and species included under this heading from p. 515 etic group (Cibois 2003, Barker 2004, Barker et al. 2004, Alström to a position following the account for Chamaea fasciata. et al. 2006, Johansson et al. 2008, Fregin et al. 2009, Gelang et al. 2009). Below we follow Alström et al. (2006) in recognizing sev- Move the heading Family TIMALIIDAE: Babblers and eral new families primarily composed of species formerly consid- the genera and species included under this heading (except for ered sylviid. These actions result in the addition of five families Chamaea) from pp. 513–514 to a position following the account (Cettiidae, Phylloscopidae, Acrocephalidae, Donacobiidae, Mega- for Zosterops japonicus. Delete Notes under this family heading. luridae) to the check-list, the elevation of one subfamily to family (Polioptilidae), and changes to the composition of two existing After the account for Leiothrix lutea, insert the heading: families (Sylviidae, Timaliidae): Family ACROCEPHALIDAE: Reed Warblers After the account for Regulus calendula on p. 488, insert the heading: Insert the following under the heading: Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae. Family CETTIIDAE: Bush Warblers Move Genus ACROCEPHALUS Naumann and Naumann, its ci- Insert the following under the heading: tation, and its included species from p. 490 to follow this newly Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae. inserted family.

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After the account for Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, insert the Accidental in the United Kingdom and Poland. heading: Casual in western Alaska (Attu Island, western Aleutians, 4 June 2008, specimen; and St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, 8–9 June Family DONACOBIIDAE: Donacobius 2008, photos; DeCicco et al. 2009). An earlier record from Attu Island on 4 June 2000 is now deemed acceptable, given the well- Move Genus DONACOBIUS Swainson, its citation, and its in- documented 2008 records (DeCicco et al. 2009). cluded species from Genus INCERTAE SEDIS to follow this Notes.—Also known as Swinhoe’s Robin or Swinhoe’s newly inserted family. Insert the following at the end of the ac- Pseudorobin. count for Donacobius atricapilla: Notes.—Formerly placed in the Mimidae (Mayr and Green- pp. 532–534, 547. The name Vermivora pinus is changed to way 1960) or Troglodytidae (AOU 1983, 1998) or considered in- V. cyanoptera, following Olson and Reveal (2009). The following certae sedis, this New World endemic forms part of the sylvioid actions result from this information: radiation (Alström et al. 2006, Johansson et al. 2008, Gelang et al. 2009). We follow Aleixo and Pacheco (2006) and Remsen et al. Modify the citation for Genus VERMIVORA Swainson on (2010) in placing this biogeographically and biologically distinc- p. 532 to: tive species in the monotypic family Donacobiidae. Vermivora Swainson, 1827, Philos. Mag. (n.s.) 1:434. Type, by After the account for Donacobius atricapilla, insert the monotypy, Sylvia solitaria Wilson = Vermivora cyanoptera Olson heading: and Reveal.

Family MEGALURIDAE: Grassbirds pp. 533–534. Change Vermivora pinus (Linnaeus) to Vermivora cyanoptera Olson and Reveal, and change the cita- Insert the following under the heading: tion for the species to: Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae. Vermivora cyanoptera Olson and Reveal, 2009. Wilson Journ. Move Genus LOCUSTELLA Kaup, its citation, and its included Ornithol. 121:620. (eastern Pennsylvania.) species from p. 489 to follow this newly inserted family. Insert the following at the end of the Notes for this account: Change the heading Subfamily POLIOPTILINAE: Gnat- Formerly Vermivora pinus (Linnaeus), but see Olson and Reveal catchers and Gnatwrens to Family : Gnat- POLIOPTILIDAE (2009), who showed that the 1766 Linnaean name Certhia pinus is catchers and Gnatwrens, and delete Notes under the subfamily a composite name based on illustrations of birds of two species, the heading. Insert the following under the new heading: Pine Warbler, now known as Dendroica pinus, and the Blue-winged .—See comments under Family Sylviidae. Notes Warbler, until now Vermivora pinus. They concluded that the name Certhia pinus applies to the Pine Warbler, and that the name Ver- Move this newly inserted family and its included genera and mivora pinus (Linnaeus) is not available for the Blue-winged species from pp. 491–494 to a position following the account for Warbler, nor is Sylvia solitaria (Wilson) or any other name. They Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus. proposed the new name Vermivora cyanoptera for this species. p. 495. Before the account for Luscinia calliope, insert the following new account: p. 547. Change Dendroica pinus (Wilson) to Dendroica pinus (Linnaeus) and change the citation for this species to: Luscinia sibilans (Swinhoe). Rufous-tailed Robin. Certhia Pinus Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1:187. Based Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe, 1863, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, largely on “The Pine Creeper” of Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, p. 292. (Macao, southeastern China.) Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol. 1, part 4, pl. and text 61. (in America septentrionali = South Carolina; see Olson and Reveal Habitat.—Breeds in mesic deciduous and coniferous woods 2009.) with dense undergrowth. Winters in undergrowth of forest and dense secondary growth. pp. 534–538. The genus Oreothlypis, now in the synonymy of Distribution.—Breeds in eastern Asia as far west as the up- Parula, is restored for the species gutturalis and superciliosa and per Yenisey River and the Altai Mountains and east across Siberia newly used for the following species formerly placed in Vermivora: and Russian Far East to the Amur River basin, Khabarovsk Kray, peregrina, celata, ruficapilla, virginiae, crissalis, and luciae. Remove Sakhalin, and central eastern Kamchatka, and south to Transbai- the citation for Oreothlypis from Parula and insert the following kalia and northern Manchuria. after the account for Vermivora chrysoptera under the heading: Winters primarily in southeastern China, mainly from the Yangtze valley south, and rarely or uncommonly south to Viet- Genus OREOTHLYPIS Ridgway nam, Laos, and eastern Thailand. Migrates primarily in continental eastern Asia in Mongolia, Oreothlypis Ridgway, 1884, Auk 1:169. Type, by original desig- eastern China, and Korea; rarely to Japan and Taiwan. nation, Compsothlypis gutturalis Cabanis.

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Notes.—Molecular studies (Avise et al. 1980, Lovette and incorrect subsequent spelling (International Commission on Zoo- Bermingham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Lovette and Hochachka logical Nomenclature 1999, Article 33.4) followed by most subse- 2006) indicate that gutturalis and superciliosa are not closely re- quent authors. lated to true Parula (americana and pitiayumi), that the six species formerly placed in Vermivora are not closely related to true p. 603. Recent mitochondrial genetic data (DaCosta et al. Vermivora (bachmanii, cyanoptera, and chrysoptera), and that the 2009) have shown that relationships among a portion of the North two former Parula species and six former Vermivora species form American genera of the family Emberizidae are not properly re- closely related sister groups. flected in the linear sequences of previous classifications. Remove the genera Atlapetes, Pipilo, Aimophila, and Melozone, their cita- Change the generic names of Vermivora peregrina, Ver- tions, and the following species accounts from their current place- mivora celata, Vermivora ruficapilla, Vermivora virginiae, ment on pp. 601, 603–606, and 608–609, and insert them in the Vermivora crissalis, Vermivora luciae, Parula gutturalis, and following sequence after the account for Arremonops conirostris: Parula superciliosa to Oreothlypis and place those accounts in this sequence under the heading and Notes for Oreothlypis. For Atlapetes albinucha O. peregrina, O. celata, and O. luciae, add the following: Atlapetes pileatus Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the genus Ver- Pipilo ocai mivora; see comments under Oreothlypis. Pipilo chlorurus Pipilo maculatus In the Notes for O. ruficapilla, O. virginiae, and O. crissalis, Pipilo erythrophthalmus make the appropriate changes in the generic abbreviations and Aimophila rufescens add the following sentence at the end: Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) Aimophila ruficeps placed in the genus Vermivora; see comments under Oreothlypis. Aimophila notosticta Melozone leucotis Change the Notes for O. gutturalis to: Formerly (AOU 1983, Melozone biarcuata 1998) placed in the genus Parula; see comments under Oreothly- Melozone kieneri pis. Change the Notes for O. superciliosa to: Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the genus Parula; see comments under Oreothly- Under the heading for the genus Atlapetes, insert the following: pis. Also known as Hartlaub’s Warbler or Spot-breasted Warbler. Notes.—The sequence of species from Atlapetes through Melozone is derived from the phylogenetic analysis of DaCosta et pp. 555–556. Two species formerly placed in Seiurus, novebo- al. (2009). racensis and motacilla, are transferred to the new genus Parkesia. After the account for Seiurus aurocapilla, insert the follow- Add the following sentence to the Notes under the genus Pipilo: ing heading and Notes: See comments under Atlapetes and Melozone.

Genus PARKESIA Sangster p. 606. Transfer four species of Pipilo (fuscus, albicollis, crissalis, and aberti) to the genus Melozone and insert them in the Parkesia Sangster, 2008, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 128:213. Type, following sequence after the account for Melozone kieneri: by original designation, Motacilla noveboracensis Gmelin. Melozone fusca Notes.—Genetic data (Avise et al. 1980, Lovette and Berming- Melozone albicollis ham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Lovette and Hochachka 2006) indicate Melozone crissalis that P. noveboracensis and P. motacilla, formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) Melozone aberti placed in Seiurus, are not closely related to and do not form a monophyletic group with the type species of the genus, S. aurocapilla. Under the heading for the genus Melozone, add the following: Notes.—Mitochondrial genetic data (DaCosta et al. 2009) have Change Seiurus noveboracensis to Parkesia noveboracensis shown that the genus Pipilo comprised two unrelated groups, one and Seiurus motacilla to Parkesia motacilla and place those ac- consisting of ocai, chlorurus, maculatus, and erythrophthalmus, counts in this sequence under the heading and Notes for Parkesia. the other of the “brown towhee” group: fuscus, albicollis, crissalis, Add the following to the accounts for both species: and aberti. The same study revealed thatMelozone kieneri forms a Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the genus monophyletic group with the brown towhees, and that M. leucotis Seiurus. and M. biarcuata are closely related to this group. Although Da- Costa et al. (2009) suggested that kieneri, fuscus, albicollis, crissa- p. 597. Change the spelling Acanthidops bairdii to Acanthi- lis, and aberti be transferred to the genus Pyrgisoma, thereby dops bairdi, in the citation for the genus, the heading for the spe- splitting Melozone kieneri from its congeners, we have taken a more cies, and the citation for the species. Add the following to the end conservative approach, consistent with phenotypic similarities of the species account: between M. kieneri and M. biarcuata (e.g, they were treated as Notes.—The original spelling of the species name was conspecific by Hellmayr [1938]), and merged the brown towhees bairdi (Ridgway 1882). The spelling bairdii (Paynter 1970) was an into Melozone.

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Insert the following sentence at the beginning of the Notes for M. Move Aimophila quinquestriata (p. 609) to the genus Am- albicollis, M. crissalis, and M. fusca: Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) phispiza, and move the account for this species to a position pre- placed in the genus Pipilo. Insert the following at the end of the ceding the account for Amphispiza bilineata. Replace the Notes account for M. aberti: with: Formerly merged with Aimophila (e.g., AOU 1998), but now Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the genus Pipilo. separated on the basis of genetic (DaCosta et al. 2009) and morphological and vocal (e.g., Ridgway 1901, Storer 1955, Wolf 1977) pp. 606. Recent mitochondrial genetic data (DaCosta et al. data. Genetic data (DaCosta et al. 2009) indicate that this species 2009) have shown that the North American species of the broadly forms a clade with Amphispiza bilineata. defined genus Aimophila belong to four distinct lineages: (1) notosticta, ruficeps, and rufescens; (2) aestivalis, cassinii, botterii, hupp. 626–627. Return Calcarius mccownii to the monotypic meralis, mystacalis, and ruficauda; (3) carpalis and sumichrasti; genus Rhynchophanes, delete the Notes under Calcarius and under and (4) quinquestriata. This arrangement is generally consistent the account for this species, remove the citation for Rhynchophanes with previous work on morphology and vocalizations (e.g., Ridg- from Calcarius, and insert the following heading and Notes prior way 1901, Storer 1955, Wolf 1977). to the account for R. mccownii: The type species ofAimophila is rufescens, so the name Aimo- phila stays with lineage 1 above. Some analyses of DaCosta et al. Genus RHYNCHOPHANES Baird (2009) placed lineages 2 and 3 above as sisters, and the authors suggested that they remain congeneric pending further data. The Rhynchophanes Baird, 1858, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, genus name Peucaea has priority for this clade. Genetic data (Da- Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9: xx, xxxviii, 432. Type, by monotypy, Costa et al. 2009) indicate that Aimophila quinquestriata forms a Plectrophanes maccowni [sic] Lawrence. clade with Amphispiza bilineata, and DaCosta et al. (2009) proposed that this species be returned to Amphispiza. Notes.—Through the fifth edition of the check-list, the AOU (1957) recognized the monotypic genus Rhynchophanes The genus Peucaea is resurrected for the species aestivalis, for Calcarius mccownii. Subsequently (Paynter 1970; AOU 1983, cassinii, botterii, humeralis, mystacalis, ruficauda, carpalis, and 1998), Rhynchophanes was merged with Calcarius, evidently on sumichrasti. Insert the following heading in a position following the basis of a hybrid R. mccownii × C. ornatus (Sibley and Pettin- the account for Melozone aberti: gill 1955). Klicka et al. (2003), using mitochondrial data, found Calcarius as presently recognized to be paraphyletic: mccownii Genus PEUCAEA Audubon is more closely related to the Plectrophenax buntings than to the other species in Calcarius, consistent with some evidence Peucaea Audubon, 1839, Syn. Bds. N. Amer., p. 112. Type, by of morphological differences among these three groups (Baird subsequent designation (Gray, 1841, List Gen. Bds., p. 60), Peucaea 1858). bachmanii Audubon = Fringilla aestivalis Lichtenstein. pp. 626–628, 630. After the account for Peucedramus taenia- Notes.—Formerly merged with Aimophila (AOU 1983, 1998), tus on p. 532, insert the following heading and Notes: but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic (Da- Costa et al. 2009) and morphological and vocal (e.g., Ridgway Family CALCARIIDAE: Longspurs and Snow Buntings 1901, Storer 1955, Wolf 1977) data. The sequence of species inPeu - caea is derived from DaCosta et al. (2009). Notes.—Analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Yuri Transfer Aimophila aestivalis, cassinii, botterii, humeralis, and Mindell 2002, Klicka et al. 2003, Alström et al. 2008) have mystacalis, ruficauda, carpalis, and sumichrasti (pp. 607–608) to shown that Calcarius, Rhynchophanes, and Plectrophenax are the genus Peucaea, and insert them in the following sequence: not closely allied to buntings in the genus Emberiza, nor to other members of the Emberizidae, where they were formerly placed Peucaea sumichrasti (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998). Instead, species in these genera were found Peucaea carpalis to form a well-supported clade that diverged early in the radiation Peucaea ruficauda of the New World nine-primaried oscines. Peucaea humeralis Peucaea mystacalis Move Genus CALCARIUS Bechstein, Genus RHYNCHO- Peucaea botterii PHANES Baird, and Genus PLECTROPHENAX Stejneger, and Peucaea cassinii their included species, from pp. 626–628 and 630 to follow this Peucaea aestivalis newly inserted family, in the following sequence:

For each species, make the appropriate changes in generic abbrevi- Calcarius lapponicus ations within the existing Notes and add the following sentence to Calcarius ornatus the end of the Notes: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the Calcarius pictus genus Aimophila; see comments under Peucaea. Under the genus Rhynchophanes mccownii Aimophila replace the Notes with the following: See comments Plectrophenax nivalis under Peucaea, Atlapetes, and Amphispiza quinquestriata. Plectrophenax hyperboreus

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p. 631. Change Family CARDINALIDAE: Cardinals, Salta- Habitat.—Pine woodland. tors, and Allies to Family CARDINALIDAE: Cardinals and Allies. Distribution.—Resident on northern Bahama Islands of A modified English group name is needed because of the removal of Andros, Great Abaco, and Little Abaco (believed extirpated on the the saltators (genus Saltator) from this family (Chesser et al. 2009). latter two islands; White 1998). Notes.—See comments under I. dominicensis. p. 642. After the account for Nesopsar nigerrimus, insert the following genus heading and species account: Icterus melanopsis (Wagler). Cuban Oriole.

Genus CHRYSOMUS Swainson Icterus virescens (not of Daudin, 1800), Vigors, 1827, Zool. Journ. 3:441. (near Havana, Cuba.) Chrysomus Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classif. Bds. 2:274. Ps.[arocolius] melanopsis Wagler, 1929, Isis von Oken 22, col. Type, by original designation, Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus. 759.

Chrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus). Yellow-hooded Blackbird. Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second- ary Forest (0–1,300 m; Tropical Zone). Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), Distribution.—Resident on Cuba, Isla de Pinos, and some 1:163; based on “le Carouge à teste jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson, northern keys (cayos Guillermo, Coco, Paredon Grande). 1760, Ornithologie, 2:124, pl. 12, fig. 5. (Cayenne, French Guiana.) Notes.—See comments under I. dominicensis.

Habitat.—Freshwater Marshes. Icterus dominicensis (Linnaeus). Hispaniolan Oriole. Distribution.—Breeds and resident with local seasonal movements in lowlands of northwestern Colombia, where re- Oriolus dominicensis Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1: 163. corded nearly to border with Panama (also an isolated highland (Based on “Le Carouge de S. Domingue” Brisson, Ornithologie 2: population near Bogotá), east through Venezuela, the Guianas, 121, pl. 12, fig. 3. (in Dominica= Hispaniola.) and Trinidad south to the mouth of the Amazon, Brazil, then west up the Amazon to its headwaters in northeastern Peru. A small in- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second- troduced population has become established south of Lima, Peru. ary Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest (0–1,100 m; Tropical Zone). Casual in the Netherlands Antilles, where recorded on Bo- Distribution.—Resident on Hispaniola, including Île de la naire and Curaçao. Gonâve, Île de la Tortue, Île à Vache, and Isla Saona. Accidental in the Lesser Antilles (Barbados; September 1887, Notes.—Formerly included I. northropi, I. melanopsis, and I. specimen; Feilden 1889). portoricensis (AOU 1983, 1998), now treated as separate species Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Agelaius, but Lanyon because phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences and Omland (1999) showed that Agelaius as formerly constituted suggest that they do not form a monophyletic group (Omland et was not monophyletic and resurrected Chrysomus for the South al. 1999, Sturge et al. 2009); vocalizations also evidently differ American taxa. The Barbados specimen was correctly reported strongly (Garrido et al. 2005:455). by Feilden (1889) but was inexplicably changed to Xanthocepha- lus xanthocephalus by Clark (1905) and subsequent authors. The Icterus portoricensis Bryant. Puerto Rican Oriole. specimen was believed lost but was relocated at the Cambridge University Museum, where its original identification was con- Icterus dominicensis, var. portoricensis Bryant, 1866, Proc. firmed (Massiah and Frost 1997, Buckley et al. 2009). Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 10:254. (Porto Rico.)

In the Casual section for the account of Xanthocephalus xan- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second- thocephalus on p. 644, remove mention of Barbados. Insert the ary Forest (0–850 m; Tropical Zone). following at the end of this account: Distribution.—Resident in Puerto Rico. Notes.—Formerly considered casual in Barbados (AOU 1998), Notes.—See comments under I. dominicensis. but the identification of the voucher specimen has been confirmed as Chrysomus icterocephalus (Massiah and Frost 1997, Buckley et p. 684. Replace the heading Subfamily VIDUINAE: Whydahs al. 2009). with Family VIDUIDAE: Whydahs, and insert the following under the heading: pp. 649–650. Icterus northropi, I. melanopsis, and I. portori- Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) considered a subfamily of Estril- censis are treated as separate species from I. dominicensis. Re- didae, but forms a distinct mtDNA clade and differs dramatically in vise the account of I. dominicensis and add new accounts for I. behavioral and ecological traits, especially those related to breed- northropi, I. melanopsis, and I. portoricensis as follows: ing biology (Sorenson and Payne 2001). Family status follows their treatment in most recent worldwide lists (e.g., Dickinson 2003). Icterus northropi Allen. Bahama Oriole. Remove the heading Subfamily ESTRILDINAE: Estrildine Icterus northropi Allen, 1890, Auk 7:344. (Andros Island, Finches from p. 680. Insert the following under the heading Family Bahamas.) ESTRILDIDAE: Estrildid Finches on p. 680:

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Notes.—See comments under Family Viduidae. Delete the following names: Melanitta nigra Macreuse noire p. 688. Delete the account for Oceanodroma monorhis from Trogon viridis Trogon à queue blanche the Appendix (AOU 2000). Trogon violaceus Trogon violacé Chasiempis sandwichensis Monarque élépaïo p. 689. Delete the account for Platalea leucorodia from the Troglodytes troglodytes Troglodyte mignon Appendix. Aimophila rufescens Bruant roussâtre Aimophila ruficeps Bruant à calotte fauve p. 696. Delete the account for Luscinia sibilans from the Aimophila notosticta Bruant d’Oaxaca Appendix (Banks et al. 2004). Calcarius mccownii Bruant de McCown Calcarius lapponicus Bruant lapon pp. 705 ff. Make the following changes to the list of French Calcarius pictus Bruant de Smith names of North American birds: Calcarius ornatus Bruant à ventre noir Plectrophenax nivalis Bruant des neiges Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by Plectrophenax hyperboreus Bruant blanc the text of this supplement: Icterus dominicensis Oriole à capuchon

Melanitta americana Macreuse à bec jaune Delete the following species from the APPENDIX (Part 1): Oceanodroma monorhis Océanite de Swinhoe Oceanodroma monorhis Ixobrychus minutus Blongios nain Platalea leucorodia Ardea purpurea Héron pourpré Luscinia sibilans Platalea leucorodia Spatule blanche PANDIONIDAE Change the following scientific names, retaining the French names: Glareola pratincola Glaréole à collier Cyanocorax morio to Psilorhinus morio Caprimulgus arizonae Engoulevent d’Arizona Vermivora pinus to Vermivora cyanoptera Trogon chionurus Trogon de Sclater Vermivora peregrina to Oreothlypis peregrina Trogon caligatus Trogon pattu Vermivora celata to Oreothlypis celata CAPITONIDAE Vermivora ruficapilla to Oreothlypis ruficapilla SEMNORNITHIDAE Vermivora virginiae to Oreothlypis virginiae Elaenia albiceps Élénie à cimier blanc Vermivora crissalis to Oreothlypis crissalis Chasiempis sclateri Monarque de Kauai Vermivora luciae to Oreothlypis luciae Chasiempis ibidis Monarque d’Oahu Parula gutturalis to Oreothlypis gutturalis Chasiempis sandwichensis Monarque d’Hawaï Parula superciliosa to Oreothlypis superciliosa Troglodytes pacificus Troglodyte de Baird Seiurus noveboracensis to Parkesia noveboracensis Troglodytes hiemalis Troglodyte des forêts Seiurus motacilla to Parkesia motacilla POLIOPTILIDAE Acanthidops bairdii to Acanthidops bairdi CETTIIDAE Pipilo albicollis to Melozone albicollis PHYLLOSCOPIDAE Pipilo fuscus to Melozone fusca ACROCEPHALIDAE Pipilo crissalis to Melozone crissalis DONACOBIIDAE Pipilo aberti to Melozone aberti MEGALURIDAE Aimophila sumichrasti to Peucaea sumichrasti Luscinia sibilans Rossignol siffleur Aimophila carpalis to Peucaea carpalis CALCARIIDAE Aimophila ruficauda to Peucaea ruficauda Calcarius lapponicus Plectrophane lapon Aimophila humeralis to Peucaea humeralis Calcarius ornatus Plectrophane à ventre noir Aimophila mystacalis to Peucaea mystacalis Calcarius pictus Plectrophane de Smith Aimophila botterii to Peucaea botterii Rhynchophanes mccownii Plectrophane de McCown Aimophila cassinii to Peucaea cassinii Plectrophenax nivalis Plectrophane des neiges Aimophila aestivalis to Peucaea aestivalis Plectrophenax hyperboreus Plectrophane blanc Aimophila quinquestriata to Amphispiza quinquestriata Aimophila rufescens Tohi roussâtre Aimophila ruficeps Tohi à calotte fauve Change the sequence of families from PHAETHONTIDAE to Aimophila notosticta Tohi d’Oaxaca CICONIIDAE (including in APPENDIX [Part 1]) to the following Chrysomus icterocephalus Carouge à capuchon sequence, with no change in French names: Icterus northropi Oriole des Bahamas PHAETHONTIDAE Icterus melanopsis Oriole de Cuba CICONIIDAE Icterus dominicensis Oriole d’Hispaniola FREGATIDAE Icterus portoricensis Oriole de Porto Rico SULIDAE VIDUIDAE PHALACROCORACIDAE

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ANHINGIDAE Scrub-Jay) into three species, division of Toxostoma curvirostre PELECANIDAE (Curve-billed Thrasher) into two species, recognition of a new ge- ARDEIDAE nus of warbler (Leiothlypis) for six species now included in Oreoth- THRESKIORNITHIDAE lypis, and recognition of a new species of Red Crossbill, Loxia sinesciurus (South Hills Crossbill). Move Pandion haliaetus to the newly inserted family PANDIONIDAE. Acknowledgments

Move family EURYPYGIDAE and its included species, to follow Normand David serves as the committee’s advisor for classical Falco mexicanus. languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel Gosselin is the authority for French names. We thank M. R. Browning, P. A. Move Lipaugus unirufus to COTINGIDAE to precede Procnias Buckley, K. L. Garrett, D. D. Gibson, F. B. Gill, S. N. G. Howell, tricarunculatus. D. E. Irwin, A. G. Knox, H. D. Pratt, M. R. Price, T. S. Schulenberg, D. P. L. Toews, E. A. VanderWerf, and J. M. Wunderle for assis- Change the sequence of genera of COTINGIDAE as indicated tance, suggestions, and comments. We are especially grateful to by the text of this supplement. S. Billerman for preparing a number of detailed proposals on higher- level classification. Change the sequence of genera from Cyanocitta to Gymnorhinus as indicated by the text of this supplement. Li t e r a t u r e Ci t e d

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FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 452 Nevada Street, 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 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 10Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 11University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This notice corrects the following errors from the 51st Supplement Cyanolyca pumilo to the Check-list of North American Birds (Auk 127:726–744): Cyanolyca argentigula Cyanolyca cucullata 1. In the supplement, the North American species Melanitta americana was separated from the species Melanitta nigra. 3. In the supplement, the sequence of species already included On pp. 727 and 731, the supplement erroneously stated that in the genus Melozone was rearranged. This change was cor- the English name of M. americana should become American rectly noted on p. 737 of the supplement, but the change was Scoter. Instead the English name Black Scoter stays with M. not included in the listing of rearrangements on p. 729. On americana, and the English name of M. nigra, now restricted p. 729 of the supplement, preceding “Move Amphispiza to Eurasia, becomes Common Scoter. On p. 727 of the supple- quinquestriata to precede Amphispiza bilineata”, insert ment, replace Melanitta americana American Scoter with the following: Melanitta americana Black Scoter. In the species account Rearrange the species in Melozone, including those moved for Melanitta americana on p. 731, replace American Scoter here from the genus , to: with Black Scoter, and in the Notes to the species account on Pipilo p. 731, replace Black Scoter with Common Scoter. Melozone leucotis 2. In the supplement, the sequence of species in the genus Cy- Melozone biarcuata anolyca was rearranged. The correct sequence was provided Melozone kieneri on p. 728, whereas the sequence listed on p. 734 was incor- Melozone fusca rect. On p. 734 of the supplement, change the sequence of Melozone albicollis species of Cyanolyca to the following: Melozone crissalis Melozone aberti Cyanolyca mirabilis Cyanolyca nana

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1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 452 Nevada Street, 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 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 10Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 11University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the 11th supplement since publication of the seventh (Chrysomus icterocephalus) is changed; (9) the English name of one edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Or- species (Aphelocoma ultramarina) is modified as a result of a taxo- nithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made nomic change, and the English name of another species (Turdus nu- between 1 April 2010 and 15 April 2011 by the AOU’s Committee digenis) is modified to distinguish it from an Old World species; and on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle Amer- (10) seven species (Procellaria aequinoctialis, Tigrisoma mexicanum, ica. The Committee has continued to operate in the manner out- Heliornis fulica, Chloroceryle amazona, Pachyramphus major, My- lined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). There were no changes adestes occidentalis, and Turdus plumbeus) are added to the list of to committee membership in 2010. species known to occur in the United States.

Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) six species More sweeping changes derive from adoption of a new classifi- (Pterodroma rostrata, Procellaria aequinoctialis, Circus buffoni, Ac- cation of the Parulidae, which results in the following: (1) 40 species cipiter poliogaster, Gallinago solitaria, and Oryzoborus crassirostris) (Geothlypis tolmiei, G. philadelphia, G. formosa, Setophaga plumbea, are added to the main list (including three species transferred from S. angelae, S. pharetra, S. citrina, S. kirtlandii, S. tigrina, S. cerulea, S. the Appendix) on the basis of new distributional information; (2) americana, S. pitiayumi, S. magnolia, S. castanea, S. fusca, S. petechia, two species (Aphelocoma wollweberi and Setophaga flavescens) are S. pensylvanica, S. striata, S. caerulescens, S. palmarum, S. pityophila, added as a result of splits from species already on the list; (3) three S. pinus, S. coronata, S. dominica, S. vitellina, S. discolor, S. adelaidae, species’ names are changed (to Gallinula galeata, Charadrius nivo- S. subita, S. delicata, S. graciae, S. nigrescens, S. townsendi, S. occiden- sus, and Chaetura meridionalis) because of splits from extralimital talis, S. chrysoparia, S. virens, Basileuterus lachrymosus, Cardellina species; (4) two species are changed (to Amazilia brevirostris and canadensis, C. pusilla, C. rubra, and C. versicolor) are transferred to Ramphastos ambiguus) by being lumped with extralimital species; currently recognized genera; (2) one genus (Myiothlypis) is added be- (5) the authority for one genus (Peucedramus) is changed; (6) the cause of a split from another genus; (3) six genera (Parula, Dendroica, type localities of two species (Aethia pygmaea and Spizella brew- Wilsonia, Ergaticus, Euthlypis, and Phaeothlypis) are deleted by being eri) are revised; (7) the distributional status of one species (Puffinus lumped with other genera; and (4) a new linear sequence is adopted nativitatis) is changed; (8) the category of occurrence of one species for genera and species in this family.

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One newly recognized order (Pteroclidiformes) is added to Move PTEROCLIDIDAE and its included species to the the main list because of a split from an existing order, two newly newly inserted order PTEROCLIDIFORMES, to follow Frater- recognized families (Sapayoidae and Tityridae) are added to the cula cirrhata. main list by splits from existing families, and one family (Eury- laimidae) is removed because of one of these splits. A new linear Transfer Sapayoa aenigma to the newly inserted family sequence is adopted for families in the furnarioid suboscines. Four SAPAYOIDAE, to follow Campephilus imperialis. genera (Schiffornis, Laniocera, Tityra, and Pachyramphus) are moved from incertae sedis to the new family Tityridae, and one Change the sequence of families in the furnarioid suboscines species (Sapayoa aenigma) is moved to the new family Sapayoi- (FURNARIIDAE through RHINOCRYPTIDAE) to: dae. The genus Chlorospingus is moved from the family Thraup- idae to the family Emberizidae. Five genera (Luscinia, Tarsiger, THAMNOPHILIDAE Copsychus, Oenanthe, and Saxicola) are moved from the family CONOPOPHAGIDAE Turdidae to the family Muscicapidae, and a new linear sequence is GRALLARIIDAE adopted for species in the family Muscicapidae. RHINOCRYPTIDAE FORMICARIIDAE Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s de- FURNARIIDAE cisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations not already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with supple- Transfer Schiffornis turdina, Laniocera rufescens, the two ments) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species species of Tityra, and the nine species of Pachyramphus, in this known from the AOU Check-list area is available at www.aou.org/ sequence, to the newly inserted family TITYRIDAE, to precede checklist/north/index.php. COTINGIDAE. Leave Piprites griseiceps as Genus Incertae Sedis within the Tyrannidae, following Tyrannus savana. The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee’s Move the four species of Luscinia, Tarsiger cyanurus, Cop- actions: sychus malabaricus, Oenanthe oenanthe, and Saxicola torquatus to MUSCICAPIDAE, and rearrange the species in this family pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of spe- in the following sequence: cies to 2,078. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Muscicapa griseisticta Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher. Pterodroma rostrata Tahiti Petrel. (A) Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher. Procellaria aequinoctialis White-chinned Petrel. (A) Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher. Circus buffoni Long-winged Harrier. (A) Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped Shama. Accipiter poliogaster Gray-bellied Hawk. (A) Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin. Gallinula galeata Common Gallinule. Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat. Charadrius nivosus Snowy Plover. Luscinia svecica Bluethroat. Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe. (A) Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin. PTEROCLIDIFORMES Tarsiger cyanurus Red-flanked Bluetail. Chaetura meridionalis Sick’s Swift. (A) Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher. Ramphastos ambiguus Black-mandibled Toucan. Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher. SAPAYOIDAE Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher. TITYRIDAE Oenanthe oenanthe Northern Wheatear. Aphelocoma ultramarina Transvolcanic Jay. Saxicola torquatus Stonechat. Aphelocoma wollweberi Mexican Jay. Turdus nudigenis Spectacled Thrush. Rearrange the generic placements and sequence of species in *Oryzoborus crassirostris Large-billed Seed-Finch. PARULIDAE to the following:

Delete the following names: Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird. Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen. Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler. Charadrius alexandrinus Snowy Plover. Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush. Chaetura andrei Ashy-tailed Swift. Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush. Ramphastos swainsonii Chestnut-mandibled Toucan. † Vermivora bachmanii Bachman’s Warbler. EURYLAIMIDAE Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler. Aphelocoma ultramarina Mexican Jay. Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler. Turdus nudigenis Bare-eyed Thrush. Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler. Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler. Delete the “(H)” that follows Puffinus nativitatis Christmas Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson’s Warbler. Shearwater. Oreothlypis superciliosa Crescent-chested Warbler. 602 — Ch e s s e r e t a l . — Au k , Vo l . 128

Oreothlypis gutturalis Flame-throated Warbler. Basileuterus rufifronsRufous-capped Warbler. Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler. Basileuterus melanogenys Black-cheeked Warbler. Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler. Basileuterus ignotus Pirre Warbler. Oreothlypis crissalis Colima Warbler. Basileuterus belli Golden-browed Warbler. Oreothlypis luciae Lucy’s Warbler. Basileuterus culicivorus Golden-crowned Warbler. Oreothlypis ruficapillaNashville Warbler. Basileuterus tristriatus Three-striped Warbler. Oreothlypis virginiae Virginia’s Warbler. Cardellina canadensis Canada Warbler. Leucopeza semperi Semper’s Warbler. Cardellina pusilla Wilson’s Warbler. Oporornis agilis Connecticut Warbler. Cardellina rubrifrons Red-faced Warbler. Geothlypis poliocephala Gray-crowned Yellowthroat. Cardellina rubra Red Warbler. Geothlypis aequinoctialis Masked Yellowthroat. Cardellina versicolor Pink-headed Warbler. Geothlypis tolmiei MacGillivray’s Warbler. Myioborus pictus Painted Redstart. Geothlypis philadelphia Mourning Warbler. Myioborus miniatus Slate-throated Redstart. Geothlypis formosa Kentucky Warbler. Myioborus torquatus Collared Redstart. Geothlypis semiflavaOlive-crowned Yellowthroat. *Zeledonia coronata Wrenthrush. Geothlypis speciosa Black-polled Yellowthroat. *Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat. Geothlypis beldingi Belding’s Yellowthroat. *Xenoligea montana White-winged Warbler. Geothlypis rostrata Bahama Yellowthroat. *Microligea palustris Green-tailed Warbler. Geothlypis flavovelata Altamira Yellowthroat. *Teretistris fernandinae Yellow-headed Warbler. Geothlypis trichas Common Yellowthroat. *Teretistris fornsi Oriente Warbler. Geothlypis nelsoni Hooded Yellowthroat. Catharopeza bishopi Whistling Warbler. Move the six species of Chlorospingus to EMBERIZIDAE to Setophaga plumbea Plumbeous Warbler. follow Junco phaeonotus. Setophaga angelae Elfin-woods Warbler. Setophaga pharetra Arrowhead Warbler. Delete the “(A)” that follows Chrysomus icterocephalus Setophaga citrina Hooded Warbler. Yellow-hooded Blackbird. Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart. Setophaga kirtlandii Kirtland’s Warbler. p. 16. Before the account for Bulweria bulwerii, insert the fol- Setophaga tigrina Cape May Warbler. lowing new account: Setophaga cerulea Cerulean Warbler. Setophaga americana Northern Parula. Pterodroma rostrata (Peale). Tahiti Petrel. Setophaga pitiayumi Tropical Parula. Setophaga magnolia Magnolia Warbler. Procellaria rostrata Peale, 1848, U.S. Explor. Exped. 8: 296. Setophaga castanea Bay-breasted Warbler. (Mountains about 600 feet on Tahiti, Society Islands.) Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler. Setophaga petechia Yellow Warbler. Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows or rock crevices Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler. on islands. Setophaga striata Blackpoll Warbler. Distribution.—Breeds on New Caledonia and in the Society Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler. and Marquesas islands. Setophaga palmarum Palm Warbler. Ranges at sea in the tropical and subtropical Pacific, west to Setophaga pityophila Olive-capped Warbler. off the coasts of Australia and New Guinea and east as far as the Setophaga pinus Pine Warbler. eastern Pacific (e.g., off Peruvian coast). Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler. Rare off the coast of Costa Rica (south and southwest of Setophaga dominica Yellow-throated Warbler. Nicoya Peninsula; Obando-Calderón et al. 2010). Sight reports Setophaga flavescens Bahama Warbler. near Clipperton and the Revillagigedo Islands. Sight reports from Setophaga vitellina Vitelline Warbler. Hawaiian waters are inconclusive because of failure to distinguish Setophaga discolor Prairie Warbler. this species from P. alba (Pyle 1988). Setophaga adelaidae Adelaide’s Warbler. Notes.—Sometimes included in the genus Pseudobulweria Setophaga subita Barbuda Warbler. (Bretagnolle et al. 1998). Setophaga delicata St. Lucia Warbler. Setophaga graciae Grace’s Warbler. p. 17. Before the account for Procellaria parkinsoni, insert the Setophaga nigrescens Black-throated Gray Warbler. following new account: Setophaga townsendi Townsend’s Warbler. Setophaga occidentalis Hermit Warbler. Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus. White-chinned Petrel. Setophaga chrysoparia Golden-cheeked Warbler. Setophaga virens Black-throated Green Warbler. Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) Myiothlypis fulvicauda Buff-rumped Warbler. 1: 132. Based on “The Great Peteril” Edwards, Nat. Hist. Basileuterus lachrymosus Fan-tailed Warbler. Birds, p. 89, pl. 89 (“Cape of Good Hope” = South Georgia.) Ju l y 2011 — Fi ft y-s e c o n d Su pp l e m e n t — 603

Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows on islands. Distribution.—Resident from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Distribution.—Breeds on the Falkland, South Georgia, Guianas south, east of the Andes, to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Auckland, Campbell, northeastern Argentina. Antipodes, and Inaccessible (Tristan da Cunha) islands. Accidental in Costa Rica (Puerto Viejo River, La Selva Biolog- Ranges at sea, mostly in the South Atlantic and southern In- ical Station, Heredia, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, 26 June 2008 and dian oceans. 24 March 2009; Obando-Calderón et al. 2009). Accidental in Texas (Rollover Pass, Galveston County, 27 April 1986; Amer. Birds 44: 1158), California (west of Pigeon Point, p. 137. Gallinula galeata is treated as a species separate from San Mateo County, 18 October 2009; North Amer. Birds 64:119), the allopatric G. chloropus. Change the scientific name, English and Maine (off Bar Harbor, 24 August 2010; North Amer. Birdsin name, and citation to: press). A report from North Carolina (Nat. Aud. Soc. Field Notes 51:39) has not been substantiated. Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein). Common Gallinule.

p. 20. Change the final paragraph of the Distribution Crex galeata Lichtenstein, 1818, Verz. Säugeth. und Vög. Ber- statement for Puffinus nativitatis to read: Ranges at sea in the liner Mus., p. 36. (Paraguay, ex Azara.) tropical Pacific Ocean east to waters off southern Mexico (between Nayarit and Oaxaca) and Costa Rica (50 km west of Cabo Change the Distribution statement by removing the Old World Blanco, Nicoya Peninsula, Puntarenas; Obando-Calderón et al. portions of the breeding and winter distributions, and “Accidental 2009). in Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, Spitsbergen, and the Commander Is- lands.” from the paragraph on casual and accidental occurrence. p. 39. A record of the Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum, in the United States is recognized. After the last sen- Change the Notes to: Formerly treated as conspecific withG. tence in the Distribution statement, add the following new para- chloropus (Linnaeus 1758) [Common Moorhen] of Eurasia (AOU graph: Accidental in southern Texas (Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley 1983, 1998), but separated on the basis of differences in vocaliza- State Park, Hidalgo County, 21 December 2009–20 January 2010; tions and bill and shield morphology (Constantine and The Sound Nirschl and Snider 2010). Approach 2006) and mitochondrial DNA (Groenenberg et al. 2008). Formerly known as Florida Gallinule. p. 92. After the account for Circus cyaneus, insert the following new account: p. 139. A record of the Sungrebe, Heliornis fulica, in the United States is recognized. Change the last paragraph of the Dis- Circus buffoni (Gmelin). Long-winged Harrier. tribution statement to: Accidental in central New Mexico (Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, 13 and 18 Falco buffoni Gmelin, 1788, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 277. Based on “Cay- November 2008; Williams et al. 2009) and Trinidad. enne Ringtail” Latham, 1781, Gen. Synop. Birds 1, p. 91. (Cayenne = French Guiana.) pp. 145–146. Charadrius nivosus is treated as a species separate from the allopatric C. alexandrinus. Change the scientific Habitat.—Low Seasonally Wet Grassland, Campo Grass- name and citation to: land, Second-growth Scrub, Freshwater Marshes (0–900 m; Trop- ical and Lower Subtropical zones). Charadrius nivosus (Cassin). Snowy Plover. Distribution.—Resident from Colombia, Venezuela, Trini- dad and Tobago, and the Guianas south through Brazil, eastern Aegialitis nivosa Cassin, 1858, in Baird, Cassin, and Law- Bolivia, and Paraguay to northern Argentina and northern Chile. rence, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., vol. 9, pp. xlvi, 696. Southernmost populations are migratory. (Presidio [near San Francisco], California.) Casual in Panama (El Real, Darién Province, 5 November 2009; and Tocumens Marsh, Panamá Province, 11 April 2010; An- Change the Distribution statement by removing all mention gehr 2011); several additional unsubstantiated sight records from of the alexandrinus group. Change the Notes to: Panama. Notes.—Formerly treated as conspecific with C. alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758, [Kentish Plover] of Eurasia (AOU 1983, 1998), p. 93. Before the account for Accipiter soloensis, insert the fol- but separated on the basis of differences in male advertisement lowing new account: calls, morphology, and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, which indicate that the African C. marginatus Vieillot, 1818 [White- Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck). Gray-bellied Hawk. fronted Plover] is more closely related to C. alexandrinus or C. nivosus than these two species are to each other (Küpper et al. 2009). Falco poliogaster Natterer = Temminck, 1824, Planches Color., Groups: C. nivosus and C. occidentalis (Cabanis, 1872) [Peruvian livr. 45, pl. 264. (Brazil. Type from Ypanema, São Paulo.) Plover]. Some sources consider Charadrius nivosus, C. alexandrinus, C. marginatus, and the Australian C. ruficapillus Temminck, Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (Tropical and 1822 [Red-capped Plover] to constitute a superspecies (Vaurie Lower Subtropical zones). 1965, Mayr and Short 1970, Sibley and Monroe 1990), whereas 604 — Ch e s s e r e t a l . — Au k , Vo l . 128

others include C. javanicus Chasen, 1938 [Javan Plover] in this Distribution.—Breeds from eastern Brazil south to Para- superspecies (Rittinghaus 1961, Wiersma 1996). guay, northern Argentina, and southern Brazil, ranging in winter from the breeding range north, at least casually, to Venezuela and p. 177. After the account for Gallinago stenura, insert the fol- Colombia. lowing new account: Accidental in Panama (Juan Díaz, western Panamá province, 4 August 1923; Rogers 1939). Gallinago solitaria Hodgson. Solitary Snipe. Notes.—Formerly (e.g., Cory 1918, Pinto 1938, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, AOU 1983, 1998) considered a subspecies of C. Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831, Gleanings in Science andrei Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902 [Ashy-tailed Swift]. Elevation 3:238. (Nepal.) to species status follows Marín (1997).

Habitat.—Alpine areas above tree line in valleys and bogs p. 323. A record of the Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle and around springs and vegetation patches; winters at lower eleva- amazona, in the United States is recognized. Add the following tions along unfrozen streams. paragraph to the end of the Distribution statement: Accidental in Distribution.—Breeds in mountains from south of Lake Bai- southern Texas (Laredo, Webb County, 24 January–3 February kal and northwestern Mongolia south and west at least to north- 2010; Wormington and Epstein 2010). western China and east as far as Chukotka in the Russian Far East (Tomkovich 2008). p. 331. Ramphastos swainsonii is treated as a subspecies of R. Winters from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan ambiguus, following Remsen et al. (2011). Delete the account for east through the Himalayas at least as far as Arunachal Pradesh, Ramphastos swainsonii and insert the following new account: India, and to eastern China, Korea, and Japan. Accidental in Alaska (Attu Island, Aleutian Islands; 24 May Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson. Black-mandibled Toucan. 2010; Withrow and Sonneborn 2011). A report of this species from St. Paul Island, Alaska (Bieber and Schuette 2009), although sub- Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3, pl. 168 stantiated by photos, is considered inconclusive because of uncer- and text. (No locality = Buenavista, Colombia, by designation tainty as to the identification. of Chapman, 1917, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34:328.)

p. 215. Change the type locality of Aethia pygmaea to “(Bird Is- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane land, between Asia and America = Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Evergreen Forest (0–2,400 m; Tropical and Lower Subtropical Alaska; Gibson and Banks 2010, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 123: 193-195.)”. zones). Distribution.—Resident [swainsonii group] in eastern Hon- p. 217. After the account for Fratercula cirrhata, insert the duras (Olancho, Mosquitia), Nicaragua (Caribbean slope), Costa heading: Rica (absent from dry northwest and most of central plateau), Panama (absent from Pacific slope from eastern Chiriquí east to Order PTEROCLIDIFORMES: Sandgrouse western Panamá province), western and northern Colombia, and western Ecuador; and [ambiguus group] on the east slope of the After this heading insert the following: Andes from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to central Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear Peru. gene sequences (Ericson et al. 2006, Baker et al. 2007, Fain and Notes.—Ramphastos swainsonii Gould, 1833 [Chestnut- Houde 2007, Hackett et al. 2008) have shown that the sandgrouse mandibled Toucan], was formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered are an old group of uncertain affinities, not closely related to the a distinct species, but was merged with R. ambiguus because of Charadriiformes (cf. Maclean 1967, 1969; Fjeldså 1976; Sibley and the lack of vocal differences and because of hints of intergradation Ahlquist 1990) or to the Columbiformes (cf. Olson 1970, Strauch where parapatric (Haffer 1974, Stiles et al. 1999).Ramphastos am- 1978), although they may form part of an old radiation that in- biguus and the South American R. tucanus Linnaeus, 1758, may cludes the Columbiformes. constitute a superspecies (Haffer 1974).

Remove the heading “Family Incertae Sedis” that currently p. 347. Delete the heading “Family EURYLAIMIDAE: Broad- precedes “Family PTEROCLIDIDAE: Sandgrouse” and the Notes bills” and the Notes that follow this heading and insert the heading that follow this family heading. “Family SAPAYOIDAE: Sapayoa” to precede the species account for Sapayoa aenigma. After the new family heading, insert the p. 278. Chaetura meridionalis is treated as a species separate following: from C. andrei. Delete the species account for C. andrei and substitute the following new species account: Notes: This monotypic family was formerly included in the Eurylaimidae sensu lato (e.g., Banks et al. 2008), but is here given Chaetura meridionalis Hellmayr. Sick’s Swift. familial status based on its long isolation from the other broadbills, as reflected in its phylogenetic, morphological, and biogeo- Chaetura andrei meridionalis Hellmayr, 1907, Bull. Brit. Orn. graphical distinctness (Fjeldså et al. 2003, Chesser 2004, Irestedt Cl. 19: 63. (state of Santiago del Estero, Argentina.) et al. 2006, Moyle et al. 2006). Ju l y 2011 — Fi ft y-s e c o n d Su pp l e m e n t — 605

pp. 347–372. Recent genetic studies (e.g., Moyle et al. 2009) Cyanocitta ultramarina arizonae Ridgway = Aphelocoma wollwe- indicate that the evolutionary relationships of the furnarioid fam- beri Kaup. ilies are not accurately reflected in the current linear sequence. Change the sequence of furnarioid families, with no changes in Remove the current species account for A. ultramarina and species sequence, to: insert the following new species accounts:

THAMNOPHILIDAE Aphelocoma ultramarina (Bonaparte). Transvolcanic Jay. CONOPOPHAGIDAE GRALLARIIDAE Corvus ultramarinus Bonaparte, 1825, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil- RHINOCRYPTIDAE adelphia 4: 387. (Mexico; restricted to Temascáltepec, FORMICARIIDAE México, by van Rossem 1942, Auk 59: 573.) FURNARIIDAE Habitat.—Pine Forest, Pine-Oak Forest (900–3,400 m; Sub- Under the heading Suborder TYRANNI: Suboscines, insert the tropical Zone). following: Distribution.—Resident in Transvolcanic Belt of Mexico Notes.—The sequence of furnarioid families (Thamnophili- from Colima east through southern Jalisco, northern Michoacán, dae through Furnariidae) is derived from the phylogenetic analy- México, northern Morelos, Puebla, and west-central Veracruz. sis of Moyle et al. (2009). Notes.—See comments under A. wollweberi.

pp. 416–420. After the account for Tyrannus savana, change Aphelocoma wollweberi Kaup. Mexican Jay. the heading Genera INCERTAE SEDIS to Genus INCERTAE SE- Aphelocoma wollweberi Kaup, 1854, J. für Ornith. 2: suppl., DIS and delete the Notes under this heading. Insert the following xlvii–lvi. (Zaccatekas [sic], México, restricted to Val- Notes under Genus PIPRITES Cabanis: paraíso Mountains, Zacatecas, by Pitelka 1951, Univ. Ca- lif. Publ. Zool. 50: 330.) Notes.—The genus Piprites has presented a taxonomic chal- lenge for more than a century. Recent genetic studies indicate that it is either the sister group to the Tyrannidae (Ericson et al. Habitat.—Pine-Oak Forest, Gallery Forest, Pine Forest 2006, Ohlson et al. 2008) or an isolated lineage near the base of (1,200–3,400 m; Subtropical and Temperate zones). the Tyrannidae (Tello et al. 2009). Distribution.—Resident [wollweberi group] from central Arizona and isolated mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora south through- After the account for Piprites griseiceps, insert the following out Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora, western Chihuahua, heading and Notes: Durango, Zacatecas, and northern Jalisco, and west to Nayarit; [couchii group] from southwestern Texas (Chisos Mountains) and Family : Becards, Tityras, and Allies TITYRIDAE isolated mountains of northern Coahuila south throughout Si- erra Madre Oriental in southeastern Coahuila and northwestern Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochon- Nuevo León, south to western Veracruz, east to western Tamau- drial DNA indicate that species in the genera Schiffornis, Lanio- lipas, and west to the central Mexican Plateau in San Luis Potosí, cera, Pachyramphus, and Tityra, together with three extralimital Querétaro, Guanajuato, and eastern Jalisco. genera, form a monophyletic group distinct from other tyrannoid Notes.—Groups: A wollweberi [Mexican Jay] and A. couchii suboscines (Chesser 2004, Ericson et al. 2006, Barber and Rice Baird, 1858 [Couch’s Jay]. Formerly treated as conspecific with A. 2007, Tello et al. 2009). The sequence of genera follows Tello et al. ultramarina under the English name Mexican Jay, but separated (2009). on the basis of differences in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (McCormack et al. 2008, 2011), morphology, plumage, and voice Move Genus SCHIFFORNIS Bonaparte, Genus LANIO- (Pitelka 1951, Brown and Horvath 1989, McCormack et al. 2008). CERA Boie, Genus PACHYRAMPHUS Gray, and Genus TITYRA Consists of at least three distinct mitochondrial DNA lineages, Vieillot, their citations, and their included species, in this se- but nuclear markers indicate some gene flow betweencouchii and quence, to follow this new family heading. potosina mtDNA lineages (McCormack et al. 2008, 2011).

p. 419. A record of the Gray-collared Becard, Pachyram- pp. 494–498. Recent phylogenetic studies indicate that the phus major, in the United States is recognized. Add the follow- affinities of several genera currently included in the Turdidae lie ing paragraph to the end of the Distribution statement: Accidental instead with the Muscicapidae, and that the current sequence of in southeastern Arizona (Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Moun- species in the Muscicapidae does not reflect their evolutionary retains, Cochise County, 5 June 2009; Johnston et al. 2010). lationships. Move Genus LUSCINIA Forster, Genus TARSIGER Hodgson, Genus COPSYCHUS Wagler, Genus OENANTHE Vie- p. 446-447. Aphelocoma wollweberi is treated as a spe- illot, and Genus SAXICOLA Bechstein, their citations, and their cies separate from the allopatric A. ultramarina. In the synon- included species to the family Muscicapidae. Insert the following ymy under Aphelocoma, change the last sentence of the citation Notes after the citations for Copsychus, Oenanthe, and Saxicola, for Sieberocitta to the following: Type, by original designation, and after the first sentence in the Notes forLuscinia and Tarsiger: 606 — Ch e s s e r e t a l . — Au k , Vo l . 128

Formerly included in the family Turdidae, but analyses of nuclear Genus PEUCEDRAMUS Coues and mitochondrial DNA (Sangster et al. 2010, Zuccon and Ericson 2010) indicate that this genus forms part of the Muscicapidae. De- Peucedramus Coues, 1875, in Henshaw, Ann. Rep. Geogr. Explor. lete the Notes under the heading Family MUSCICAPIDAE: Old West 100th Merid., p. 201. Type, by original designation, Syl- World Flycatchers. via olivacea Giraud = Sylvia taeniata Du Bus de Gisignies.

Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Musci- pp. 532–567. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochon- capidae as follows: drial DNA sequences (Lovette et al. 2010) has shown that the current generic limits and linear sequence of species within the Genus Muscicapa Brisson family Parulidae do not accurately reflect their evolutionary rela- Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe) tionships. We retain the current taxonomy for Leucopeza semperi, Muscicapa dauurica Pallas Oporornis agilis, and Catharopeza bishopi (see below), but other- Muscicapa striata (Pallas) wise adopt a new classification based on their conclusions. This Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin new classification results in the following changes: Genus Copsychus Wagler Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli) Under the heading Family PARULIDAE: Wood-Warblers, Genus Luscinia Forster insert the following: Luscinia sibilans Swinhoe Notes: Although the genus Parula is no longer recognized, Luscinia calliope (Pallas) the family name Parulidae is retained under Article 40.1 of the Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus) Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). Sequence of spe- Luscinia cyane (Pallas) cies follows Lovette et al. (2010). Genus Tarsiger Hodgson Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas) Transfer Wilsonia citrina and all species in the genera Par- Genus Ficedula Brisson ula and Dendroica to the genus Setophaga, and move the cita- Ficedula narcissina (Temminck) tions for Wilsonia, Parula, and Dendroica into the synonymy of Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck) Setophaga. Transfer Oporornis tolmiei, Oporornis philadelphia, Ficedula albicilla (Pallas) and Oporornis formosus, changing the species name of the latter Genus Oenanthe Vieillot to formosa, to the genus Geothlypis. Transfer Euthlypis lachry- Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus) mosa to the genus Basileuterus, changing the species name to Genus Saxicola Bechstein lachrymosus, and move the citation for Euthlypis into the syn- Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus) onymy of Basileuterus. Transfer Wilsonia pusilla, Wilsonia canadensis, and both species in the genus Ergaticus to the genus p. 500. Records of the Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes oc- Cardellina, changing the species name of E. ruber to C. rubra, cidentalis, in the United States are recognized. Add the follow- and move the citation for Ergaticus into the synonymy of Cardel- ing paragraph to the end of the Distribution statement: Accidental lina. Delete the genus headings and Notes for Wilsonia, Parula, in southeastern Arizona (Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Dendroica, Euthlypis, and Ergaticus. For each species formerly 4–7 October 1996; Miller and Ramsey canyons, 16 July–1 August in these genera, make the appropriate changes in generic abbre- 2009; Doren 2010). viations within the existing Notes, and add/amend the Notes as detailed below. p. 510. Change the English name for Turdus nudigenis to Spec- tacled Thrush, following the AOU South American Check-list Com- mittee (Remsen et al. 2011). Change the first and second sentences Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Parulidae of the Notes to: Also known as Bare-eyed Thrush, American Bare- as follows, adding parentheses to the author names for Setophaga eyed Thrush, Naked-eyed Thrush, Yellow-eyed Thrush, and Bare- plumbea, angelae, vitellina, adelaidae, subita, delicata, graciae, eyed Robin. The English name was changed from Bare-eyed Thrush and chrysoparia, and removing parentheses from the author (AOU 1983, Banks et al. 2008) to avoid confusion with the African names for Basileuterus lachrymosus and Cardellina versicolor: species Turdus tephronotus, also called Bare-eyed Thrush. Genus Seiurus Swainson p. 512. A record of the Red-legged Thrush,Turdus plumbeus, Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) in the United States is recognized. Add the following paragraph to Genus Helmitheros Rafinesque the end of the Distribution statement: Accidental in east-central Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin) Florida (Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, 31 May 2010; Ander- Genus Parkesia Sangster son and Ponce 2010). Parkesia motacilla (Vieillot) Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin) p. 532. The generic name Peucedramus should be attributed Genus Vermivora Swainson to Coues, rather than Henshaw, in accordance with Article 50.1.1 †Vermivora bachmanii (Audubon) of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). Change the Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus) heading and citation for Peucedramus to: Vermivora cyanoptera Olson and Reveal Ju l y 2011 — Fi ft y-s e c o n d Su pp l e m e n t — 607

Genus Mniotilta Vieillot Setophaga discolor (Vieillot) Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus) Setophaga adelaidae (Baird) Genus Protonotaria Baird Setophaga subita (Riley) Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert) Setophaga delicata (Ridgway) Genus Limnothlypis Stone Setophaga graciae (Baird) Limnothlypis swainsonii (Audubon) Setophaga nigrescens (Townsend) Genus Oreothlypis Ridgway Setophaga townsendi (Townsend) Oreothlypis superciliosa (Hartlaub) Setophaga occidentalis (Townsend) Oreothlypis gutturalis (Cabanis) Setophaga chrysoparia (Sclater and Salvin) Oreothlypis peregrina (Wilson) Setophaga virens (Gmelin) Oreothlypis celata (Say) Genus Myiothlypis Cabanis Oreothlypis crissalis (Salvin and Godman) Myiothlypis fulvicauda (Spix) Oreothlypis luciae (Cooper) Genus Basileuterus Cabanis Oreothlypis ruficapilla(Wilson) Basileuterus lachrymosus Bonaparte Oreothlypis virginiae (Baird) Basileuterus rufifrons (Swainson) Genus Leucopeza Sclater Basileuterus melanogenys Baird Leucopeza semperi (Sclater) Basileuterus ignotus Nelson Genus Oporornis Baird Basileuterus belli (Giraud) Oporornis agilis (Wilson) Basileuterus culicivorus (Deppe) Genus Geothlypis Cabanis Basileuterus tristriatus (Tschudi) Geothlypis poliocephala Baird Genus Cardellina Bonaparte Geothlypis aequinoctialis (Gmelin) Cardellina canadensis (Linnaeus) Geothlypis tolmiei (Townsend) Cardellina pusilla (Wilson) Geothlypis philadelphia (Wilson) Cardellina rubrifrons (Giraud) Geothlypis formosa (Wilson) Cardellina rubra (Swainson) Geothlypis semiflavaSclater Cardellina versicolor Salvin Geothlypis speciosa Sclater Genus Myioborus Baird Geothlypis beldingi Ridgway Myioborus pictus (Swainson) Geothlypis rostrata Bryant Myioborus miniatus (Swainson) Geothlypis flavovelata Ridgway Myioborus torquatus (Baird) Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus) Genus Zeledonia Ridgway Geothlypis nelsoni Richmond Zeledonia coronata Ridgway Genus Catharopeza Sclater Genus Icteria Vieillot Catharopeza bishopi (Lawrence) Icteria virens (Linnaeus) Genus Setophaga Swainson Genus Xenoligea Bond Setophaga plumbea (Lawrence) Xenoligea montana (Chapman) Setophaga angelae (Kepler and Parkes) Genus Microligea Cory Setophaga pharetra (Gosse) Microligea palustris (Cory) Setophaga citrina (Boddaert) Genus Teretistris Cabanis Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus) Teretistris fernandinae (Lembeye) Setophaga kirtlandii (Baird) Teretistris fornsi Gundlach Setophaga tigrina (Gmelin) Setophaga cerulea (Wilson) Under the heading Genus VERMIVORA Swainson, replace Setophaga americana (Linnaeus) the existing Notes with the following: Setophaga pitiayumi (Vieillot) Notes.—Formerly included six species (peregrina, celata, ru- Setophaga magnolia (Wilson) ficapilla, virginiae, crissalis, and luciae) now placed in Oreothly- Setophaga castanea (Wilson) pis. See comments under Oreothlypis. Setophaga fusca (Müller) Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus) Under the heading Genus OREOTHLYPIS Ridgway, replace Setophaga pensylvanica (Linnaeus) the existing Notes with the following: Setophaga striata (Forster) Notes.—Genetic studies (Avise et al. 1980, Lovette and Ber- Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin) mingham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Lovette and Hochachka 2006, Setophaga palmarum (Gmelin) Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that gutturalis and superciliosa are Setophaga pityophila (Gundlach) not closely related to two species formerly placed in Parula (Set- Setophaga pinus (Wilson) ophaga americana and pitiayumi), that the six species formerly Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus) placed in Vermivora are not closely related to true Vermivora Setophaga dominica (Linnaeus) (bachmanii, chrysoptera, and cyanoptera), and that gutturalis Setophaga flavescens(Todd) and superciliosa and the six former Vermivora species form sis- Setophaga vitellina (Cory) ter groups. 608 — Ch e s s e r e t a l . — Au k , Vo l . 128

Under the heading Genus OPORORNIS Baird, replace the In the species account for Setophaga citrina, insert the existing Notes with the following: following: Notes.—Formerly included three species (formosus, phil- Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Wilsonia. See com- adelphia, and tolmiei) now placed in Geothlypis, from which ments under Setophaga. Oporornis sensu stricto (= O. agilis) differs in locomotion, song, and general behavior (Bent 1953, Dunn and Garrett 1997). Anal- In the species accounts for Setophaga kirtlandii, tigrina, ce- yses of sequences of mitochondrial DNA (Escalante et al. 2009, rulea, magnolia, castanea, fusca, petechia, pensylvanica, striata, Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that the phylogenetic placement of O. caerulescens, palmarum, pinus, coronata, and discolor, insert the agilis is likely outside of the expanded Geothlypis clade. An analy- following Notes, if Notes are not present, or add the following to sis of sequences of all Geothlypis and Oporornis species indicated the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica. See that O. agilis is sister to Geothlypis sensu lato (Escalante et al. comments under Setophaga. 2009), whereas an analysis that also included Leucopeza semperi indicated that O. agilis may be sister to this species (Lovette et al. In the species account for Setophaga americana, add the fol- 2010). See comments under Geothlypis. lowing to the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Par- ula. See comments under Setophaga. Under the heading Genus GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis, replace the existing Notes with the following: In the species account for Setophaga pitiayumi, replace Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochondrial the existing Notes with: Also known as Olive-backed Warbler. and nuclear DNA (Escalante et al. 2009, Lovette et al. 2010) indicate Groups: S. pitiayumi [Tropical Parula] and S. graysoni (Ridgway, that several species often placed in Oporornis (tolmiei, philadelphia, 1887) [Socorro Warbler]. Formerly placed in the genus Parula. See and formosa) are more closely related to Geothlypis species than to comments under Setophaga and S. americana. Oporornis sensu stricto (cf. Lowery and Monroe 1968). For changes to the species account for Setophaga dominica, In the species accounts for Geothlypis tolmiei and G. philadel- and for a new species account for S. flavescens, see the next entry phia, add the following sentence to the end of the Notes: Formerly below (p. 546). placed in the genus Oporornis. See comments under Geothlypis. In the species account for Setophaga adelaidae, replace the In the species account for Geothlypis formosa, insert the existing Notes with: Formerly included S. subita and S. delicata, following: now considered distinct species (Lovette et al. 1998, Lovette and Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Oporornis. See com- Bermingham 1999). Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica. See ments under Geothlypis. comments under Setophaga.

Under the heading Genus CATHAROPEZA Sclater, replace In the species accounts for Setophaga subita and delicata, re- the existing Notes with the following: place the existing Notes with: Formerly placed in the genus Dend- Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of nuclear and roica. See comments under D. adelaidae and Setophaga. mitochondrial DNA (Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that the monotypic genus Catharopeza is sister to Setophaga. Although sometimes merged with the former Dendroica (Bond 1967, In the species account for Setophaga townsendi, replace the Kepler and Parkes 1972), now Setophaga, C. bishopi is here existing Notes with: Setophaga townsendi, S. occidentalis, S. vi- maintained in a separate genus based on its genetic and phe- rens, and S. chrysoparia constitute a superspecies (Mengel 1964). notypic distinctness, including differences in voice, behavior, Setophaga townsendi and S. occidentalis hybridize extensively and morphology (Bond 1972, Andrle and Andrle 1976, Robbins in Washington, where S. townsendi appears to be expanding its and Parker 1997). range at the expense of S. occidentalis (Rohwer et al. 2001, Krosby and Rohwer 2009). Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica. See comments under Setophaga. Under the heading Genus SETOPHAGA Swainson, insert the following: Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochon- In the species accounts for Setophaga occidentalis, drial and nuclear DNA (Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that all spe- chrysoparia, and virens, replace the existing Notes with: Formerly cies formerly placed in Dendroica, one species formerly placed placed in the genus Dendroica. See comments under Setophaga in Wilsonia (citrina), and two species formerly placed in Parula and S. townsendi. (americana and pitiayumi) form a clade with the single species traditionally placed in Setophaga (ruticilla). The generic nameSet - Insert the following heading in a position following the ac- ophaga has priority for this clade. count for Setophaga virens:

In the species accounts for Setophaga plumbea, angelae, Genus MYIOTHLYPIS Cabanis pharetra, pityophila, vitellina, graciae, and nigrescens, replace the existing Notes with: Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica. See Myiothlypis Cabanis, 1850, Mus. Hein. 1:17. Type, by original comments under Setophaga. designation, Trichas nigrocristatus Lafresnaye. Ju l y 2011 — Fi ft y-s e c o n d Su pp l e m e n t — 609

Transfer Phaeothlypis fulvicauda (p. 567) to the genus Myio- Under the heading Genus XENOLIGEA Bond, replace the thlypis, delete the genus heading and Notes for Phaeothlypis, and existing Notes with the following: move the citation for Phaeothlypis into the synonymy of Myiothly- Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochon- pis. In the species account for M. fulvicauda, insert the following at drial DNA (Lovette and Bermingham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Phaeothlypis. Klicka et al. 2007) indicate that the genera Xenoligea and Mi- croligea are sister taxa of uncertain affinities, likely allied to Under the heading Genus BASILEUTERUS Cabanis, replace a small group of non-parulid passerines endemic to the West the existing Notes with the following: Indies. Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that true Basileuterus Under the heading Genus MICROLIGEA Cory, replace the consists of lachrymosus, formerly placed in Euthlypis, rufifrons, mel- existing Notes with the following: anogenys, ignotus, belli, culicivorus, tristriatus, and the extralimital Notes.—See comments under Xenoligea. species hypoleucus and trifasciatus. Formerly included many, mostly extralimital, species now placed in the genus Myiothlypis. Under the heading Genus TERETISTRIS Cabanis, replace the existing Notes with the following: In the species account for Basileuterus lachrymosus, insert Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochon- the following: drial DNA (Lovette and Bermingham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Euthlypis. See com- Klicka et al. 2007) indicate that Teretistris is a genus of uncertain ments under Basileuterus. affinities, likely allied to a small group of non-parulid passerines endemic to the West Indies. Under the heading Genus CARDELLINA Bonaparte, insert the following: p. 546. Setophaga flavescens is treated as a species sepa- Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of nuclear and rate from S. dominica. Delete “, and also in the northern Ba- mitochondrial DNA (Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that two species hama Islands (Grand Bahama, Abaco).” from the end of the formerly placed in the genus Wilsonia (canadensis and pusilla) breeding distribution of S. dominica. Change the Notes for and both species formerly placed in the genus Ergaticus (rubra and S. dominica to: versicolor) form a clade with Cardellina rubrifrons. The generic Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica. See com- name Cardellina has priority for this clade. ments under Setophaga and S. flavescens. In the species account for Cardellina canadensis, insert the After the species account for S. dominica, insert the follow- following: ing new species account: Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Wilsonia. See comments under Cardellina. Setophaga flavescens (Todd). Bahama Warbler. In the species account for Cardellina pusilla, insert the following at the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Wil- Dendroica flavescens Todd, 1909, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. sonia. See comments under Cardellina. 22:171. (Spencer’s Point, Abaco, Bahamas.)

In the species accounts for Cardellina rubra and C. versicolor, Habitat.—Pine Forest (Lower Tropical Zone). insert the following at the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the Distribution.—Resident on Grand Bahama, Little Abaco, genus Ergaticus. See comments under Cardellina. and Great Abaco islands, Bahamas. Notes.—Formerly treated as conspecific with Setophaga Under the heading Genus ZELEDONIA Ridgway, replace the dominica (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998), but separated on the basis of existing Notes with the following: song playback trials and differences in morphology, ecology, and Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochon- mitochondrial DNA (McKay et al. 2010). See comments under S. drial DNA (Lovette and Bermingham 2002, Klicka et al. 2007) dominica. indicate that the genus Zeledonia represents an old lineage of uncertain affinities, one that may be sister to the “core Parulidae” pp. 570–571. Remove the genus Chlorospingus, its citation, sensu Lovette et al. (2010). and its included species from incertae sedis within the Thraupi- dae and position them following the species account for Junco Under the heading Genus ICTERIA Vieillot, replace the ex- phaeonotus (p. 626) in the Emberizidae. After the citation for the isting Notes with the following: genus, insert the following: Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochon- Notes.—Formerly included in the family Thraupidae. Recent drial DNA (Lovette and Bermingham 2002, Yuri and Mindell analyses of mitochondrial DNA (Klicka et al. 2007, DaCosta et al. 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Klicka et al. 2007) indicate that the genus 2009) indicate that Chlorospingus forms part of the New World ra- Icteria represents an old lineage of uncertain affinities, probably diation of the Emberizidae, although its exact placement remains related to the Parulidae, Icteridae, or Emberizidae. to be determined. 610 — Ch e s s e r e t a l . — Au k , Vo l . 128

p. 594. After the account for Oryzoborus funereus, insert the Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by following new species account: the text of this supplement:

Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gmelin). Large-billed Seed-Finch. Pterodroma rostrata Pétrel de Tahiti Procellaria aequinoctialis Puffin à menton blanc Loxia crassirostris Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1(2):862. (Based Circus buffoni Busard de Buffon on “Thickbilled Grosbeak” of Latham, 1783, Gen. Synop. Accipiter poliogaster Autour à ventre gris Birds 2(1): 148 – no locality; Cayenne designated by Ber- Gallinula galeata Gallinule d’Amérique lepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool. 9:25). Charadrius nivosus Pluvier neigeux Gallinago solitaria Bécassine solitaire Habitat.—Riparian Thickets, Freshwater Marshes, Second- Chaetura meridionalis Martinet de Sick growth Scrub (0–700 m; Lower Tropical Zone). Ramphastos ambiguus Toucan tocard Distribution.—Resident in eastern Panama (El Real and SAPAYOIDAE Yaviza, Darién, and as far west as Tortí, eastern Panama) and TITYRIDAE northern and eastern Colombia east through Venezuela to the Aphelocoma ultramarina Geai des volcans Guianas, Trinidad (at least formerly), and northern Brazil, south Aphelocoma wollweberi Geai du Mexique to the Amazon River and northeastern Peru. Dendroica flavescens Paruline de Todd Oryzoborus crassirostris Sporophile crassirostre Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Chlorospin des buissons p. 611. Change the type locality of Spizella breweri to “(West- Chlorospingus tacarcunae Chlorospin du Tacarcuna ern North America, California, New Mexico = Black Hills, Dak[ota Chlorospingus inornatus Chlorospin du Pirré Territory] = Laramie Range, Albany County, Wyoming; Banks and Chlorospingus pileatus Chlorospin à sourcils brisés Gibson 2007, Auk 124: 1083–1085.)”. Chlorospingus flavigularis Chlorospin à gorge jaune Chlorospingus canigularis Chlorospin à gorge grise p. 642. Chrysomus icterocephalus, added to the main list on the basis of an old specimen record from Barbados (Chesser et al. 2010), Delete the following names: appears to be well established and breeding in extreme eastern Pan- Gallinula chloropus Gallinule poule-d’eau ama (Angehr 2011). Change the first sentence of the Distribution Charadrius alexandrinus Pluvier à collier interrompu statement to: Breeds and resident with local seasonal movements in Chaetura andrei Martinet d’André lowlands of eastern Panama (El Real, Darién), northwestern Colom- Ramphastos swainsonii Toucan de Swainson bia (also an isolated population near Bogotá) east through Venezu- EURYLAIMIDAE ela, the Guianas, and Trinidad south to the mouth of the Amazon, Aphelocoma ultramarina Geai du Mexique Brazil, and west up the Amazon to northeastern Peru. Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Tangara des buissons Chlorospingus tacarcunae Tangara du Tacarcuna p. 686. Delete the account for Pterodroma rostrata from the Chlorospingus inornatus Tangara du Pirré Appendix. Chlorospingus pileatus Tangara à sourcils brisés Chlorospingus flavigularis Tangara à gorge jaune p. 687. Delete the account for Procellaria aequinoctialis from Chlorospingus canigularis Tangara à gorge grise the Appendix. Transfer Schiffornis turdina, Laniocera rufescens, the two species p. 690. Delete the account for Circus buffoni from the Appen- of Tityra, and the nine species of Pachyramphus, in this sequence, dix (Chesser et al. 2009). to the newly inserted TITYRIDAE, with no change in French names. p. 695. Amazilia chionopectus is treated as a junior synonym of A. brevirostris, following Schuchmann (1999) and Weller and Schuch- Change the sequence of families in the furnarioid suboscines mann (2009). Change Amazilia chionopectus (Gould) to Amazilia (FURNARIIDAE through RHINOCRYPTIDAE) to the following brevirostris (Lesson) and change the citation for this species to: sequence, with no change in French names:

Ornismya brevirostris Lesson, 1829, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, THAMNOPHILIDAE p. xxv, pl. 77. (Guiana.) CONOPOPHAGIDAE GRALLARIIDAE After the last sentence of the text of this species account, RHINOCRYPTIDAE insert the following: Formerly listed as Amazilia chionopectus FORMICARIIDAE (Gould). Some authors place the species in the genus Agyrtria. FURNARIIDAE

pp. 705 ff. Make the following changes to the list of French Move the four species of Luscinia, Tarsiger cyanurus, Copsychus names of North American birds: malabaricus, Oenanthe oenanthe, and Saxicola torquatus to Ju l y 2011 — Fi ft y-s e c o n d Su pp l e m e n t — 611

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Fifty-third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds Author(s): R. Terry Chesser, Richard C. Banks, F. Keith Barker, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen Jr., James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz and Kevin Winker Source: The Auk, Vol. 129, No. 3 (July 2012), pp. 573-588 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the American Ornithologists' Union Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/auk.2012.129.3.573 . Accessed: 02/05/2013 16:04

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FIFTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

R. Terry Chesser,1,12,13 Richard C. Banks,1 F. Keith Barker,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 Douglas F. Stotz,10 and Kevin Winker11

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 2Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA; 3Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 452 Nevada Street, 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 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 10Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 11University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the 12th supplement since publication of the seventh edi- solitarius and Selasphorus calliope) are thereby changed; (7) one tion of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Orni- scientific name is changed (to Picoides fumigatus) by transfer from thologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made one genus to another; (8) minor corrections are made to the citations between 15 April 2011 and 1 May 2012 by the AOU’s Committee for six species (Podilymbus podiceps, Anser anser, Melanitta per- on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle Amer- spicillata, Anthracothorax mango, Seiurus aurocapilla, and Icterus ica. The Committee has continued to operate in the manner out- spurius); (9) the endings of the specific names of two taxa (Arami- lined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). There have been no des cajaneus and Porphyrio martinicus) are corrected; (10) the Eng- changes to committee membership in the past year. lish names of nine largely extralimital species, three on the main list (Pavo cristatus, Accipiter soloensis, and Serinus canaria) and six in Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) one newly the Appendix (Pterodroma solandri, Macronectes giganteus, Ocean- described species (Puffinus bryani) is added to the main list; (2) three ites gracilis, Sterna trudeaui, Copsychus saularis, and Lagonosticta species (Puffinus subalaris, Synthliboramphus scrippsi, and Buteo rubricata), are changed to conform to global usage, and the English plagiatus) are added to the main list due to splits from species al- names of two other species (Buteo nitidus and Synthliboramphus hy- ready on the list; (3) two species (Arremon costaricensis and A. at- poleucus) are changed as a result of taxonomic changes; and (11) one ricapillus) are added by being split both from an extralimital taxon species (Pluvialis apricaria) is added to the list of species known to (A. torquatus) and from each other; (4) the notes for one species occur in the United States. (Basileuterus culicivorus) are changed because of a merger with an extralimital species; (5) 12 genera (Cryptoleucopteryx, Morphnar- New linear sequences are adopted for species in the genera Bu- chus, Pseudastur, Antrostomus, Hydropsalis, Dendroplex, Lepido- teogallus, Antrostomus, Pheugopedius, Thryophilus, Cantorchilus, thrix, Pheugopedius, Thryophilus, Cantorchilus, Artemisiospiza, and and Haemorhous, and for genera in the families Trochilidae, Fur- Haemorhous) are added as a result of splits from other genera, result- nariidae, and Troglodytidae. A new subfamily is adopted in the Tro- ing in changes to 36 scientific names; (6) two genera Harpyhaliaetus( chilidae, and the linear position of the genus Pyrrhula is changed. and Stellula) are lost by merger (into Buteogallus and Selasphorus, The linear sequence of orders is changed such that Falconiformes respectively), and the scientific names of two species Buteogallus( and Psittaciformes are moved to a position immediately preceding

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Passeriformes, reflecting the close relationship among these orders. Thryophilus rufalbusRufous-and-white Wren. The family placement of one genus Paroaria( ) is changed on the ba- Thryophilus sinaloaSinaloa Wren. sis of new information on its phylogenetic relationships. The spell- Thryophilus pleurostictusBanded Wren. ing of one family name (Pteroclidae) is modified. Cantorchilus leucopogon Stripe-throated Wren. Cantorchilus thoracicus Stripe-breasted Wren. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s de- Cantorchilus modestus Plain Wren. cisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations not Cantorchilus nigricapillus Bay Wren. already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with supple- Cantorchilus semibadius Riverside Wren. ments) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species Cantorchilus leucotis Buff-breasted Wren. known from the AOU Check-list area can be found at www.aou. Arremon costaricensis Costa Rican Brush-Finch. org/checklist/north/index.php. Arremon atricapillus Black-headed Brush-Finch. Artemisiospiza belli Sage Sparrow. The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers Haemorhous purpureus Purple Finch. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee’s Haemorhous cassinii Cassin’s Finch. actions: Haemorhous mexicanus House Finch. Serinus canaria Island Canary. (I) pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of species to 2,083. Insert the following names in the proper position as Delete the following names: indicated by the text of this supplement: Accipiter soloensis Gray Frog-Hawk. (H, A) Puffinus subalaris Galapagos Shearwater. (N) Leucopternis plumbeus Plumbeous Hawk. Puffinus bryani Bryan’s Shearwater. (H, A) Leucopternis princeps Barred Hawk. Accipiter soloensis Chinese Sparrowhawk. (H, A) Leucopternis albicollis White Hawk. Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea Plumbeous Hawk. Harpyhaliaetus solitarius Solitary Eagle. Buteogallus solitarius Solitary Eagle. Buteo nitidus Gray Hawk. Morphnarchus princeps Barred Hawk. Pavo cristatus Common Peafowl. (I) Pseudastur albicollis White Hawk. Aramides cajanea Gray-necked Wood-Rail. Buteo plagiatus Gray Hawk. Porphyrio martinica Purple Gallinule. Buteo nitidus Gray-lined Hawk. Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantus’s Murrelet. Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl. (I) PTEROCLIDIDAE Aramides cajaneus Gray-necked Wood-Rail. Caprimulgus carolinensis Chuck-will’s-widow. Porphyrio martinicus Purple Gallinule. Caprimulgus rufus Rufous Nightjar. Synthliboramphus scrippsi Scripps’s Murrelet. Caprimulgus cubanensis Greater Antillean Nightjar. Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Guadalupe Murrelet. Caprimulgus salvini Tawny-collared Nightjar. PTEROCLIDAE Caprimulgus badius Yucatan Nightjar. Antrostomus carolinensis Chuck-will’s-widow. Caprimulgus ridgwayi Buff-collared Nightjar. Antrostomus rufus Rufous Nightjar. Caprimulgus vociferus Eastern Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus cubanensis Greater Antillean Nightjar. Caprimulgus arizonae Mexican Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus salvini Tawny-collared Nightjar. Caprimulgus noctitherus Puerto Rican Nightjar. Antrostomus badius Yucatan Nightjar. Caprimulgus saturatus Dusky Nightjar. Antrostomus ridgwayi Buff-collared Nightjar. Caprimulgus cayennensis White-tailed Nightjar. Antrostomus vociferus Eastern Whip-poor-will. Caprimulgus maculicaudus Spot-tailed Nightjar. Antrostomus saturatus Dusky Nightjar. Stellula calliope Calliope Hummingbird. Antrostomus arizonae Mexican Whip-poor-will. Veniliornis fumigatus Smoky-brown Woodpecker. Antrostomus noctitherus Puerto Rican Nightjar. Xiphorhynchus picus Straight-billed Woodcreeper. Hydropsalis cayennensis White-tailed Nightjar. Pipra coronata Blue-crowned Manakin. Hydropsalis maculicaudus Spot-tailed Nightjar. Thryothorus spadixSooty-headed Wren. Topazinae Thryothorus atrogularisBlack-throated Wren. Selasphorus calliope Calliope Hummingbird. Thryothorus fasciatoventrisBlack-bellied Wren. Picoides fumigatus Smoky-brown Woodpecker. Thryothorus nigricapillusBay Wren. Dendroplex picus Straight-billed Woodcreeper. Thryothorus semibadiusRiverside Wren. Lepidothrix coronata Blue-crowned Manakin. Thryothorus leucopogonStripe-throated Wren. Pheugopedius spadix Sooty-headed Wren. Thryothorus thoracicusStripe-breasted Wren. Pheugopedius atrogularis Black-throated Wren. Thryothorus rutilusRufous-breasted Wren. Pheugopedius rutilus Rufous-breasted Wren. Thryothorus maculipectusSpot-breasted Wren. Pheugopedius maculipectus Spot-breasted Wren. Thryothorus rufalbusRufous-and-white Wren. Pheugopedius felix Happy Wren. Thryothorus sinaloaSinaloa Wren. Pheugopedius fasciatoventris Black-bellied Wren. Thryothorus pleurostictusBanded Wren.

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Thryothorus felixHappy Wren. Mellisuga Thryothorus leucotisBuff-breasted Wren. Calypte Thryothorus modestusPlain Wren. Atthis Arremon torquatus Stripe-headed Brush-Finch. Selasphorus Amphispiza belli Sage Sparrow. Chlorostilbon Carpodacus purpureus Purple Finch. Cynanthus Carpodacus cassinii Cassin’s Finch. Cyanophaia Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch. Klais Serinus canaria Common Canary. (I) Abeillia Orthorhyncus Move Leucopternis semiplumbeus to follow Pseudastur al- Phaeochroa bicollis. Move species in Buteogallus to follow Cryptoleucopteryx Campylopterus in this order: Eupherusa Elvira Buteogallus anthracinus Microchera Buteogallus gundlachii Chalybura Buteogallus meridionalis Thalurania Buteogallus urubitinga Amazilia Buteogallus solitarius Trochilus Goethalsia Goldmania Move and and FALCONIFORMES PSITTACIFORMES, Lepidopyga their included species, to precede the order . PASSERIFORMES Damophila Hylocharis Change the sequence of subfamilies, genera, and included species in the TROCHILIDAE to: Change the sequence of subfamilies, genera, and included species in the FURNARIIDAE to: Topazinae Florisuga Sclerurinae Phaethornithinae Sclerurus Eutoxeres Dendrocolaptinae Glaucis Sittasomus Threnetes Deconychura Phaethornis Dendrocincla Trochilinae Glyphorynchus Doryfera Dendrocolaptes Colibri Xiphocolaptes Androdon Xiphorhynchus Heliothryx Dendroplex Chrysolampis Campylorhamphus Anthracothorax Lepidocolaptes Eulampis Furnariinae Discosura Xenops Lophornis Pseudocolaptes Haplophaedia Lochmias Heliodoxa Philydor Eugenes Anabacerthia Panterpe Syndactyla Heliomaster Hyloctistes Lampornis Automolus Lamprolaima Thripadectes Calliphlox Premnoplex Doricha Margarornis Tilmatura Xenerpestes Calothorax Cranioleuca Archilochus Synallaxis

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Change the sequence of genera and included species in the Puffinus lherminieri Lesson. Audubon’s Shearwater. TROGLODYTIDAE to: Pufflnus [sic] Lherminieri Lesson, 1839, Rev. Zool. [Paris] Salpinctes 2:102. (ad ripas Antillarum = Straits of Florida.) Microcerculus Catherpes Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; nests in rock crevices or under Hylorchilus dense vegetation on islands. Ferminia Distribution.—Breeds in the Caribbean and western Atlan- Troglodytes tic region on Crab Cay (off Isla Providencia), on Tiger Rock and Thryorchilus other nearby islets (off the Caribbean Coast of Bocas del Toro, Cistothorus Panama), on Los Hermanos and Islas Los Roques (off Venezuela), Thryothorus on Bermuda (formerly), in the Bahamas, near Puerto Rico (Mona Thryomanes Island, and Cayo del Agua, off Culebra), in the Virgin Islands, and Campylorhynchus widely in the Lesser Antilles (from St. Martin south to islets off Pheugopedius Tobago); in the eastern Atlantic on the Cape Verde Islands; in the Thryophilus Indian Ocean (islands in the southern Persian Gulf south to the Cantorchilus Mascarene, Seychelles, and Maldive groups); and in the Pacific Uropsila Ocean from the Bonin and Volcano islands south to the Palau, Henicorhina Vanuatu, Samoa, Society, and Tuamotu islands. Cyphorhinus Ranges at sea in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts (at least casually, sight reports north to Nova Scotia) south to Florida Transfer Paroaria coronata and P. capitata to the family and throughout the West Indies to the Caribbean coast of Costa THRAUPIDAE, to precede Conirostrum leucogenys, and delete Rica and Panama, and in the Gulf of Mexico west (occasionally) the asterisks in front of their names. to Louisiana and Texas; in the tropical Indian Ocean north to the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and India; and in the tropical Pacific Move Pyrrhula pyrrhula to a position following Pinicola from the general breeding range south to Indonesia, New Guinea, enucleator. and northern Australia. Accidental in Ontario (Almonte), Kentucky (Kentucky Lake), p. 6. In the citation for Podilymbus podiceps, change “Catesby, and England. Nat. Hist. Carolina, p. 91, pl. 91” to “Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina Notes.—Puffinus subalaris, formerly considered conspecific 1:91, pl. 91” to follow Linnaeus (Wetherbee 1992). with P. lherminieri, is treated as a separate species based on the phylogeny in Austin et al. (2004). p. 21. Before the account for Puffinus opisthomelas, insert the following new species account: After the species account for Puffinus nativitatis, insert the following new species account: Puffinus bryani Pyle et al. Bryan’s Shearwater. Puffinus subalaris Ridgway. Galapagos Shearwater. Puffinus bryani Pyle et al., 2011, Condor 113:525. (Midway Puffinus subalaris Ridgway (“Townsend MS”), 1897, Proc. Island.) U.S.N.M. 19(1116): 650. (Dalrymple Rock, Chatham Is- land, Galapagos.) Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; breeds presumably on islands with soft soil for nest burrows. Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; nests in rock crevices or under Distribution.—Probably breeds on Bonin (Ogasawara) Is- dense vegetation on islands. lands, Japan (Chikara 2011, Horikoshi et al. 2012), and probably Distribution.—Breeds in the Galapagos Islands (at least ranges at sea in the northern Pacific Ocean. Has been found in a Santa Cruz, Española, Champion, and Wolf Islands). burrow on Midway Island (Pyle and Pyle 2009). Ranges at sea near shore, commonly north to the coast of Accidental in the Hawaiian Islands. Oaxaca, Mexico. Notes.—See comments under P. assimilis. Accidental in Colombia (Chocó); sight reports from north- central Mexico (Jalisco), mainland Ecuador, and Peru. In the species account for Puffinus assimilis (p. 22), delete refer- Notes.—See P. lherminieri. ence to the Hawaiian Islands in the Distribution statement, and insert the following at the end of the Notes: Hawaiian records (e.g., p. 58. The “Laughing Goose” of Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, cur- AOU 1998) pertain to P. bryani. rently cited as the basis for the name Anser anser (AOU 1983, 1998; Chesser et al. 2009), is actually Anser albifrons rather than Anser an- p. 21. Puffinus subalaris is treated as a species separate from ser. Change the citation for Anser anser to the following, reverting to P. lherminieri. Remove the current species account for P. lhermin- previous usage (e.g., AOU 1957): Anas anser Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. ieri and insert the following new species account: 10, 1, p. 123. (in Europa & America maxime boreali = Sweden.)

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p. 79. In the citation for Melanitta perspicillata, change “Ed- citation, and Notes for Morphnarchus, and insert the following at wards, Nat. Hist. Birds 2: 155, pl. 155” to “Edwards, Nat. Hist. the end of the species account: Birds, p. 155, pl. 155” to follow Linnaeus (Wetherbee 1992). Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Leucopternis. See comments under Morphnarchus. p. 93. Change the English name for Accipiter soloensis to Chi- nese Sparrowhawk (as in Rasmussen and Anderton 2005, Robson The genus Pseudastur is resurrected as a genus for albicol- 2005, and Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2006). Change the Notes lis and the extralimital species occidentalis. Insert the follow- to read: Formerly known as Gray Frog-Hawk (e.g., AOU 1998), ing heading in a position following the account for Parabuteo but name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. Also unicinctus: known as Chinese Goshawk. Genus PSEUDASTUR Blyth p. 96. Recent genetic studies (Amaral et al. 2009; see also Amaral et al. 2006 and Lerner et al. 2008) have shown that Leu- Pseudastur Blyth, 1849 [or 1852], Cat. Bds. Asiat. Soc., p. 24. copternis is highly polyphyletic. North American representatives Type, by monotypy, Falco poecilinotus Temminck = Falco of this genus are found in four divergent lineages: plumbeus and albicollis Latham. princeps form two monotypic lineages, albicollis and the extralimital species occidentalis and polionotus form another lineage, and Notes.—Formerly merged with Leucopternis (AOU 1983, semiplumbeus and the extralimital species melanops and kuhli 1998), but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic form a fourth lineage. The type species ofLeucopternis is melanops, data (Amaral et al. 2006, 2009; Lerner et al. 2008). so the name Leucopternis stays with the fourth lineage above. Change Leucopternis albicollis (Latham) to Pseudastur al- The new genus Cryptoleucopteryx is added for the spe- bicollis (Latham), move the species account to follow the heading, cies plumbeus, which becomes C. plumbea. Insert the follow- citation, and Notes for Pseudastur, and replace the existing Notes ing heading in a position following the account for Geranospiza with: Formerly placed in the genus Leucopternis. See comments caerulescens: under Pseudastur.

Genus Amaral et al. CRYPTOLEUCOPTERYX Move Genus LEUCOPTERNIS Kaup and its citation to a position following the account for Pseudastur albicollis, and move Cryptoleucopteryx Amaral et al., 2009, Mol. Phylo. Evol. the species account for Leucopternis semiplumbeus to follow. 53:713. Type, by original designation, Leucopternis plumbea Salvin. p. 97. Buteo plagiatus is treated as a species separate from B. nitidus. Remove the current species account for B. nitidus and Notes.—Formerly considered part of Leucopternis (AOU insert the following new species accounts: 1983, 1998), but now treated as a separate monotypic genus on the basis of genetic data (Amaral et al. 2006, 2009; Lerner et al. 2008). Buteo plagiatus (Schlegel). Gray Hawk. Change Salvin to Leucopternis plumbeus Cryptoleucop- Asturina plagiata Schlegel, 1862, Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, (Salvin), move the species account to follow the teryx plumbea Rev. Méthod. Crit. Coll., livr. 1, Asturinae, p.1, note. heading, citation, and Notes for Cryptoleucopteryx, and replace (Veracruz, Mexico.) the existing Notes with: Formerly placed in the genus Leucopter- nis. See comments under Cryptoleucopteryx. Habitat.—Gallery Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Tropi- cal Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, River-edge Forest (0–1,300 m; The genus Morphnarchus is resurrected as a monotypic ge- Tropical and Subtropical zones). nus for the species princeps. Insert the following heading in a posi- Distribution.—Resident from southern Arizona, southern tion following the account for Buteogallus solitarius (see below): New Mexico (rarely), western (rarely) and southern Texas south through Middle America (including the Bay Islands, off Hondu- Genus morphnarchus Ridgway ras) to northwestern Costa Rica (Gulf of Nicoya region). North- ernmost breeding populations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Morphnarchus Ridgway, 1920, Smiths. Misc. Coll. 72(4):2. Type, western Texas are largely migratory southward in nonbreeding by original designation, Leucopternis princeps Sclater. season. Notes.—Formerly treated as conspecific with the allopatric Notes.—Formerly merged with Leucopternis (AOU 1983, B. nitidus under the English name Gray Hawk, but separated on 1998), but now treated as a separate monotypic genus on the basis the basis of differences in vocalizations, plumage, and morphology of genetic data (Amaral et al. 2006, 2009; Lerner et al. 2008). (Millsap et al. 2011). Formerly (AOU 1998) placed in the genus Asturina (with B. nitidus), but mitochondrial DNA sequence data Change Leucopternis princeps Sclater to Morphnarchus indicate that recognition of the genus Asturina renders Buteo princeps (Sclater), move the species account to follow the heading, paraphyletic (Riesing et al. 2003).

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Buteo nitidus (Latham). Gray-lined Hawk. p. 133. Change Aramides cajanea (Müller) to Aramides cajaneus (Müller). David and Gosselin (2011) have shown that the Falco nitidus Latham, 1790, Index Ornithol. 1:41. Based on specific name, previously treated as a noun in apposition, is really the “Plumbeous Falcon” Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds a geographical adjective based on the place name “Cajenne,” ne- (suppl.) 1:37. (in Cayana = Cayenne.) cessitating a change in gender ending.

Habitat.—Gallery Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Tropi- p. 136. Change Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus) to Porphy- cal Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, River-edge Forest (0–1,600 m; rio martinicus (Linnaeus) and make appropriate corrections in Tropical and Subtropical zones). the Notes. David and Gosselin (2011) have shown that the specific Distribution.—Resident from Costa Rica (except northwest), name, previously treated as a noun in apposition, is really a geo- Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Guianas graphical adjective based on the place name “Martinique,” neces- south, west of the Andes to western Ecuador, and east of the Andes sitating a change in gender ending. to northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Notes.—See comments under B. plagiatus. pp. 142–143. Records of the European Golden-Plover, Pluvia- lis apricaria, in the United States are recognized. Replace the fi- pp. 97–99. Recent genetic data have shown that the linear po- nal paragraph in the Distribution statement with the following: sition of the genus Buteogallus does not properly reflect its evolu- Casual in Atlantic Canada and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, espe- tionary relationships, that the linear sequence of species within cially in spring after storms. Accidental in southeastern Alaska the genus Buteogallus does not reflect their evolutionary rela- in winter (specimen, Piston and Heinl 2001) and in fall in Maine tionships, and that the genus is paraphyletic if species currently (North Amer. Birds 63:44, photo) and Delaware (North Amer. included in the genus Harpyhaliaetus are excluded (Amaral et Birds 64:46, photo). al. 2006, 2009; Lerner et al. 2008). Move the genus heading for Buteogallus and the four species accounts to a position following p. 213. Synthliboramphus scrippsi is treated as a species sepa- the account for Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea and insert the species rate from S. hypoleucus. Insert the following new species account accounts in the following sequence: before the account for S. hypoleucus:

Buteogallus anthracinus Synthliboramphus scrippsi (Green and Arnold). Scripps’s Buteogallus gundlachii Murrelet. Buteogallus meridionalis Buteogallus urubitinga Endomychura hypoleuca scrippsi Green and Arnold, 1939, Condor 41:28. (Anacapa Island, California.) Delete the genus heading for Harpyhaliaetus. Move the citations for Harpyhaliaetus and Urubitornis into the synonymy of Habitat.—Coastal waters, pelagic waters; nests on islands Buteogallus. Insert the account for Harpyhaliaetus solitarius fol- on the ground, in crevices beneath large rocks, or under dense lowing the species account for Buteogallus urubitinga, changing clumps of vegetation. Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (Tschudi) to Buteogallus solitarius Distribution.—Breeds on islands off southern California (Tschudi), and replace the existing Notes with: Formerly placed (San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Clemente, in the genus Harpyhaliaetus, but genetic data indicate that Buteo- and, formerly, Santa Catalina) and western Baja California (San gallus is paraphyletic if Harpyhaliaetus is excluded (Amaral et al. Benito, and Coronado and San Jerónimo islands). On large islands 2006, 2009). (e.g., San Miguel, Santa Cruz, San Clemente) confined largely or entirely to offshore rocks (Drost and Lewis 1995). Breeding on San pp. 105–111. Move the heading Order FALCONIFORMES: Martín and Cedros islands, Baja California, uncertain. Caracaras and Falcons and the family and subfamily headings and Winters offshore from northern California (rarely) south to genus and species accounts included under this heading to a posi- southern Baja California. tion following the account for Campephilus imperialis. Insert the Wanders in late summer and fall north to waters from off following at the beginning of the Notes: Recent phylogenetic anal- central California to Oregon, casually to Washington and south- yses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences have shown ern British Columbia. that the Falconiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes form a Notes.—See comments under S. hypoleucus. monophyletic group that may also include the extralimital Cari- amiformes (Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett et al. 2008). Change the English name of S. hypoleucus to Guadalupe Murrelet and change the Distribution statement to: p. 118. Change the English name for Pavo cristatus to Indian Breeds on offshore rocks and islands of western Baja Califor- Peafowl (as in Dickinson 2003, Rasmussen and Anderton 2005, nia from Guadalupe Island south to San Benito Islands. Uncon- Gill and Wright 2006). At the end of the account for this species, firmed breeding on San Martín Island, Baja California, and San insert the following: Clemente and Santa Barbara islands, California. Notes.—Formerly known as Common Peafowl (e.g., AOU 1983, Winters offshore presumably within the breeding range along 1998), but name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. the Pacific coast of Baja California.

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Wanders after the breeding season to waters well offshore of Setochalcis Oberholser, 1914, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., no. 86, central California (rare and somewhat irregular in late summer p. 11. Type, by original designation, Caprimulgus vociferus Wilson. and fall), and at least casually north to off the coast of Washing- Annamormis Davis, 1978, Pan American Studies 1:39. Type, ton. Casual off coastal California at least until early winter, and by original designation, Caprimulgus rufus Boddaert. accidental there in midwinter. Less numerous than S. scrippsi in inshore waters. Notes.—Formerly merged with Caprimulgus (AOU 1983, 1998), but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic Replace the existing Notes for S. hypoleucus with the fol- data (Han et al. 2010). lowing: Formerly treated as conspecific with S. scrippsi (as Xan- tus’s Murrelet) but separated on the basis of a lack of evidence of Change the generic names of Caprimulgus carolinen- interbreeding where the two are sympatric on the San Benito Is- sis, Caprimulgus rufus, Caprimulgus cubanensis, Caprimul- lands, and on differences in morphology (especially facial pattern gus salvini, Caprimulgus badius, Caprimulgus ridgwayi, and bill shape), vocalizations, and genetics (Birt et al. 2012; see Caprimulgus vociferus, Caprimulgus saturatus, Caprimul- also Jehl and Bond 1975, Keitt 2005). These species were formerly gus arizonae, and Caprimulgus noctitherus to Antrostomus placed in the genus Endomychura. and place the accounts for these species in this sequence under the heading and Notes for Antrostomus. Remove the parenthe- p. 217. Change the heading Family PTEROCLIDIDAE: Sand- ses around the authority names for cubanensis, badius, ridgwayi, grouse to Family PTEROCLIDAE: Sandgrouse. The name Ptero- and saturatus; add parentheses around the authority names for clididae is an unjustified modification of Pteroclidae Bonaparte, carolinensis, rufus, salvini, and vociferus; and change the genus 1831 (Bock 1994). name in the citation for A. arizonae from Caprimulgus to Antros- tomus. For each species, make the appropriate changes in generic pp. 232–245. Move the heading Order PSITTACIFORMES: names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and amend Parrots and the family and subfamily headings and genus and spe- the Notes as detailed below. In the species accounts for all species accounts included under this heading to a position following the cies except A. saturatus, add the following to the end of the Notes: account for Falco mexicanus. Insert the following at the beginning Formerly placed in the genus Caprimulgus. See comments under of the Notes: Recent phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nu- Antrostomus. clear DNA sequences have shown that the Falconiformes, Psittaci- formes, and Passeriformes form a monophyletic group that may also Insert the following at the end of the species account for include the extralimital Cariamiformes (Ericson et al. 2006, Hackett A. saturatus: et al. 2008). Analysis of retroposons also supports a close relationship Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Caprimulgus. See between Psittaciformes and Passeriformes (Suh et al. 2011). comments under Antrostomus.

pp. 270–273. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochon- Following the species account for Antrostomus noctitherus, drial DNA sequences (Han et al. 2010) has shown that the genus insert the following heading: Caprimulgus is highly polyphyletic and that the linear sequence of species currently placed in this genus does not reflect their evo- Genus HYDROPSALIS Wagler lutionary relationships. Species now in Caprimulgus are found in three of the four major clades of the Caprimulgidae, two endemic to Hydropsalis Wagler, 1832, Isis von Oken, col. 1222. Type, by the New World and one consisting of Old World taxa; the type spe- subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855), Caprimulgus cies europaeus belongs to the Old World group, which retains the furcifer Vieillot. name Caprimulgus. TheAOU Check-list includes species from each of these three clades, including an accidental from the Old World. Move the citation for Antiurus from the synonymy of Caprimulgus to the synonymy of Hydropsalis, change The genus Antrostomus, which has been in the synonymy of Caprimulgus cayennensis Gmelin and Caprimulgus macu- Caprimulgus, is restored for the species carolinensis, cubanensis, licaudus (Lawrence) to Hydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin) badius, ridgwayi, arizonae, and saturatus, and is now used for the and Hydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence), respectively, and following species also formerly placed in Caprimulgus: rufus, sal- place the accounts for these species in this sequence under the vini, ridgwayi, vociferus, and noctitherus. Remove the citations for heading and Notes for Hydropsalis. For each species, make the Antrostomus, Annamormis, and Setochalcis from the synonymy of appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations within Caprimulgus and insert the following heading and Notes after the the existing Notes, and amend the Notes as detailed below. In account for Nyctiphrynus ocellatus: the species account for H. cayennensis, replace the existing Notes with the following: Genus ANTROSTOMUS Bonaparte Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Caprimulgus (AOU 1983, 1998). This species and H. maculicaudus are now con- Antrostomus Bonaparte, 1838, Geogr. Comp. List, p. 8. Type, sidered to be part of a mostly South American group placed by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840), Caprimul- in an expanded Hydropsalis on the basis of genetic data (Han gus carolinensis Gmelin. et al. 2010).

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Insert the following at the end of the species account for Abeillia H. maculicaudus: Orthorhyncus Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Caprimulgus (AOU Phaeochroa 1983, 1998). See comments under Hydropsalis cayennensis. Campylopterus Eupherusa pp. 282–314. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochon- Elvira drial DNA sequences (McGuire et al. 2007, 2009) has shown that Microchera the linear sequence of subfamilies and genera within the family Tro- Chalybura chilidae does not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Thalurania Amazilia Under the heading Family TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds Trochilus on p. 282, replace the existing Notes with the following: Sequence Goethalsia of subfamilies and genera follows McGuire et al. (2009). Goldmania Lepidopyga Insert the following heading after the Notes on p. 282 refer- Damophila enced above: Hylocharis Subfamily TOPAZINAE: Topazes p. 288. In the citation for Anthracothorax mango, change “Al- Place the subfamilies and genera in the family Trochilidae in bin, Nat. Hist. Birds 2:45, pl. 49, fig. 1” to “Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds the following new sequence: 3:45, pl. 49, fig. 2” to follow Linnaeus (Wetherbee 1992).

Subfamily TOPAZINAE: Topazes p. 311. Change Stellula calliope (Gould) to Selasphorus Florisuga calliope (Gould), delete the genus heading for Stellula, move the Subfamily PHAETHORNITHINAE: Hermits citation for Stellula into the synonymy of Selasphorus, insert the Eutoxeres species account for Selasphorus calliope to follow the account for Glaucis Selasphorus scintilla, delete “and Stellula” from the Notes under Threnetes genus Archilochus (p. 309), and insert the following at the end of Phaethornis the species account: Subfamily TROCHILINAE: Typical Hummingbirds Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Stellula, but genetic Doryfera data indicate that Selasphorus is paraphyletic if calliope is ex- Colibri cluded (McGuire et al. 2007, 2009). Androdon Heliothryx p. 342. Change Veniliornis fumigatus (d’Orbigny) to Picoi- Chrysolampis des fumigatus (d’Orbigny), move the account for this species to Anthracothorax precede the species account for Picoides villosus, and add the fol- Eulampis lowing to the end of the species account: Discosura Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Veniliornis, but genetic Lophornis data (Moore et al. 2006) indicate that it is a member of the genus Haplophaedia Picoides. Heliodoxa Eugenes pp. 347–360. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochon- Panterpe drial DNA sequences (Derryberry et al. 2011) has shown that the Heliomaster linear sequence of subfamilies and genera within the family Fur- Lampornis nariidae does not accurately reflect their evolutionary relation- Lamprolaima ships. Their phylogenetic conclusions result in a new sequence of Calliphlox subfamilies and genera, as follows: Doricha Tilmatura Subfamily SCLERURINAE: Leaftossers Calothorax Sclerurus Archilochus Subfamily DENDROCOLAPTINAE: Woodcreepers Mellisuga Sittasomus Calypte Deconychura Atthis Dendrocincla Selasphorus Glyphorynchus Chlorostilbon Dendrocolaptes Cynanthus Xiphocolaptes Cyanophaia Xiphorhynchus Klais Dendroplex

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Campylorhamphus Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Xiphorhynchus. See Lepidocolaptes comments under Dendroplex. Subfamily FURNARIINAE: Ovenbirds Xenops p. 426. The genus Pipra as currently constituted does Pseudocolaptes not form a monophyletic group (Prum 1992, Rêgo et al. 2007, Lochmias Tello et al. 2009, McKay et al. 2010); a group of species that in- Philydor cludes coronata is not closely related to the remaining species Anabacerthia of Pipra, including the type species aureola. Delete the Notes Syndactyla under the heading Family PIPRIDAE: Manakins (p. 423), de- Hyloctistes lete “and Pipra coronata” from the Notes for Genus PIPRA Lin- Automolus naeus, remove the citation for Lepidothrix from the synonymy Thripadectes of Pipra, and insert the following after the species account for Premnoplex Chiroxiphia linearis: Margarornis Xenerpestes Genus LEPIDOTHRIX Bonaparte Cranioleuca Synallaxis Lepidothrix Bonaparte, 1854, Consp. Voluc. Anisod., p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855), Pipra cyanocapilla Under the heading Family FURNARIIDAE: Ovenbirds, Wagl. = Pipra cyanocapilla Hahn = Pipra coronata Spix. Woodcreepers, and Leaftossers on p. 347, replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly merged with Pipra (AOU 1983, 1998), but Notes.—The woodcreepers (subfamily Dendrocolaptinae) now treated as a separate genus on the basis of syringeal (Prum were formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the separate family Den- 1992) and genetic data (Rêgo et al. 2007, Tello et al. 2009, McKay drocolaptidae, but genetic data (Irestedt et al. 2002, Chesser 2004), et al. 2010), which indicate that the two genera are not closely which are consistent with morphological studies (Ames 1971, Fe- related. duccia 1973), showed that these genera were embedded within the Furnariidae. The sequence of genera follows Derryberry et al. (2011). Change Pipra coronata Spix to Lepidothrix coronata On p. 349, delete the Notes under the heading Genus (Spix), place the account for this species under the heading and XENERPESTES Berlepsch. Notes for Lepidothrix, and replace the existing Notes with the following: Groups: L. velutina (Berlepsch, 1883) [Velvety Manakin], p. 358. The genus Dendroplex is resurrected for Xiphorhyn- L. coronata [Blue-crowned Manakin], and L. exquisita (Hellmayr, chus picus and the extralimital species X. kienerii. Remove the 1905) [Exquisite Manakin]. Formerly placed in the genus Pipra. citation for Dendroplex from the synonymy of Xiphorhynchus See comments under Lepidothrix. and insert the following after the account for Xiphorhynchus erythropygius: pp. 471–486. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Rice et al. 1999, Barker 2004, Mann et al. Genus DENDROPLEX Swainson 2006) has shown that the linear sequence of genera within the family Troglodytidae does not accurately reflect their evolution- Dendroplex Swainson, 1827, Zool. J. 3: 354. Type, by subse- ary relationships. Their phylogenetic conclusions result in a new quent designation, D. picus = Oriolus picus Gmelin. (Pre- sequence of genera, as follows: viously cited type, D. guttatus Spix = Dendrocolaptes ocellatus Spix set aside as misidentification [I.C.Z.N. Salpinctes 1999, Art. 69.2.4], fide Aleixo et al. 2007.) Microcerculus Catherpes Notes.—Formerly merged with Xiphorhynchus (AOU 1983, Hylorchilus 1998), but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of ge- Ferminia netic data, which show that the two genera are not closely related Troglodytes (Aleixo 2002). The return to the use of Dendroplex for picus and Thryorchilus the extralimital species kienerii (Lafresnaye, 1855) [Zimmer’s Cistothorus Woodcreeper] is based on Aleixo et al. (2007), who fixed the type Thryothorus of Dendroplex as picus, invalidating the former designation of Thryomanes Xiphorhynchus ocellatus as the type because it was based on a Campylorhynchus misidentification. Pheugopedius (see below) Thryophilus (see below) Change Xiphorhynchus picus (Gmelin) to Dendroplex Cantorchilus (see below) picus (Gmelin), place the account for these species under the Uropsila heading and Notes for Dendroplex, and insert the following at the Henicorhina end of the species account: Cyphorhinus

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Under the heading Family TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens Insert the following at the end of the species account on p. 471, add the following sentence at the end of the Notes: Se- for P. fasciatoventris: quence of genera follows Barker (2004) and Mann et al. (2006). Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus. See com- Delete the Notes under the headings Genus SALPINCTES ments under Pheugopedius. Cabanis, Genus MICROCERCULUS Sclater, Genus CATHERPES Baird, and Genus HYLORCHILUS Nelson. Following the species account for Pheugopedius fasciatoventris, insert the following heading and Notes: pp. 475–479. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Barker 2004, Mann et al. 2006) has shown Genus THRYOPHILUS Baird that the genus Thryothorus is polyphyletic and that the linear sequence of species currently placed in this genus does not reflect Thryophilus Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. Bds. 1:127. Type, by origi- their evolutionary relationships. The type species ludovicianus nal designation, Thryothorus rufalbus Lafresnaye. is only distantly related to the other species currently placed in Thryothorus, which constitute three clades that may or may not Notes.—Formerly merged with Thryothorus (AOU 1983, form a monophyletic group. The AOU Check-list includes species 1998), but now treated as separate on the basis of genetic data from each of these clades. (Barker 2004, Mann et al. 2006), which indicate that the two genera are not closely related. Move the genus heading for Thryothorus to follow the species account for Cistothorus palustris, and move the species account Change the generic names of Thryothorus rufalbus, for Thryothorus ludovicianus to follow the heading for Thryotho- Thryothorus sinaloa, and Thryothorus pleurostictus to rus. Add the following under the citation of genus Thryothorus: Thryophilus and place the accounts for these species in this Notes.—See Notes under Pheugopedius, Thryophilus, and sequence under the heading and Notes for Thryophilus. Add Cantorchilus. parentheses around the authority names for rufalbus and pleurostictus. For each species, make the appropriate changes Change the second sentence of the Notes for Thryothorus in generic names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, ludovicianus to read: Phillips (1986) treated albinucha as a species. and amend the Notes as detailed below. In the species accounts for T. rufalbus and T. sinaloa, add the following to the end of Following the species account for Campylorhynchus brunnei- the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus. See com- capillus, insert the following: ments under Thryophilus.

Genus PHEUGOPEDIUS Cabanis Delete “constitute a superspecies (Sibley and Monroe 1990); they” from the first sentence of the Notes for Thryophilus rufal- Pheugopedius Cabanis, 1851, Mus. Hein., 1: 79. Type, by bus, and delete the second sentence of the Notes for Thryophilus monotypy, Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson. sinaloa.

Notes.—Formerly merged with Thryothorus (AOU 1983, Insert the following at the end of the species account for 1998), but now treated as separate on the basis of genetic data T. pleurostictus: (Barker 2004, Mann et al. 2006), which indicate that the two gen- Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus. See com- era are not closely related. ments under Thryophilus.

Change the generic names of Thryothorus spadix, Thryo- Following the species account for Thryophilus pleurostictus, thorus atrogularis, Thryothorus rutilus, Thryothorus maculi- insert the following heading and Notes: pectus, Thryothorus felix, and Thryothorus fasciatoventris to Pheugopedius and place the accounts for these species in this se- Genus Mann et al. quence under the heading and Notes for Pheugopedius. Remove CANTORCHILUS the parentheses around the authority name for spadix and add parentheses around the authority names for atrogularis, rutilus, Cantorchilus Mann et al., 2006, Mol. Phylo. Evol. 40:758. Type, maculipectus, felix, and fasciatoventris. For each species, make by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot. the appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and amend the Notes as detailed below. In the Notes.—Formerly considered part of Thryothorus (AOU species accounts for all species except P. fasciatoventris, add the 1983, 1998), but now treated as separate on the basis of genetic following to the end of the Notes: Formerly placed in the genus data (Barker 2004, Mann et al. 2006), which indicate that the two Thryothorus. See comments under Pheugopedius. genera are not closely related.

Delete “; they constitute a superspecies (Sibley and Monroe Change the generic names of Thryothorus leucopogon, 1990)” from both the first sentence of the Notes for Pheugope- Thryothorus thoracicus, Thryothorus modestus, Thryothorus dius spadix and the first sentence of the Notes for Pheugopedius nigricapillus, Thryothorus semibadius, and Thryothorus leu- rutilus. cotis to Cantorchilus and place the accounts for these species in

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this sequence under the heading and Notes for Cantorchilus. Add p. 602. Arremon costaricensis and A. atricapillus are sepa- parentheses around the authority names for thoracicus, modes- rated from A. torquatus. Delete the species account for A. tor- tus, nigricapillus, semibadius, and leucotis. For each species, make quatus and replace it with new accounts for A. costaricensis and the appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations within A. atricapillus as follows: the existing Notes, and amend the Notes as detailed below. Add the following to the end of the Notes of the species accounts for Arremon costaricensis (Bangs). Costa Rican Brush-Finch. thoracicus, modestus, nigricapillus, and semibadius: Formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus. See comments under Cantorchilus. Buarremon costaricensis Bangs, 1907, Auk 24:310. (Boruca, Costa Rica.) Delete the existing Notes for Cantorchilus leucopogon and insert the following: Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest, Tropical Lowland Notes.—Hellmayr (1934) and Paynter in Mayr and Greenway Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Elfin Forest (300–1,200 m; (1960) considered C. leucopogon and C. thoracicus to be conspe- upper Tropical and Subtropical zones). cific, but see Wetmore et al. (1984). Formerly placed in the genus Distribution.—Resident in southwestern Costa Rica (north Thryothorus. See comments under Cantorchilus. to the Gulf of Nicoya) and Chiriquí, western Panama. Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) included in A. torquatus Delete the second sentence from the existing Notes for Can- (Lafresnaye and d’Orbigny) [White-browed Brush-Finch], but torchilus modestus. here considered specifically distinct on the basis of differences in vocalizations, plumage, and genetics (Cadena and Cuervo 2010). Delete the second sentence from the existing Notes for Can- Formerly considered conspecific with A. atricapillus, either as torchilus nigricapillus, and insert the following: Some authors part of A. torquatus (AOU 1998) or distinct from A. torquatus (e.g., Hellmayr 1934 and Paynter in Mayr and Greenway 1960) (AOU 1983). Formerly placed in the genus Buarremon (AOU consider C. nigricapillus and C. semibadius to be conspecific, but 1998). see Slud (1964) and Wetmore et al. (1984). Arremon atricapillus (Lawrence). Black-headed Brush-Finch. Delete the existing Notes for Cantorchilus leucotis and insert the following: Buarremon atricapillus Lawrence, 1874, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. Notes.—Species limits among Cantorchilus leucotis and the New York 10:396. (“Bogotá,” Colombia.) South American C. superciliaris (Lawrence, 1869) [Superciliated Wren], C. guarayanus (Lafresnaye and d’Orbigny, 1837) [Fawn- Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest, Tropical Lowland breasted Wren], and C. longirostris (Vieillot, 1818) [Long-billed Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Elfin Forest (700–1,000 m; Wren] are uncertain (see Ridgely and Tudor 1989). Formerly placed upper Tropical and Subtropical zones). in the genus Thryothorus. See comments under Cantorchilus. Distribution.—Resident in eastern Panamá province, eastern San Blas, and eastern Darién, Panama, south to the west slope p. 554. In the citation for Seiurus aurocapilla, change “Ed- of the Eastern Andes, both slopes of the Central Andes, and the wards, Glean. Nat. Hist. 5:91, pl. 252” to “Edwards, Glean. Nat. Pacific slope of the Western Andes, northern Colombia. Hist. 1:91, pl. 252” to correct a numbering error (Wetherbee 1992). Notes.—See comments under A. costaricensis.

p. 565. The extralimital species Basileuterus hypoleucus pp. 614–615. Amphispiza belli is transferred to the new genus is merged with Basileuterus culicivorus. Add the following to Artemisiospiza. After the account for Amphispiza bilineata, in- the end of the Notes for B. culicivorus: Includes B. hypoleucus sert the following heading and Notes: Bonaparte, 1850 [White-bellied Warbler], formerly considered a separate species but merged on the basis of playback experiments Genus ARTEMISIOSPIZA Klicka and Banks (Robbins et al. 1999), lack of differences in vocalizations (Robbins et al. 1999) and genetics (Vilaça and Santos 2010), and the pres- Artemisiospiza Klicka and Banks, 2011, Zootaxa 2793:67. ence of mixed pairs and intermediates where their ranges overlap Type, by original designation, Emberiza belli Cassin. (Hellmayr 1935, Willis 1986, Robbins et al. 1999). Notes.—Formerly considered part of Amphispiza (AOU p. 599. Remove the genus Paroaria and its included species 1983, 1998), but genetic data (Klicka and Spellman 2007, Da- from the family Emberizidae and transfer them to a position at Costa et al. 2009) indicate that the two genera are not closely the beginning of the Thraupidae, preceding the heading for the related. genus Conirostrum. Substitute the following for the Notes under the generic name: Change Amphispiza belli (Cassin) to Artemisiospiza belli Notes.—Mitochondrial genetic data (Yuri and Mindell 2002, (Cassin), place the account for this species under the heading and Burns and Naoki 2004) provide strong evidence that the affinities Notes for Artemisiospiza, and insert the following at the end of of this genus, previously placed in the Emberizidae, are with the the existing Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Amphispiza. See Thraupidae. comments under Artemisiospiza.

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p. 650. In the citation for Icterus spurius, change “Catesby, p. 685. Change the English name for Macronectes giganteus Nat. Hist. Carolina 1:48, pl. 48” to “Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina to Southern Giant-Petrel (as in Dickinson 2003, Christidis and 1:49, pl. 49” to correct a typographical error (Wetherbee 1992). Boles 2008, Remsen et al. 2012). Add the following to the end of the species account: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as Antarc- pp. 660–662. The genusCarpodacus as currently constituted tic Giant-Petrel, but name modified to conform to general world- does not form a monophyletic group (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2007, wide usage. Lerner et al. 2011, Zuccon et al. 2012); the North American species are not closely related to the remaining species of Carpodacus, p. 686. Change the English name for Pterodroma solandri to which include the type species roseus. Insert the following after Providence Petrel (as in Dickinson 2003, Gill and Wright 2006, the species account for Carpodacus erythrinus: and Christidis and Boles 2008). Change the last sentence of the species account to: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as Solander’s Genus HAEMORHOUS Swainson Petrel, but name modified to conform to general worldwide usage.

Haemorhous Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classif. Bds. 2:295. p. 687. Change the English name for Oceanites gracilis to Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888), Fringilla Elliot’s Storm-Petrel (as in Gill and Wright 2006 and Remsen purpurea Gmelin. et al. 2012). Add the following to the end of the species account: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as White-vented Storm-Petrel, Notes.—Formerly merged with Carpodacus (AOU 1983, but name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. 1998), but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic data (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2007, Lerner et al. 2011, Zuccon et al. p. 693. Change the English name for Sterna trudeaui to 2012), which show that the two genera are not closely related. Snowy-crowned Tern (as in Gill and Wright 2006 and Remsen et al. 2012). Add the following to the end of the species account: Change the generic names of Carpodacus purpureus, Car- Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as Trudeau’s Tern, but name podacus cassinii, and Carpodacus mexicanus to Haemorhous, modified to conform to general worldwide usage. and move the accounts for these species in this sequence to follow the heading and notes for Haemorhous. Add parentheses around p. 696. Change the English name for Copsychus saularis to the authority name for cassinii. For cassinii and mexicanus, make Oriental Magpie-Robin (as in Dickinson 2003, Rasmussen and the appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations within Anderton 2005, and Gill and Wright 2006). Add the following to the existing Notes, and insert the following at the end of the Notes: the end of the species account: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known Formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus. See comments under as Magpie-Robin, but name modified to conform to general world- Haemorhous. wide usage.

Substitute the following for the Notes in the species account p. 698. Change the English name for Lagonosticta rubricata for H. purpureus: to African Firefinch (as in Stevenson and Fanshawe 2002, Sinclair Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus. See com- and Ryan 2003, and Dickinson 2003). Add the following to the end ments under Haemorhous. of the species account: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as Afri- can Fire-Finch, but name modified to conform to general world- Delete the final sentence of the Notes in the species account wide usage. for Carpodacus erythrinus. pp. 705 ff. Make the following changes to the list of French Move the citation for Burrica from the synonymy of Carpo- names of North American birds: dacus to the synonymy of Haemorhous. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by p. 669. Change the English name for Serinus canaria to Is- the text of this supplement: land Canary (as in Clements 2000 and Dickinson 2003). Change Puffinus subalaris Puffin des Galapagos the Notes to read: Formerly known as Common Canary (e.g., AOU Puffinus bryani Puffin de Bryan 1998), but name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea Buse plombée Buteogallus solitarius Buse solitaire p. 669. Recent genetic data have shown that the current linear Morphnarchus princeps Buse barrée position of the genus Pyrrhula does not properly reflect its evolu- Pseudastur albicollis Buse blanche tionary relationships (Lerner et al. 2011, Zuccon et al. 2012). Move Buteo plagiatus Buse grise Genus PYRRHULA Brisson, its citation, and the species account Aramides cajaneus Râle de Cayenne for Pyrrhula pyrrhula to a position following the species account Porphyrio martinicus Talève violacée for Pinicola enucleator and insert the following under the heading Synthliboramphus scrippsi Guillemot de Scripps and citation for Pyrrhula: PTEROCLIDAE Notes.—Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic data indicate Antrostomus carolinensis Engoulevent de Caroline that Pyrrhula and Pinicola are closely related genera (Lerner et al. Antrostomus rufus Engoulevent roux 2011, Zuccon et al. 2012). Antrostomus cubanensis Engoulevent peut-on-voir

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Antrostomus salvini Engoulevent de Salvin Pipra coronata Manakin à tête bleue Antrostomus badius Engoulevent maya Thryothorus spadix Troglodyte moine Antrostomus ridgwayi Engoulevent de Ridgway Thryothorus atrogularis Troglodyte à gorge noire Antrostomus vociferus Engoulevent bois-pourri Thryothorus fasciatoventris Troglodyte à ventre noir Antrostomus saturatus Engoulevent montagnard Thryothorus nigricapillus Troglodyte à calotte noire Antrostomus arizonae Engoulevent d’Arizona Thryothorus semibadius Troglodyte des ruisseaux Antrostomus noctitherus Engoulevent de Porto Rico Thryothorus leucopogon Troglodyte balafré Hydropsalis cayennensis Engoulevent coré Thryothorus thoracicus Troglodyte flammé Hydropsalis maculicaudus Engoulevent à queue étoilée Thryothorus rutilus Troglodyte des halliers Selasphorus calliope Colibri calliope Thryothorus maculipectus Troglodyte à poitrine tachetée Picoides fumigatus Pic enfumé Thryothorus rufalbus Troglodyte rufalbin Dendroplex picus Grimpar talapiot Thryothorus sinaloa Troglodyte du Sinaloa Lepidothrix coronata Manakin à tête bleue Thryothorus pleurostictus Troglodyte barré Pheugopedius spadix Troglodyte moine Thryothorus felix Troglodyte joyeux Pheugopedius atrogularis Troglodyte à gorge noire Thryothorus leucotis Troglodyte à face pâle Pheugopedius rutilus Troglodyte des halliers Thryothorus modestus Troglodyte modeste Pheugopedius maculipectus Troglodyte à poitrine tachetée Arremon torquatus Tohi à tête rayée Pheugopedius felix Troglodyte joyeux Amphispiza belli Bruant de Bell Pheugopedius fasciatoventris Troglodyte à ventre noir Carpodacus purpureus Roselin pourpré Thryophilus rufalbus Troglodyte rufalbin Carpodacus cassinii Roselin de Cassin Thryophilus sinaloa Troglodyte du Sinaloa Carpodacus mexicanus Roselin familier Thryophilus pleurostictus Troglodyte barré Cantorchilus leucopogon Troglodyte balafré Move Leucopternis semiplumbeus to follow Pseudastur albicollis. Cantorchilus thoracicus Troglodyte flammé Move species in Buteogallus to follow Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea Cantorchilus modestus Troglodyte modeste in this order: Cantorchilus nigricapillus Troglodyte à calotte noire Buteogallus anthracinus Cantorchilus semibadius Troglodyte des ruisseaux Buteogallus gundlachii Cantorchilus leucotis Troglodyte à face pâle Buteogallus meridionalis Arremon costaricensis Tohi du Costa Rica Buteogallus urubitinga Arremon atricapillus Tohi à tête noire Buteogallus solitarius Artemisiospiza belli Bruant de Bell Haemorhous purpureus Roselin pourpré Move FALCONIDAE, PSITTACIDAE, and their included species, Haemorhous cassinii Roselin de Cassin to a position following Campephilus imperialis. Haemorhous mexicanus Roselin familier Rearrange the generic placements and species sequence in Delete the following names: TROCHILIDAE, FURNARIIDAE, and TROGLODYTIDAE as Leucopternis plumbeus Buse plombée indicated by the text of this supplement. Leucopternis princeps Buse barrée Leucopternis albicollis Buse blanche Transfer Paroaria coronata and P. capitata to the family THRAU- Harpyhaliaetus solitarius Buse solitaire PIDAE, to precede Conirostrum leucogenys. Aramides cajanea Râle de Cayenne Porphyrio martinica Talève violacée Move Pyrrhula pyrrhula to a position following Pinicola enucleator. PTEROCLIDIDAE Caprimulgus carolinensis Engoulevent de Caroline Proposals considered but not accepted by the committee Caprimulgus rufus Engoulevent roux included recognition of Junco bairdii (Baird’s Junco) as a species Caprimulgus cubanensis Engoulevent peut-on-voir distinct from J. phaeonotus (Yellow-eyed Junco); recognition of Caprimulgus salvini Engoulevent de Salvin the extralimital species Gracula indica (Southern Hill-Myna) as Caprimulgus badius Engoulevent maya distinct from G. religiosa (Hill Myna); division of Amazona leuco- Caprimulgus ridgwayi Engoulevent de Ridgway cephala (Cuban Parrot) and Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Caprimulgus vociferus Engoulevent bois-pourri Sparrow) into multiple species; transfer of Deltarhynchus flam- Caprimulgus arizonae Engoulevent d’Arizona mulatus (Flammulated Flycatcher) to Ramphotrigon; resurrec- Caprimulgus noctitherus Engoulevent de Porto Rico tion of the genera Pseudobulweria for Pterodroma rostrata (Tahiti Caprimulgus saturatus Engoulevent montagnard Petrel), Urubitinga for Buteogallus urubitinga (Great Black-Hawk) Caprimulgus cayennensis Engoulevent coré and B. solitarius (Solitary Eagle), and Heterospizias for Buteogallus Caprimulgus maculicaudus Engoulevent à queue étoilée meridionalis (Savanna Hawk); modification of the English names Stellula calliope Colibri calliope of Buteo plagiatus (Gray Hawk), Columbina inca (Inca Dove), Veniliornis fumigatus Pic enfumé Setophaga flavescens (Bahama Warbler), and Pseudonestor xan- Xiphorhynchus picus Grimpar talapiot thophrys (Maui Parrotbill); rearrangement of the linear sequence

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FIFTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

R. Terry Chesser,1,13,14 Richard C. Banks,2 F. Keith Barker,3 Carla Cicero,4 Jon L. Dunn,5 Andrew W. Kratter,6 Irby J. Lovette,7 Pamela C. Rasmussen,8 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,9 James D. Rising,10 Douglas F. Stotz,11 and Kevin Winker12

1U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-111, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; 23201 Circle Hill Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22305, USA; 3Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA; 4Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 524 Idaho Street, Bishop, California 93514, USA; 6Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; 7Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA; 8Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; 9Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; 10Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; 11Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and 12University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

This is the 13th supplement since publication of the seventh edi- (7) the distributional statements or notes of three species (Automo- tion of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Orni- lus rubiginosus, Dendrocincla fuliginosa, and Troglodytes aedon) thologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made are changed because of splits of extralimital species; (8) one scien- between 1 May 2012 and 15 May 2013 by the AOU’s Committee on tific name Chlorospingus( flavopectus) is corrected in accordance Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America. with the rules of priority; (9) one genus (Psiloscops) is added as a The Committee has continued to operate in the manner outlined result of a split from another genus, resulting in a change to one in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Adolfo Navarro, of the Uni- scientific name P.( flammeolus); (10) five genera (Aphriza, Euryno- versidad Nacional Autónoma de México, has recently been added rhynchus, Limicola, Tryngites, and Philomachus) are lost by merger to the committee; his term will begin in 2013–2014. (into Calidris) and the scientific names of five speciesC. ( virgata, C. pygmea, C. falcinellus, C. subruficollis, and C. pugnax) are thereby Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) six changed, and one other genus (Chloropipo) is lost by merger (into species (Pterodroma solandri, P. feae, Gallinula chloropus, Agapor- Xenopipo) and the scientific name of one species (Xenopipo holo- nis roseicollis, Nandayus nenday, and Leucosticte arctoa) are added chlora) is thereby changed; (11) two genera (Terenura and Pipra) are to the main list on the basis of new distributional information (in- lost by being split, three genera (Euchrepomis, Dixiphia, and Cera- cluding three species transferred from the Appendix); (2) one spe- topipra) are added as a result of these splits, and the scientific names cies (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) is added to the main list because of four species (Euchrepomis callinota, Dixiphia pipra, Ceratopipra of a split from a species already on the list; (3) two species names mentalis, and Ceratopipra erythrocephala) are thereby changed; are changed (to Puffinus baroli and Myrmeciza zeledoni) because (12) one genus (Margarobyas) is added and one genus (Gymnoglaux) of splits from extralimital species; (4) two species (Schiffornis ve- lost because of a nomenclatural problem with the prior name; (13) raepacis and S. stenorhyncha) are added by being split both from the spelling of one genus name (Ptiliogonys) is corrected, with a re- an extralimital taxon (S. turdina) and from each other; (5) one spe- sulting change in two species names (P. cinereus and P. caudatus) cies (Thalurania fannyi) is lost because of a merger with another and one family name (Ptiliogonatidae); (14) the citation for nine spe- species already on the list (T. colombica); (6) one species name is cies (Dendragapus obscurus, Limnodromus scolopaceus, Patagioe- changed (to Loxops mana) by transfer from one genus to another; nas fasciata, Tyrannus verticalis, Salpinctes obsoletus, Oreothlypis

13The authors are members of the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. 14E-mail: [email protected]

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celata, Chondestes grammacus, Passerina amoena, and Spinus Ceratopipra mentalis Red-capped Manakin. psaltria) is changed; (15) the authorities for two genera (Coragyps Ceratopipra erythrocephala Golden-headed Manakin. and Numida) are changed; (16) the designation of the type species Ptiliogonatidae of one genus (Erolia) is corrected; (17) two generic names (Macror- Ptiliogonys cinereus Gray Silky-flycatcher. amphus and Microptera) are changed in accordance with the rules Ptiliogonys caudatus Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher. of priority; (18) the English name of one species (Thamnophilus atri- *Chlorospingus flavopectus Common Bush-Tanager. nucha) is changed to better reflect its phylogenetic relationships; Artemisiospiza nevadensis Sagebrush Sparrow. (19) the English names of two species (Thalurania colombica and Artemisiospiza belli Bell’s Sparrow. Artemisiospiza belli) are changed as a result of taxonomic changes; Leucosticte arctoa Asian Rosy-Finch. (A) and (20) one additional species (Harpagus bidentatus) is added to Loxops mana Hawaii Creeper. (H) the list of species known to occur in the United States. Delete the following names: One subfamily name (Drepanidinae) is deleted from the main list because of new phylogenetic data, and the species formerly in- Puffinus assimilisLittle Shearwater. (A) cluded in this subfamily are moved to a new position within the Aphriza virgata Surfbird. family Fringillidae. New linear sequences are adopted for fami- Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoon-billed Sandpiper. (A) lies in the order Charadriiformes, genera and species in the fami- Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper. (A) lies Pipridae and Mimidae, and species in the genera Calidris and Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Haemorhous, all because of new phylogenetic data. The spelling Philomachus pugnax Ruff. of the name of one order (Pterocliformes) is corrected as a conse- PTEROCLIDIFORMES quence of a previous correction to a family name. Otus flammeolusFlammulated Owl. Gymnoglaux lawrencii Bare-legged Owl. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Thalurania colombicaViolet-crowned Woodnymph. decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations Thalurania fannyiGreen-crowned Woodnymph. not already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with Thamnophilus atrinuchaWestern Slaty-Antshrike. supplements) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird Terenura callinota Rufous-rumped Antwren. species known from the AOU Check-list area can be found at Myrmeciza immaculata Immaculate Antbird. http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/. Schiffornis turdinaThrush-like Schiffornis. Chloropipo holochlora Green Manakin. The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers Pipra pipra White-crowned Manakin. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee’s Pipra mentalis Red-capped Manakin. actions: Pipra erythrocephala Golden-headed Manakin. Ptilogonatidae pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of spe- Ptilogonys cinereus Gray Silky-flycatcher. cies to 2,090. Insert the following names in the proper position as Ptilogonys caudatus Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher. indicated by the text of this supplement: *Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Common Bush-Tanager. Artemisiospiza belli Sage Sparrow. Pterodroma solandri Providence Petrel. (A) Drepanidinae Pterodroma feae Fea’s Petrel. (A) Oreomystis mana Hawaii Creeper. (H) Puffinus baroli Barolo Shearwater. (A) Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen. (A) Calidris virgata Surfbird. Change the sequence of families, and included genera and Calidris pugnax Ruff. species, in the Charadriiformes to: Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper. (A) Calidris pygmea Spoon-billed Sandpiper. (A) BURHINIDAE Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper. RECURVIROSTRIDAE PTEROCLIFORMES HAEMATOPODIDAE Psiloscops flammeolus Flammulated Owl. CHARADRIIDAE Margarobyas lawrencii Bare-legged Owl. JACANIDAE Thalurania colombicaCrowned Woodnymph. SCOLOPACIDAE Agapornis roseicollis Rosy-faced Lovebird. (I) GLAREOLIDAE Nandayus nenday Nanday Parakeet. (I) STERCORARIIDAE Thamnophilus atrinuchaBlack-crowned Antshrike. ALCIDAE Euchrepomis callinota Rufous-rumped Antwren. LARIDAE Myrmeciza zeledoni Zeledon’s Antbird. Schiffornis veraepacisNorthern Schiffornis. Change the sequence of species in Calidris to: Schiffornis stenorhynchaRusset-winged Schiffornis. Xenopipo holochlora Green Manakin. Calidris tenuirostris Dixiphia pipra White-crowned Manakin. Calidris canutus July 2013 — Fifty-fourth Supplement — 3

Calidris virgata Mimus gundlachii Calidris pugnax Mimus graysoni Calidris falcinellus Mimus gilvus Calidris acuminata Mimus polyglottos Calidris himantopus Calidris ferruginea Change the sequence of species in Haemorhous to: Calidris temminckii Calidris subminuta Haemorhous mexicanus Calidris pygmea Haemorhous purpureus Calidris ruficollis Haemorhous cassinii Calidris alba Calidris alpina Move the genera Telespiza through Melamprosops, and Calidris ptilocnemis their included species, to follow Pyrrhula pyrrhula. Calidris maritima Calidris bairdii p. 13. Following the account for Pterodroma macroptera, Calidris minuta insert the following new species account: Calidris minutilla Calidris fuscicollis (Gould). Providence Petrel. Calidris subruficollis Pterodroma solandri Calidris melanotos Calidris pusilla Procellaria Solandri Gould, 1844, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Calidris mauri p. 57 (Australia = Bass Strait.)

Change the sequence of species in the PIPRIDAE to: Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows and rock crevices, mostly on forested slopes and mountain summits on islands. .—Breeds primarily on Lord Howe Island, off Corapipo altera Distribution Australia. Small numbers also breed on Philip Island off Norfolk Chiroxiphia lanceolata Island; formerly bred on Norfolk Island. Chiroxiphia linearis Ranges at sea in the Tasman Sea (some year-round) south to Xenopipo holochlora Tasmania; a few reach New Zealand waters. At least some of the Dixiphia pipra population are trans-equatorial migrants and appear to be regular Ceratopipra mentalis in the northwest Pacific from off Japan to southern Kamchatka. Ceratopipra erythrocephala Recorded (status uncertain, but possibly regular, especially in Manacus candei fall) on 15 September 2011, about 86 km north-northwest of Attu Manacus aurantiacus Island, Aleutian Islands—at least 10 individuals (many photo- Manacus vitellinus graphed) were noted (Cooper and Mackiernan 2012). Photos from Lepidothrix coronata off Westport, Washington, on 11 September 1983, and off Tofino, British Columbia, on 23 September 2006, might also pertain to Change the sequence of species in the MIMIDAE to: this species. Notes.—Also known as Solander’s Petrel. Melanotis caerulescens Melanotis hypoleucus p. 16. Before the account for Pterodroma cookii, insert the Melanoptila glabrirostris following new species account: Dumetella carolinensis Ramphocinclus brachyurus Allenia fusca Pterodroma feae (Salvadori). Fea’s Petrel. Margarops fuscatus Cinclocerthia ruficauda Oestralata feae Salvadori, 1899, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova Cinclocerthia gutturalis 40:305. (San Nicolas Island, Cape Verde Islands.) Toxostoma curvirostre Toxostoma ocellatum Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests in burrows or crevices on Toxostoma rufum islands. Toxostoma longirostre Distribution.—Breeds on the Cape Verde Islands and on Bu- Toxostoma guttatum gio Island in the Desertas Islands; possibly also on the Azores. Toxostoma bendirei Ranges at sea in the eastern North Atlantic, at least casually Toxostoma cinereum north to the United Kingdom. Toxostoma redivivum Rare but annual in western Atlantic waters off North Amer- Toxostoma lecontei ica; most records are in late spring and are from off North Car- Toxostoma crissale olina, but documented north to Nova Scotia and reported south Oreoscoptes montanus to Georgia (Dunn et al. 2012). Accidental inland in Virginia 4 — Chesser et al. — Auk, Vol. 130

following Hurricane Fran (September 1996; Howell 2012). Data p. 90. A record of the Double-toothed Kite, Harpagus biden- from geolocators indicated that one individual from Bugio Island tatus, in the United States is recognized. After the last sentence (of 17 tracked) wintered off the coast of Georgia and Florida in in the Distribution statement, add the following new paragraph: 2007–2008 (Ramírez et al. 2013). Accidental on the upper Texas coast (second-year bird, 4 May Notes.—This North Atlantic species and Pterodroma madeira 2011, High Island, photo; Dunn et al. 2012). Mathews, 1934 [Zino’s Petrel] were treated as separate species from P. mollis by Bourne (1983). The two geographically well-separated pop- pp. 121, 176, 220, 413, 473, 535, 613, 637, and 667. Change the ulations of P. feae, from Cape Verde Island and the Desertas Islands, citations for Dendragapus obscurus, Limnodromus scolopaceus, have been treated as separate species—P. feae [Fea’s Petrel] and P. de- Patagioenas fasciata, Tyrannus verticalis, Salpinctes obsoletus, serta Mathews, 1934 [Desertas Petrel], respectively—on the basis of Oreothlypis celata, Chondestes grammacus, Passerina amoena, differences in nesting phenology and vocalizations (Robb and Mullar- and Spinus psaltria from “Say, 1823, in Long, Exped. Rocky ney 2008). Fea’s Petrel (sensu lato) is also known as Cape Verde Petrel. Mount.” to “Say, 1822, in James, Acct. Exped. Rocky Mount.” These species were described by Thomas Say in Account of an expedi- p. 22. Puffinus baroli is treated as a species separate from tion from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, compiled by Edwin P. assimilis. Remove the account for P. assimilis and insert the James, which was published in what had heretofore been accepted following new species account: to be early 1823. Woodman (2010) presented evidence that the publication was available and for sale in December 1822. Wood- Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte). Barolo Shearwater. man also noted that James, rather than Long, who commanded the expedition, was the primary editor of the Account, which was Procellaria baroli Bonaparte, 1857, Consp. Gen. Avium 2:204. compiled from the notes of several of the expedition’s members. (ex Mediterraneo…Insula deserta prope Maderam…In- sulis Canariis; restricted to Desertas by Bannerman, p. 123. Replace the citation for the genus name Numida with 1914, Ibis p. 477.) the following: Numida Linnaeus, 1764, Mus. Adolphi Friderici, 2, Prodromus, Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; nests in burrows or crevices on p. 27. Type, by monotypy, Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus. islands. .—Breeds on northern Macaronesian islands Distribution This was covered by ICZN Opinion 67 (International Commis- of the eastern Atlantic (the Azores, Madeira, the Salvages, and sion on Zoological Nomenclature 1916); see also Kashin (1978) and Canary Islands). Gregory and Dickinson (2012). Ranges at sea north to the Bay of Biscay (Martin and Row- lands 2001) and casually to the British Isles, western Europe p. 137. After the account for Gallinula galeata, insert the fol- (where accidental inland), and the Mediterranean region (Lew- lowing new account: ington et al. 1991). Accidental off Nova Scotia (Sable Island, 1 September 1896, Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus). Common Moorhen. specimen; Dwight 1897; also recent sight reports) and Massa- chusetts (off Nantucket Island, 25 August 2007, photos; North Fulica Chloropus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1:152. (in American Birds 62:40, 62:190). A specimen from South Carolina Europa = England.) (probably from August 1883; Peters 1924), previously accepted as Puffinus assimilis (and tentatively as P. a. baroli), has been re-iden- Habitat.—Freshwater marshes, lakes, and ponds with tall, tified asPuffinus lherminieri(fide Howell 2012). dense emergent vegetation (Tropical to Temperate zones). Notes.—Puffinus baroli, formerly considered conspecific Distribution.—Breeds from the British Isles, southern Scan- with P. assimilis, is treated as a separate species on the basis of dif- dinavia, central Russia, southern Siberia, Sakhalin, and Japan south ferences in mtDNA, vocalizations, and morphology (Austin et al. throughout most of Eurasia and Africa to the eastern Atlantic is- 2004, Robb and Mullarney 2008). lands, southern Africa, the borders of the northern Indian Ocean (including Sri Lanka), the East Indies (to Sumbawa and Sulawesi), p. 51. Change the heading Genus Geoffroy to CORAGYPS Philippines, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu, Bonin, and Volcano islands. Genus Le Maout, and change the attribution of the CORAGYPS Winters from the British Isles, southern Scandinavia, south- genus name in the citation from “Geoffroy, 1853, in Le Maout” to ern Russia, and eastern China south throughout the remainder of “Le Maout, 1853” based on the findings of Kashin (1978), Gregory the breeding range, casually to the Seven Islands of Izu. (1998), and Gregory and Dickinson (2012). Casual or accidental on migration in Kamchatka and the Com- p. 79. Insert the following as an additional synonym of mander Islands. Accidental in the Aleutian Islands (juv. male, 12–14 Melanitta: October 2010, Shemya Island; Withrow and Schwitters 2012). Notes.—See Notes under Gallinula galeata. Macroramphus Lesson, 1828, Man. d’Orn., ed. 2, 2:414. Type, by original designation Anas perspicillata Linnaeus. pp. 141–217. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Baker et al. 2007, 2012) have shown that the Macroramphus was formerly considered a homonym of Macrorh- current linear sequence of families in the order Charadriiformes amphus Fischer, 1813 (Kashin 1978, Gregory and Dickinson 2012). does not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. July 2013 — Fifty-fourth Supplement — 5

Replace the existing Notes under the heading Order CHARADRI- Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan) IFORMES: Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks, and Allies with the following: Calidris temminckii (Leisler) Notes.—The sequence of families in this order follows Baker Calidris subminuta (Middendorff) et al. (2007, 2012). Calidris pygmea (Linnaeus) Calidris ruficollis(Pallas) Rearrange the sequence of suborders and families of Char- Calidris alba (Pallas) adriiformes, with their included subfamilies, genera, and species, Calidris alpina (Linnaeus) as follows: Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues) Calidris maritima (Brünnich) Charadrii Calidris bairdii (Coues) Burhinidae Calidris minuta (Leisler) Recurvirostridae Calidris minutilla (Vieillot) Haematopodidae Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot) Charadriidae Calidris subruficollis(Vieillot) Scolopaci Calidris melanotos (Vieillot) Jacanidae Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus) Scolopacidae Calidris mauri (Cabanis) Lari Glareolidae In the species account for Calidris virgata, replace the exist- Stercorariidae ing Notes with the following: Alcidae Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Aphriza. See com- Laridae ments under Calidris. In the species account for Calidris pygmea, replace the exist- pp. 165–175. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial ing Notes with the following: DNA sequences (Gibson and Baker 2012) has shown that the current Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Eurynorhynchus. See generic limits and linear sequence of species within the tribe Calidri- comments under Calidris. nini do not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. In the species account for Calidris falcinellus, insert the Delete the headings Genus APHRIZA Audubon, Genus EU- following: RYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson, Genus LIMICOLA Koch, Genus Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Limicola. See com- TRYNGITES Cabanis, and Genus PHILOMACHUS Merrem, ments under Calidris. and move the citations under these headings into the synonymy of Calidris. Change Aphriza virgata (Gmelin) to Calidris virgata In the species account for Calidris subruficollis, insert the (Gmelin), Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus) to Calidris pyg- following: mea (Linnaeus), Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan) to Calidris Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Tryngites. See com- falcinellus (Pontoppidan), Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot) to ments under Calidris. Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot), and Philomachus pugnax (Lin- naeus) to Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus). In the species account for Calidris pugnax, insert the following: Under the heading Genus CALIDRIS Merrem, replace the Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Philomachus. See existing Notes with the following: comments under Calidris. Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Gibson and Baker 2012) indicate that the p. 166. Change the designation of the type species of the generic species previously known as Aphriza virgata, Eurynorhynchus name Erolia to “type, by monotypy, Erolia variegata Vieillot = pygmeus, Limicola falcinellus, Tryngites subruficollis, and Philo- Tringa ferruginea Pontoppidan.” Tringa ferruginea is an earlier machus pugnax form a clade with species already in Calidris. name for the same species as Scolopax testacea (Banks 2012). The nameCalidris has priority for this clade (Banks 2012). Linear sequence of species derived from Gibson and Baker (2012). p. 178. Replace the heading Subgenus PHILOHELA Gray with Subgenus MICROPTERA Nuttall and replace the current citation under this heading with: Rearrange the sequence of species in Calidris as follows: Microptera Nuttall, 1834, Man. Orn. II, p. 192. Type, by origi- Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield) nal designation, Scolopax minor Gmelin. Calidris canutus (Linnaeus) Calidris virgata (Gmelin) Kashin (1978) and Gregory and Dickinson (2012) considered that Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) Microptera was not preoccupied by Micropterus Lacépède, 1802. Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan) Calidris acuminata (Horsfield) p. 217. Change the heading Order PTEROCLIDIFORMES: Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte) Sandgrouse to Order PTEROCLIFORMES: Sandgrouse. The 6 — Chesser et al. — Auk, Vol. 130

family name Pteroclididae, an unjustified modification of Ptero- considered established by 2004 (Pranty and Lovell 2004), with clidae Bonaparte, 1831 (Bock 1994), was corrected in a previous additional spreading by 2011 (Pranty and Lovell 2011). A small supplement (Chesser et al. 2012), but the name of the order, which population present by 1985 in coastal southern California (pri- uses the same root, was not corrected. marily southern Ventura and Los Angeles counties; Pranty and Garrett 2011), but not yet considered established. Rare and local in p. 233. Following the account for Psittacula krameri, insert Puerto Rico (introduced probably in the early 1970s), where found the following new heading and species account: primarily along the northeast coast. A small population that existed at Coney Island, Brooklyn, Genus AGAPORNIS Selby New York, has now disappeared. Escaped birds have been widely reported elsewhere in the United States. Agapornis Selby, 1836, Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 117. Type, by Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) known as Black-hooded Para- subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, keet. Also known as Nanday Conure. p. 53), Psittacus swinderianus Kuhl. p. 254. Analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA se- Agapornis roseicollis (Vieillot). Rosy-faced Lovebird. quences (Proudfoot et al. 2007, Wink et al. 2009) indicate that Otus flammeolus is not closely related to other species of Otus but Psittacus roseicollis Vieillot, 1817 (1818), Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. is instead sister to species of Megascops. 25:377. (parties intérieures du Cap de Bonne-Espérance = Interior of the Cape of Good Hope.) Following the species account for Otus sunia, insert the following heading and Notes: Habitat.—In North America, non-native plantings in deserts and residential neighborhoods; appears to be restricted to areas Genus PSILOSCOPS Coues near water. In southwest Africa, occupies a variety of habitats, including dry wooded country, sub-desert steppe, savanna wood- Psiloscops Coues, 1899, Osprey 3:144. Type, by original desig- land, woodlands along rivers, and cultivated lands. nation, Scops flammeola[sic] Kaup. Distribution.—Resident in southwestern Africa from An- Notes.—Formerly merged with Otus (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) gola and Namibia to northwestern South Africa. but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic data, Introduced and established in the greater metropolitan which show it to be sister to Megascops (Proudfoot et al. 2007, Phoenix area, Arizona. Released individuals first noted in 1987; lo- Wink et al. 2009). cal flocks and colonies established by the mid-1990s. Now widely present in the Phoenix region (Corman and Wise-Gervais 2005, Change Otus flammeolus (Kaup) to Psiloscops flammeolus Radamaker and Corman 2011). (Kaup), move the account for this species to follow the heading and Notes for Psiloscops, and replace existing Notes with the following: p. 236. Following the account for Aratinga pertinax, insert Notes.—See Notes under Psiloscops. Genetic, vocal, and mor- the following new heading and species account: phological differences between this species and screech-owls of the genus Megascops indicate that it is best placed in a separate genus Genus NANDAYUS Bonaparte (Wink et al. 2009). Also known as Flammulated Screech-Owl.

Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6:150. p. 257. Olson and Suárez (2008) noted that Gymnoglaux is Type, by monotypy, Psittacus melanocephalus Vieillot a junior synonym of Gymnasio (now included in Megascops) and (not of Linné) = Psittacus nenday Vieillot. that a new genus name was needed for Gymnoglaux lawrencii. They described the new genusMargarobyas for this species. Nandayus nenday (Vieillot). Nanday Parakeet. Following the species account for Megascops nudipes, replace Psittacus nenday Vieillot, 1823, in Bonnaterre and Vieillot, the heading Genus GYMNOGLAUX Cabanis with the following: Tabl. Encycl. Méth. (Ornithol.) 3 (93):1400. (Paraguay.) Genus MARGAROBYAS Olson and Suárez Habitat.—Various non-native plantings in Florida and in southern California, where it is also partial to native sycamore Margarobyas Olson and Suárez, 2008, Zootaxa 1960:67. trees; in South America partial to palm groves and open forests. Type, by original designation, Gymnoglaux lawrencii Distribution.—Resident in central-southern South America Sclater and Salvin. from southwestern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia to central Par- aguay and northern Argentina. Return the citation for Gymnoglaux to the synonymy of Mega- Introduced and established in peninsular Florida, primar- scops, and change the citation to the following: Gymnoglaux Cabanis, ily in the central Gulf Coast region (largest populations in Pi- 1855, J. Ornithol. 3: 465. Type, by monotypy, Strix nudipes Daudin. nellas County) with smaller numbers near St. Augustine and on Change Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater and Salvin to Mar- the southern Atlantic Coast. First releases detected in 1969 and garobyas lawrencii (Sclater and Salvin), place the account for this July 2013 — Fifty-fourth Supplement — 7

species to follow the heading for Margarobyas, and substitute the Woodcreeper]. Formerly included extralimital species D. turdina following for the Notes at the end of the species account: (Lichtenstein, 1820) [Plain-winged Woodcreeper], which is sepa- Notes.—Formerly merged into Otus, following Marshall rated on the basis of genetic and vocal differences (Weir and Price and King in Amadon and Bull (1988), as Cuban Screech-Owl, but 2011). separated on the basis of strong differences in morphology and vocal patterns. Formerly placed in Gymnoglaux, but this is a junior p. 362. Change the English name of Thamnophilusatrinucha synonym of Gymnasio (Olson and Suárez 2008). Also known as from Western Slaty-Antshrike to Black-crowned Antshrike, Cuban Bare-legged Owl or Cuban Screech-Owl. following Remsen et al. (2013), and replace the existing Notes with the following: p. 294. Thalurania fannyi is treated as a junior synonym of Notes.—Formerly known as Western Slaty-Antshrike, but T. colombica, following Donegan (2012b) and Remsen et al. (2013). genetic data indicate that T. atrinucha does not belong to the Slaty- Remove the current species accounts for T. colombica and T. fan- Antshrike complex (Brumfield and Edwards 2007, Bravo 2012). nyi and insert the following new species account: p. 366. Terenura callinota is transferred to the new genus Thalurania colombica(Bourcier). Crowned Woodnymph. Euchrepomis . Following the account for Formicivora grisea, replace the heading Genus TERENURA Cabanis and Heine and the citation Ornismya Colombica Bourcier, 1843, Rev. Zool. [Paris], 6, p. 2. under this heading with the following heading, citation, and Notes: (in Colombie = San Agustín, Magdalena Valley, Colombia). Genus EUCHREPOMIS Bravo et al. Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Montane Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest (0– 1,900 m). Euchrepomis Bravo et al., 2012, Mol. Phylo. Evol. 65:289. Type, by original designation, Formicivora callinota Sclater. Distribution.—Lowlands [townsendi group] of Caribbean slope from Guatemala and Belize south to Costa Rica and western and central Panama (east to Canal area and eastern Panamá prov- Notes.—Newly separated from Terenura because genetic ince); lowlands to 1900 m [colombica group] of northern Colombia data (Bravo et al. 2012) indicate that the species callinota is not and western Venezuela; [fannyi group] eastern Panama (eastern closely related to the type species of that genus. Colón, Darién, and eastern San Blas) and northwestern Colombia; and [hypochlora group] Pacific slope of southwestern Colombia Change Terenura callinota (Sclater) to Euchrepomis calli- south to northwestern Peru. nota (Sclater), place the account for this species under the heading Notes.—Groups: T. townsendi Ridgway, 1888 [Violet-crowned and notes for Euchrepomis, make the appropriate changes in ge- Woodnymph], T. colombica [Colombian Woodnymph], T. fannyi neric names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and insert DeLattre and Bourcier, 1846 [Green-crowned Woodnymph], and the following at the end of the existing Notes: Formerly placed in T. hypochlora Gould, 1871 [Emerald-bellied Woodnymph]. Formerly the genus Terenura. See comments under Euchrepomis. considered as two species T. colombica (including T. townsendi) and T. fannyi (including T. hypochlora) on the basis of Escalante-Pliego p. 368. Myrmeciza zeledoni is treated as a separate species and Peterson (1992), but merged due to evidence of unrestricted from the extralimital species M. immaculata, following Donegan gene flow between populations (Donegan 2012b). (2012a) and Remsen et al. (2013). Replace the account for M. immaculata with the following new species account: Change the current Notes for Thalurania ridgwayito: Notes.—Escalante-Pliego and Peterson (1992) provided rea- Myrmeciza zeledoni Ridgway. Zeledon’s Antbird. sons for treating T. ridgwayi as a species distinct from T. colombica. Myrmeciza zeledoni Ridgway, 1909, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. p. 352. The extralimital speciesAutomolus rufipectusis treated 22:74. (Guayobo, Costa Rica.) as a separate species from A. rubiginosus, following Krabbe (2008) and Remsen et al. (2013). Add the following sentence to the end of Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (300–1,700 m; the existing Notes: Formerly included extralimital species A. ru- upper Tropical and Subtropical zones). fipectus Bangs, 1898 [Santa Marta Foliage-Gleaner], which is sepa- Distribution.—Resident on the Caribbean slope of Costa rated on the basis of differences in vocalizations (Krabbe 2008). Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca, Cordillera Central, and Dota Mountains) and in Panama (recorded Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, p. 355. The extralimital species Dendrocincla turdina is Veraguas, and eastern Darién). treated as a separate species from D. fuliginosa, following Weir Notes.—Formerly treated as conspecific with M. immacu- and Price (2011) and Remsen et al. (2013). Remove mention of the lata (Lafresnaye, 1845) [Immaculate Antbird] of northern South turdina group from the distributional statement for D. fuliginosa America, but treated as a separate species on the basis of vocal dif- and substitute the following for the existing Notes for this species: ferences (Donegan 2012a). Notes.—Groups: D. meruloides (Lafresnaye, 1851) [Plain-brown Woodcreeper], D. fuliginosa [Line-throated Woodcreeper], and p. 416. Schiffornis veraepacisand S. stenorhyncha are treated D. atrirostris (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838) [D’Orbigny’s as separate species from the extralimital species S. turdina, 8 — Chesser et al. — Auk, Vol. 130

following Nyári (2007), Donegan et al. (2011), and Remsen et al. 2007, Tello et al. 2009, McKay et al. 2010) indicate that Xenopipo (2013). Delete the species account for S. turdina and replace it with and Chloropipo form a clade and that Chloropipo may be para- new accounts for S. veraepacis and S. stenorhyncha as follows: phyletic with respect to Xenopipo (Prum 1992). These genera are merged pending further data, following Remsen et al. (2013). Schiffornis veraepacis(Sclater and Salvin). Northern Schiffornis. Remove the heading Genus CHLOROPIPO Cabanis and Heine, Heteropelma veraepacis Sclater and Salvin, 1860, Proc. Zool. move the citation for Chloropipo from p. 423 into the synonymy of Soc. London 28:300. ([Choctum], Vera Paz, Guatemala.) Xenopipo, change Chloropipo holochlora Sclater to Xenopipo holochlora (Sclater), place the account for this species under the heading Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (0–800 m; for Xenopipo, and replace the existing Notes with: Formerly placed in Tropical Zone). the genus Chloropipo. See comments under Xenopipo. Distribution.—Resident on the Gulf-Caribbean slope of Middle America from southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, Tabasco, north- Following the species account for Xenopipo holochlora, insert ern Chiapas, Campeche and Quintana Roo, Mexico, south to Nicara- the following heading and Notes: gua, on both slopes of Costa Rica (absent from the dry northwest) and Panama (east to Coclé and western Panama province), and western Genus DIXIPHIA Reichenbach Colombia through Ecuador south to northwestern Peru (Tumbes). Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998), with S. stenorhyncha, Dixiphia Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat, pl. 63. Type, by treated as conspecific with S. turdina (Wied) [Brown-winged subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855), Pipra leuco- Schiffornis] of northern South America, but here considered spe- cilla Linnaeus = Pipra pipra Linnaeus. cifically distinct on the basis of range overlap and differences in vocalizations and genetics (Nyári 2007, Donegan et al. 2011). Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of syringeal characters (Prum 1992) and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Rêgo et al. Schiffornis stenorhyncha (Sclater and Salvin). Russet-winged 2007, Tello et al. 2009, McKay et al. 2010) indicate that the species Schiffornis. formerly placed in Pipra (AOU 1983, 1998) constitute multiple independent lineages. Heteropelma stenorhyncha Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1868, pp. 628, 632. (San Esteban, Cara- Remove the heading Genus PIPRA Linnaeus and the citation bobo, Venezuela.) and notes under this heading, change Pipra pipra (Linnaeus) to Dixiphia pipra (Linnaeus), place the account for this species un- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (0–600 m; der the heading for Dixiphia, delete the first sentence of the ex- Tropical Zone). isting Notes, make the appropriate changes in generic names or Distribution.—Tacarcuna region (Darién), Panama, south abbreviations within the existing Notes, and insert the follow- to northern Colombia including the Magdalena Valley and north- ing at the end of the existing Notes: Formerly placed in the genus western Venezuela (east to at least Aragua). Pipra. See comments under Dixiphia. Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998), with S. veraepacis, treated as conspecific with S. turdina (Wied) [Brown-winged Following the species account for Dixiphia pipra, insert the Schiffornis] of northern South America, but here considered spe- following heading and Notes: cifically distinct based on differences in vocalizations and genetics (Nyári 2007, Donegan et al. 2011). Genus CERATOPIPRA Bonaparte

pp. 423–426. Phylogenetic analyses of syringeal characters Ceratopipra Bonaparte, 1854, Ateneo Italiano 2 (11):316. (Prum 1992) and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Rêgo Type, by monotypy, Pipra cornuta Spix. et al. 2007, Tello et al. 2009, McKay et al. 2010) have shown that the current generic limits and linear sequence of species within the fam- Notes.—See comments under Dixiphia. ily Pipridae do not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Change Pipra mentalis Sclater to Ceratopipra mentalis Following the species account for Chiroxiphia linearis, insert (Sclater) and change Pipra erythrocephala (Linnaeus) to Cera- the following heading and Notes: topipra erythrocephala (Linnaeus), place the accounts for these species under the heading for Ceratopipra, make the appropri- Genus XENOPIPO Cabanis ate changes in generic names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and insert the following at the end of the existing Notes for Xenopipo Cabanis, 1847, Archiv. f. Naturg. 13 (1):235. Type, by each species: Formerly placed in the genus Pipra. See comments original designation, Xenopipo atronitens Cabanis. under Dixiphia.

Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of syringeal characters (Prum Under the heading Family PIPRIDAE: Manakins on p. 423, 1992) and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Rêgo et al. insert the following Notes: July 2013 — Fifty-fourth Supplement — 9

Notes.—Linear sequence of genera and species follows Rêgo Margarops fuscatus (Vieillot) et al. (2007), Tello et al. (2009), and McKay et al. (2010). Genus Cinclocerthia Gray Cinclocerthia ruficauda(Gould) Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Pipridae Cinclocerthia gutturalis (Lafresnaye) as follows: Genus Toxostoma Wagler Toxostoma curvirostre (Swainson) Genus Corapipo Bonaparte Toxostoma ocellatum (Sclater) Corapipo altera Hellmayr Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus) Genus Chiroxiphia Cabanis Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye) Chiroxiphia lanceolata (Wagler) Toxostoma guttatum (Ridgway) Chiroxiphia linearis (Bonaparte) Toxostoma bendirei (Coues) Genus Xenopipo Cabanis Toxostoma cinereum (Xántus de Vesey) Xenopipo holochlora (Sclater) Toxostoma redivivum (Gambel) Genus Dixiphia Reichenbach Toxostoma lecontei Lawrence Dixiphia pipra (Linnaeus) Toxostoma crissale Henry Genus Ceratopipra Bonaparte Genus Oreoscoptes Baird Ceratopipra mentalis (Sclater) Oreoscoptes montanus (Townsend) Ceratopipra erythrocephala (Linnaeus) Genus Mimus Boie Genus Manacus Brisson Mimus gundlachii Cabanis Manacus candei (Parzudaki) Mimus graysoni (Lawrence) Manacus aurantiacus (Salvin) Mimus gilvus (Vieillot) Manacus vitellinus (Gould) Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus) Genus Lepidothrix Bonaparte Lepidothrix coronata (Spix) p. 530–531. Replace Genus PTILOGONYS Swainson with Genus PTILIOGONYS Swainson, remove “[sic]” from the cita- p. 480. The extralimital speciesTroglodytes cobbi is treated as tion, and replace the existing Notes with the following: separate from T. aedon, following Woods (1993) and Remsen et al. Notes.—AOU (1998) considered Ptilogonys a justifiable (2013). Remove mention of the Falkland Islands from the distribu- emendation of Ptiliogonys, but it is an incorrect subsequent spell- tional statement for T. aedon and add the following to the end of ing and has no nomenclatural standing (Kashin 1978, Browning the existing Notes for this species: Formerly included extralimital 1989, Gregory and Dickinson 2012). species T. cobbi Chubb, 1909 [Cobb’s Wren], which is separated on the basis of morphological, ecological, genetic, and vocal differ- Change Ptilogonys cinereus Swainson to Ptiliogonys cinereus ences (Woods 1993, Campagna et al. 2012). Swainson and remove “[sic]” from the citation for this species. Change Ptilogonys caudatus Cabanis to Ptiliogonys caudatus Cabanis. On p. 515. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial p. 530, change Family PTILOGONATIDAE: Silky-flycatchers to DNA sequences (Lovette and Rubinstein 2007, Lovette et al. 2012) Family PTILIOGONATIDAE: Silky-flycatchers and insert the fol- have shown that the current linear sequence of genera and species lowing at the beginning of the existing Notes: Formerly (AOU 1983, in the family Mimidae does not accurately reflect their evolution- 1998) known as Ptilogonatidae, but family name corrected in keeping ary relationships. with correction of the genus name Ptiliogonys. See comments under Ptiliogonys. Under the heading Family MIMIDAE: Mockingbirds and Thrashers, add the following to the end of the existing Notes: Lin- p. 570. Change Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (Du Bus de Gi- ear sequence of genera and species follows Lovette et al. (2012). signies, 1847) to Chlorospingus flavopectus (Lafresnaye, 1840), and change the citation for the species to: Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Mimidae as follows: Arremon flavo-pectus Lafresnaye, 1840, Rev. Zool. [Paris], Aug., p. 227. (Santa-Fé de Bogota, Colombia.) Genus Melanotis Bonaparte Melanotis caerulescens (Swainson) Change ophthalmicus to flavopectus in the existing Distribution Melanotis hypoleucus Hartlaub and Notes of the species account, and insert the following at the Genus Melanoptila Sclater end of the existing Notes: Formerly Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Melanoptila glabrirostris Sclater (Du Bus de Gisignies), but the name C. flavopectus has priority Genus Dumetella Wood (contra Zimmer 1947). Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus) Genus Ramphocinclus Lafresnaye p. 614. Artemisiospiza nevadensis is treated as a species sepa- Ramphocinclus brachyurus (Vieillot) rate from A. belli. Remove the current account for A. belli and in- Genus Allenia Cory sert the following new species accounts: Allenia fusca (Müller) Genus Margarops Sclater Artemisiospiza nevadensis (Ridgway). Sagebrush Sparrow. 10 — Chesser et al. — Auk, Vol. 130

Poospiza belli var.? nevadensis Ridgway, 1873, Bull. Essex Passer arctous Pallas, 1811, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 2:21. (ad Jen- Inst., 5, no. 11, Nov., p. 191. (Entire area of the Middle iseam [= Yenisei River] et in orientali Sibiria [= Russian Province of the U.S. = West Humboldt Mts., Nevada.) Altai].)

Habitat.—Sagebrush and salt-bush (Atriplex) desert scrub; Habitat.—Breeds mostly on tundra or on mountains above in migration and winter also in arid plains with sparse bushes, timberline on rocky terrain. Winters in barren and rocky fields grasslands, and open situations with scattered brush. with scattered vegetation and snow-free beaches and headlands; Distribution.—Breeds primarily in Great Basin from cen- also open woodland. tral interior Washington, eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, south- Distribution.—Breeds in mountainous southern Siberia western Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado south to eastern and adjacent Mongolia in the Altai and Sayan ranges east in California (south to the Owens Valley), southern Nevada, south- the southern Russian Far East to Koryakland, Kamchatka, and western Utah, northeastern Arizona, and northwestern New the northern Kuril Islands; possibly breeds in the mountains of Mexico. One breeding record for eastern Montana. Hokkaido. Most largely resident within the breeding range, with Winters from southeastern California, central Nevada, seasonal elevational movements. The eastern birds aremigratory, southwestern Utah, northern Arizona, and central New Mexico however, wintering south to Ussuriland, Manchuria, Sakhalin, south to central Baja California, northern Sonora, northern Chi- and Honshu; irregularly or casually to Kyushu, Tsushima, Izu huahua, and western Texas. Islands, and Hachijojima Island. Casual in the Pacific coastal region from southwestern Brit- Accidental in Alaska (one bird of the brunneonucha (Brandt, ish Columbia southward, and to western Montana, eastern Wy- 1842) [Japanese Rosy-Finch] group, 30 December 2011, Adak oming, southwestern South Dakota, eastern Colorado, western Island, Aleutian Islands, photo; Dunn et al. 2012). Kansas, and western Oklahoma; a sight report for Nebraska. Records of accidentals identified as Sage Sparrow A. belli p. 660. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial [sensu lato] from Nova Scotia (13 November 1994, photo; Forsythe DNA sequences (Smith et al. 2013) have shown that the current 1995) and Kentucky (18 April 2006, photo; Hulsey 2008) probably linear sequence of species in the genus Haemorhous does not pertain to A. nevadensis based on geographic likelihood. accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with A. belli, but treated as a separate species on the basis of differences in mito- Under the heading Genus HAEMORHOUS Swainson, add chondrial DNA, morphology, and ecology (Cicero and Johnson the following to the end of the existing Notes: Linear sequence of 2007, Cicero and Koo 2012). See comments under Artemisiospiza. species follows Smith et al. (2013).

Rearrange the sequence of species of Haemorhous as follows: Artemisiospiza belli (Cassin). Bell’s Sparrow. Haemorhous mexicanus (Müller) Emberiza Belli Cassin, 1850, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin) phia 5:104, pl. 4. (California near Sonoma.) Haemorhous cassinii (Baird) .—Chaparral (dominated by Adenostoma fascicula- Habitat p. 671. Delete the heading Subfamily Drepanidinae: Ha- tum or Artemisia californica) and salt-bush desert scrub. waiian Honeycreepers and the Notes that follow this heading and .—Resident in western California (from Trinity Distribution move the included genera and species to a position in the Cardueli- County south, including San Clemente Island) to central Baja Cal- nae following Pyrrhula pyrrhula. Change the heading Subfamily ifornia; and also in San Joaquin Valley and Mojave Desert areas CARDUELINAE: Cardueline Finches to Subfamily CARDUELI- of east-central California. The latter populations (A. b. canescens) NAE: Cardueline Finches and Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Under undergo post-breeding, up-slope migrations into coastal and Sier- this new heading, insert the following: ran foothills (Johnson and Marten 1992). Notes.—Analyses of morphology (James 2004) and mito- Winters throughout the breeding range, in the Salton Sea chondrial and nuclear DNA sequences (Lerner et al. 2011, Zuccon region, and in western Arizona (Phillips et al. 1964). et al. 2012) indicate that the Hawaiian honeycreepers, previously .—Populations of A. b. canescens of the San Joaquin Notes (e.g., AOU 1998) considered to constitute a separate subfamily Valley and Mojave Desert differ in morphology and ecology from (Drepanidinae), are nested within the Carduelinae. belli and may represent a distinct species. Analyses of mtDNA indicate that Mojave Desert populations of canescens are p. 676. Change Oreomystis mana (Wilson) to Loxops mana distinctive, whereas canescens from the San Joaquin Valley (Wilson), move the account for this species to precede the species ac- share haplotypes with coastal belli (Cicero and Koo 2012). See count for Loxops caeruleirostris, and add the following to the end of comments under A. nevadensis and Artemisiospiza. the account: Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) placed in the genus Or- eomystis, but analyses of osteological and mitochondrial and nuclear p. 659. Before the account for Leucosticte tephrocotis, insert genetic data (James and Olson 1991, Fleischer et al. 1998, James 2004, the following new species account: Reding et al. 2009, Lerner et al. 2011) indicate that it is only distantly related to type species O. bairdi and is better placed in Loxops. Some- Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas). Asian Rosy-Finch. times placed in the monotypic genus Manucerthia Pratt. July 2013 — Fifty-fourth Supplement — 11

Following the citation for Loxops, insert the following: Otus flammeolus Petit-duc nain Gymnoglaux lawrencii Petit-duc de Cuba Manucerthia Pratt, 2009, ‘Elepaio 69:49. Type, by original Thalurania fannyi Dryade de Fanny designation, Himatione mana Wilson. Terenura callinota Grisin à croupion roux Myrmeciza immaculata Alapi immaculé Delete the existing Notes for the genus Oreomystis. Schiffornis turdina Antriade turdoïde Chloropipo holochlora Manakin vert p. 686. Delete the account for Pterodroma solandri from the Pipra pipra Manakin à tête blanche Appendix. Pipra mentalis Manakin à cuisses jaunes Pipra erythrocephala Manakin à tête d’or p. 686–687. Delete the account for Pterodroma feae from the PTILOGONATIDAE Appendix. Ptilogonys cinereus Ptilogon cendré Ptilogonys caudatus Ptilogon à longue queue Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Chlorospin des buissons p. 693. Delete the account for Nandayus nenday from the Oreomystis mana Grimpeur d’Hawaï Appendix. Rearrange the sequence of families from BURHINIDAE to ALCI- pp. 705 ff. Make the following changes to the list of French DAE as indicated by the text of this supplement. names of North American birds: Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in PIPRIDAE , Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by MIMIDAE and FRINGILLIDAE as indicated by the text of this the text of this supplement: supplement. Pterodroma solandri Pétrel de Solander Pterodroma feae Pétrel gongon Rearrange the species sequence in Calidris and Haemorhous as Puffinus baroli Puffin de Macaronésie indicated by the text of this supplement. Gallinula chloropus Gallinule poule-d’eau Calidris virgata Bécasseau du ressac Correct Threnetes ruckeri from Ermite de Rücker to Ermite de Rucker. Calidris pugnax Combattant varié Calidris falcinellus Bécasseau falcinelle Delete the following names from APPENDIX (Part 1): Calidris pygmea Bécasseau spatule Pterodroma solandri Pétrel de Solander Calidris subruficollis Bécasseau roussâtre Pterodroma feae Pétrel gongon Psiloscops flammeolus Petit-duc nain Nandayus nenday Conure nanday Margarobyas lawrencii Petit-duc de Cuba Agapornis roseicollis Inséparable rosegorge Proposals considered but not accepted by the committee in- Nandayus nenday Conure nanday cluded recognition of Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot’s Tern) as a Euchrepomis callinota Grisin à croupion roux species distinct from T. sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern), Glaucid- Myrmeciza zeledoni Alapi de Zeledon ium cobanense (Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl) as a species distinct Schiffornis veraepacis Antriade du Verapaz from G. gnoma (Northern Pygmy-Owl), Melanerpes santacruzi Schiffornis stenorhyncha Antriade sténorhynque (Velasquez’s Woodpecker) as a species distinct from M. aurifrons Xenopipo holochlora Manakin vert (Golden-fronted Woodpecker), and Myiarchus flavidior (Ridg- Dixiphia pipra Manakin à tête blanche way’s Flycatcher) as a species distinct from M. nuttingi (Nutting’s Ceratopipra mentalis Manakin à cuisses jaunes Flycatcher); division of Branta canadensis (Canada Goose) and Ceratopipra erythrocephala Manakin à tête d’or Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch) into two or more PTILIOGONATIDAE species; and merger of all North American species of rosy-finch Ptiliogonys cinereus Ptilogon cendré (Leucosticte spp.) into American Rosy-Finch (L. tephrocotis). A Ptiliogonys caudatus Ptilogon à longue queue proposal to replace the genus name Nyctanassa with the prior Chlorospingus flavopectus Chlorospin des buissons name Nyctherodius was rejected in favor of petitioning the ICZN Artemisiospiza nevadensis Bruant des armoises to continue to use the more recent name. Loxops mana Loxopse mana Leucosticte arctoa Roselin brun Acknowledgments

Delete the following names: Normand David serves as the committee’s advisor for classical Puffinus assimilis Petit Puffin languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel Gosselin Aphriza virgata Bécasseau du ressac is the authority for French names. We thank S. M. Billerman, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Bécasseau spatule G. A. Bravo, M. R. Browning, T. Donegan, E. C. Dickinson, Limicola falcinellus Bécasseau falcinelle K. Eisermann, K. L. Garrett, D. D. Gibson, S. N. G. Howell, M. Iliff, Tryngites subruficollis Bécasseau roussâtre M. L. Isler, H. F. James, R. Massman, J. Morlan, and N. Pieplow for Philomachus pugnax Combattant varié assistance, suggestions, and comments. 12 — Chesser et al. — Auk, Vol. 130

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R. Terry Chesser,1* Richard C. Banks,2 Carla Cicero,3 Jon L. Dunn,4 Andrew W. Kratter,5 Irby J. Lovette,6 Adolfo G. Navarro-Siguenza,¨ 7 Pamela C. Rasmussen,8 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,9 James D. Rising,10 Douglas F. Stotz,11 and Kevin Winker12

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA 2 Alexandria, Virginia, USA 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Bishop, California, USA 5 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 6 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 7 Museo de Zoolog´ıa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma´ de Mexico,´ Mexico 8 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 9 Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 10 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 11 Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 12 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA * Corresponding author: [email protected]; Chairman of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithologists’ Union. All authors are members of the Committee and are listed alphabetically after the Chairman. Published July 30, 2014

This is the 14th supplement since publication of the 7th from other genera, resulting in changes to 20 scientific edition of the Check-list of North American Birds names (L. veraguensis, Z. carrikeri, Z. costaricensis, Z. (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- lawrencii, Z. albifacies, Z. chiriquensis, Z. goldmani, marizes decisions made between May 15, 2013, and May Eupsittula nana, E. canicularis, E. pertinax, P. holochlorus, 15, 2014, by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and P. strenuus, P. finschi, P. euops, P. chloropterus, P. mitratus, Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- Cassiculus melanicterus, S. cucullata, Euodice malabarica, mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in and E. cantans); (8) one genus (Clibanornis) is added as a the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). result of a transfer of a species (C. rubiginosus)toa formerly extralimital genus; (9) four genera (Nandayus, Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) Hyloctistes, Oryzoborus, and Padda) are lost by merger three species (Ciconia maguari, Phylloscopus collybita,and (into Aratinga, Automolus, Sporophila, and Lonchura, Sporophila lineola) are added to the main list on the basis respectively) and the scientific names of seven species of new distributional information; (2) four species (Aratinga nenday, Automolus subulatus, S. nuttingi, S. (Thalassarche salvini, Rallus tenuirostris, Phylloscopus funerea, S. crassirostris, S. angolensis, and L. oryzivora) are examinandus, and Junco insularis) are added to the main thereby changed; (10) the type locality for one species list as a result of splits from species already on the list; (3) (Synthliboramphus craveri) is corrected; (11) the English two species (Rallus obsoletus and R. crepitans) are added to names of 10 species (Buteogallus anthracinus, B. gund- the main list and one species (Rallus longirostris) is lost lachii, B. urubitinga, Phylloscopus proregulus, Chlorospin- because of the split of that species; (4) three species names gus flavopectus, C. tacarcunae, C. inornatus, C. pileatus, C. are changed (to Ninox japonica, Gymnopithys bicolor,and flavigularis, and C. canigularis) are changed to reflect new Sporophila corvina) because of splits from extralimital information on their phylogenetic relationships; (12) the species; (5) the distributional statement of one species English name of one species (Lonchura punctulata)is (Pyrrhura picta) is changed because of splits of extralimital changed to conform with global usage; and (13) one species; (6) the distributional statement and English name species (Thalassarche eremita) is added to the Appendix. of one species (Thalassarche cauta) and the distributional In addition, the English names of three species are statement of another (Phylloscopus borealis) are changed transferred to other scientific names in the aftermath of as a result of taxonomic changes; (7) seven genera taxonomic changes: thus, Clapper Rail is now the English (Leptotrygon, Zentrygon, Eupsittula, Psittacara, Cassiculus, name for Rallus crepitans rather than R. longirostris, Spermestes, and Euodice) are added as a result of splits Bicolored Antbird is now the English name for Gymnopi-

Q 2014 American Ornithologists’ Union. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254 Direct all requests to reproduce journal content to the Central Ornithology Publication Office at [email protected] CSii Check-list of North American Birds R. T. Chesser, R. C. Banks, C. Cicero, et al. thys bicolor rather than G. leucaspis,andVariable Automolus subulatus Striped Woodhaunter. Seedeater is now the English name for Sporophila corvina Phylloscopus collybita Common Chiffchaff. (A) rather than S. americana. Phylloscopus proregulus Pallas’s Leaf Warbler. (A) Phylloscopus examinandus Kamchatka Leaf Warbler. (A) One family name (Locustellidae) is changed in accor- LOCUSTELLIDAE dance with the rules of priority for group names. New *Chlorospingus flavopectus Common Chlorospingus. linear sequences are adopted for species in the genera *Chlorospingus tacarcunae Tacarcuna Chlorospingus. Dendrocincla, Saltator, and Sporophila, and for species *Chlorospingus inornatus Pirre Chlorospingus. currently and formerly (see below) in the genera Geo- *Chlorospingus pileatus Sooty-capped Chlorospingus. trygon, Aratinga, Hyloctistes, Automolus, Thripadectes, *Chlorospingus flavigularis Yellow-throated Chlorospin- Lonchura, and Padda, all due to new phylogenetic data. gus. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s *Chlorospingus canigularis Ashy-throated Chlorospin- decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and gus. citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Cassiculus melanicterus Yellow-winged Cacique. edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of *Sporophila funerea Thick-billed Seed-Finch. the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area can *Sporophila nuttingi Nicaraguan Seed-Finch. be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa. *Sporophila crassirostris Large-billed Seed-Finch. *Sporophila corvina Variable Seedeater. The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers *Sporophila lineola Lined Seedeater. (A) refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Junco insularis Guadalupe Junco. Committee’s actions: Spermestes cucullata Bronze Mannikin. (I) pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of Euodice malabarica Indian Silverbill. (I) species to 2,098. Insert the following names in the proper Euodice cantans African Silverbill. (I) position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Lonchura oryzivora Java Sparrow. (I) Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia. (I) Thalassarche cauta White-capped Albatross. (A) Thalassarche salvini Salvin’s Albatross. (A) Delete the following names: Ciconia maguari Maguari Stork. (A) Thalassarche cauta Shy Albatross. (A) Buteogallus anthracinus Common Black Hawk. Buteogallus anthracinus Common Black-Hawk. Buteogallus gundlachii Cuban Black Hawk. Buteogallus gundlachii Cuban Black-Hawk. Buteogallus urubitinga Great Black Hawk. Buteogallus urubitinga Great Black-Hawk. Rallus obsoletus Ridgway’s Rail. Rallus longirostris Clapper Rail. Rallus tenuirostris Aztec Rail. Geotrygon veraguensis Olive-backed Quail-Dove. Rallus crepitans Clapper Rail. Geotrygon albifacies White-faced Quail-Dove. Leptotrygon veraguensis Olive-backed Quail-Dove. Geotrygon chiriquensis Chiriqui Quail-Dove. Zentrygon carrikeri Tuxtla Quail-Dove. Geotrygon carrikeri Tuxtla Quail-Dove. Zentrygon costaricensis Buff-fronted Quail-Dove. Geotrygon lawrencii Purplish-backed Quail-Dove. Zentrygon lawrencii Purplish-backed Quail-Dove. Geotrygon costaricensis Buff-fronted Quail-Dove. Zentrygon albifacies White-faced Quail-Dove. Geotrygon goldmani Russet-crowned Quail-Dove. Zentrygon chiriquensis Chiriqui Quail-Dove. Ninox scutulata Brown Hawk-Owl. (A) Zentrygon goldmani Russet-crowned Quail-Dove. Aratinga holochlora Green Parakeet. Ninox japonica Northern Boobook. (A) Aratinga strenua Pacific Parakeet. Eupsittula nana Olive-throated Parakeet. Aratinga finschi Crimson-fronted Parakeet. Eupsittula canicularis Orange-fronted Parakeet. Aratinga mitrata Mitred Parakeet. (I) Eupsittula pertinax Brown-throated Parakeet. Aratinga chloroptera Hispaniolan Parakeet. Aratinga nenday Nanday Parakeet. (I) Aratinga euops Cuban Parakeet. Psittacara holochlorus Green Parakeet. Aratinga nana Olive-throated Parakeet. Psittacara strenuus Pacific Parakeet. Aratinga canicularis Orange-fronted Parakeet. Psittacara finschi Crimson-fronted Parakeet. Aratinga pertinax Brown-throated Parakeet. Psittacara euops Cuban Parakeet. Nandayus nenday Nanday Parakeet. (I) Psittacara chloropterus Hispaniolan Parakeet. Gymnopithys leucaspis Bicolored Antbird. Psittacara mitratus Mitred Parakeet. (I) Hyloctistes subulatus Striped Woodhaunter. Gymnopithys bicolor Bicolored Antbird. Automolus rubiginosus Ruddy Foliage-gleaner. Clibanornis rubiginosus Ruddy Foliage-gleaner. Phylloscopus proregulus Pallas’s Leaf-Warbler. (A)

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MEGALURIDAE Change the sequence of species from Aratinga to Ara Chlorospingus flavopectus Common Bush-Tanager. to: Chlorospingus tacarcunae Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager. Eupsittula nana Chlorospingus inornatus Pirre Bush-Tanager. Eupsittula canicularis Chlorospingus pileatus Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager. Eupsittula pertinax Chlorospingus flavigularis Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager. Aratinga nenday Chlorospingus canigularis Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager. Ara severus Cacicus melanicterus Yellow-winged Cacique. Ara militaris Oryzoborus nuttingi Nicaraguan Seed-Finch. Ara ambiguus Oryzoborus funereus Thick-billed Seed-Finch. Ara chloropterus Oryzoborus crassirostris Large-billed Seed-Finch. Ara macao Sporophila americana Variable Seedeater. Ara tricolor Lonchura malabarica Indian Silverbill. (I) Ara ararauna Lonchura cantans African Silverbill. (I) Psittacara holochlorus Lonchura cucullata Bronze Mannikin. (I) Psittacara strenuus Lonchura punctulata Nutmeg Mannikin. (I) Psittacara finschi Padda oryzivora Java Sparrow. (I) Psittacara euops Change the sequence of species from Zenaida to Psittacara chloropterus Starnoenas to: Psittacara mitratus †Ectopistes migratorius Change the sequence of species in Dendrocincla to: Columbina inca Dendrocincla homochroa Columbina passerina Dendrocincla anabatina Columbina minuta Dendrocincla fuliginosa Columbina talpacoti Change the sequence of species formerly in Hyloctistes, Claravis pretiosa Automolus, and Thripadectes to: Claravis mondetoura Starnoenas cyanocephala Clibanornis rubiginosus Geotrygon versicolor Thripadectes rufobrunneus Geotrygon montana Automolus ochrolaemus Geotrygon violacea Automolus subulatus Geotrygon caniceps Change the sequence of species in Saltator to: Geotrygon leucometopia Geotrygon chrysia Saltator atriceps Geotrygon mystacea Saltator maximus Leptotrygon veraguensis Saltator grossus Leptotila verreauxi Saltator albicollis Leptotila jamaicensis Saltator coerulescens Leptotila cassini Saltator striatipectus Leptotila plumbeiceps Change the sequence of species in Sporophila to: Leptotila wellsi Zentrygon carrikeri Sporophila minuta Zentrygon costaricensis Sporophila funerea Zentrygon lawrencii Sporophila nuttingi Zentrygon albifacies Sporophila crassirostris Zentrygon chiriquensis Sporophila corvina Zentrygon goldmani Sporophila torqueola Zenaida asiatica Sporophila nigricollis Sporophila lineola Zenaida aurita Sporophila schistacea Zenaida auriculata Zenaida macroura Change the sequence of species formerly in Lonchura Zenaida graysoni and Padda to:

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Spermestes cucullata Thalassarche eremita Murphy. Chatham Albatross. Euodice malabarica Euodice cantans Thalassarche cauta eremita Murphy, 1930, Amer. Mus. Lonchura oryzivora Novit. 419:4. (Pyramid Rock off Pitt Island, Chatham Lonchura punctulata Islands.) Lonchura malacca Lonchura atricapilla This species, formerly considered conspecific with T. cauta and T. salvini, breeds on the Chatham Islands, off New p. 10. Thalassarche salvini and T. eremita are treated as Zealand, and ranges at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean. It species separate from T. cauta, following Remsen et al. has been reported off the coast of central California (2014). In the species account for T. cauta, change the (September 2000; photos; McKee and Erickson 2002; and English name to White-capped Albatross, and change the July 2001; photos; Garrett and Wilson 2003). These distributional statement and Notes to: records, probably of the same individual, were published Distribution.—Breeds on islands off southern Australia as possible T. cauta salvini but were reidentified as T. and New Zealand, and ranges widely in the southern eremita (Howell 2012) using the characters in Howell Pacific and Indian oceans, less commonly in the South (2009). This species is placed in the Appendix pending Atlantic. reconsideration of these records by the California Bird Accidental off the coast of Washington (lat. 478550N. Records Committee. long. 1258370W. ca. 39 miles west of the mouth of p. 50. Preceding the heading Tribe LEPTOPTILINI: Quillayute River, 1 September 1951; specimen USNM; Jabirus and Allies, add the following headings and species Slipp 1952); also Oregon (October 1996; photos; Hunter account: and Bailey 1997; and October 2001; photos), California (August-September 1999; photos), and Washington (Jan- Tribe CICONIINI: Typical Storks uary 2000; photos), these four records possibly of the same individual (Howell 2012). Genus CICONIA Brisson Notes.—Formerly known as Shy Albatross and con- Ciconia Brisson, 1760, Ornith. 1, p. 48; 5, p. 361. Type, by sidered conspecific with T. salvini and T. eremita,but tautonymy, Ciconia ¼ Ardea ciconia Linnaeus. treated as separate species on the basis of differences in plumage and genetic data (Nunn et al. 1996, Abbott and Ciconia maguari (Gmelin). Maguari Stork. Double 2003a, 2003b) and reports of isolated pairs of one form nesting within the range of another (Tickell Ardea Maguari Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1: 623; based on 2000). ‘‘Maguari’’ of Marcgrave, 1648, Hist. Rerum Nat. Brasiliae, p. 204. (northeastern Brazil.) After the species account for T. cauta, insert the following new account: Habitat.—Freshwater Marshes, Southern Temperate Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild). Salvin’s Albatross. Grasslands, Low Seasonally Wet Grasslands, Pastures/ Agricultural Lands (0–900 m; Tropical Zone). Thalassogeron salvini Rothschild, 1893, Bull. Brit. Distribution.—Northeastern Colombia and Venezuela Ornith. Club 1:58. (New Zealand.) east through Guianas to Brazil in Roraima, Amapa´, and extreme northern Para´. Disjunctly from central and Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; breeds on islands. southeastern Brazil, northern and eastern Bolivia south Distribution.—Breeds on islands off New Zealand and to Paraguay, Uruguay, and central Argentina. Formerly on Crozet Islands, Indian Ocean, and ranges widely in the regular nonbreeder in central Chile. southern Pacific and Indian oceans, less commonly in the Casual through eastern Brazil and in southeastern Peru. South Atlantic. Accidental in Costa Rica (near Gulf of Nicoya, Chomes, Accidental in Hawaii (Midway Atoll, 8 April 2003; Puntarenas province, 16 September 2013; photos; Obando- photos; Robertson et al. 2005) and off the coast of Alaska Calderon´ et al. 2013). (18 km northwest of Kasatochi Island, Aleutians, 4 August pp. 97–98. The hyphen is removed from the English 2003; photos; Benter et al. 2005). names of Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus, Notes.—See comments under T. cauta. Cuban Black Hawk B. gundlachii, and Great Black Hawk B. In the Appendix, following the species account for urubitinga because B. anthracinus and B. urubitinga are Thalassarche chrysostoma (p. 685), insert the following not sister taxa (Raposo do Amaral et al. 2009; B. gundlachii new account: was not included in the study).

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p. 131. Rallus obsoletus and R. crepitans are treated as 2013). See comments under R. crepitans. Also known as species separate from the now extralimital R. longirostris. Mexican Rail. Remove the account for R. longirostris and insert the Move the species account for R. elegans to follow the following new species accounts in this sequence: account for R. tenuirostris. Delete information on the tenuirostris group from the habitat and distributional Rallus obsoletus Ridgway. Ridgway’s Rail. statements in the account for R. elegans, and change the Notes to: Rallus elegans var. obsoletus Ridgway, 1874, Am. Nat. Notes.—See comments under R. crepitans and R. 8:111. (San Francisco, California.) tenuirostris. Habitat.—Salt and brackish marshes, locally (mostly in the Imperial and lower Colorado River valleys) in p. 213. Based on Bowen (2013), change the type locality freshwater marshes (Temperate and Subtropical zones). for Synthliboramphus craveri to the following: Golfo della Distribution.—[same as for obsoletus group.] California [Mexico] ¼ (probably) Isla Partida Norte, Gulf of Notes.—See comments under R. crepitans. California. pp. 229–231. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and Rallus crepitans Gmelin. Clapper Rail. mitochondrial DNA sequences (Johnson and Weckstein 2011, Banks et al. 2013) have shown that the genus Rallus crepitans Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat. 1, pt. 2, p. 713. Geotrygon is polyphyletic and that the linear sequence of (‘‘in Noveboraco,’’ restricted type locality, Long species currently placed in this genus does not Island, New York.) accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. The type species G. versicolor forms a clade with six other Habitat.—Salt and brackish marshes and mangrove species in our area, but G. veraguensis is sister to the swamps; during migration may be found in freshwater genus Leptotila,andsixotherspeciesofGeotrygon are marshes (Tropical and Subtropical zones). sister to the genus Zenaida. These findings result in the Distribution.—[same as longirostris group except delete following changes: South American parts of distribution.] Northernmost populations tend to be partially migratory. Move the heading Genus STARNOENAS Bonaparte Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- and the species account for Starnoenas cyanocephala to a specific with R. obsoletus and South American R. long- position following the species account for Claravis irostris Boddaert, 1783 [Mangrove Rail] and sometimes mondetoura. Insert the following at the end of the species with R. elegans and R. tenuirostris (e.g., Ripley 1977). The account for Starnoenas cyanocephala: five members of this complex are treated as separate Notes.—The phylogenetic relationships of this species species on the basis of strong, although incomplete, within the Columbidae are uncertain (Shufeldt 1891, reproductive isolation between parapatric populations of Dickinson and Remsen 2013), but we leave it in its R. crepitans and R. elegans in their extensive contact zone, traditional placement near Geotrygon pending further and morphological and genetic differences among other data. members of the complex commensurate with those Add the following under the citation for genus Geo- between R. crepitans and R. elegans (Maley and Brumfield trygon: 2013). Notes.—See comments under Leptotrygon and Zentry- p. 132. Rallus tenuirostris is treated as a species separate gon. from R. elegans. After the account for R. obsoletus, insert the following new species account: Revise the composition of Geotrygon and rearrange the linear sequence of species remaining in this genus to: Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway. Aztec Rail. Geotrygon versicolor Geotrygon montana Rallus elegans var. tenuirostris ‘‘Lawrence’’ Ridgway, Geotrygon violacea 1874, Am. Nat. 8:111. (City of Mexico.) Geotrygon caniceps Geotrygon leucometopia Habitat.—Freshwater marshes (1,550–2,800 m; Sub- Geotrygon chrysia tropical and Temperate zones). Geotrygon mystacea Distribution.—[same as tenuirostris group]. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with R. ele- Insert the following heading in a position following the gans, but they are not sister taxa (Maley and Brumfield species account for Geotrygon mystacea:

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Genus LEPTOTRYGON Banks et al. p. 233. Three extralimital South American populations of Pyrrhura picta are separated as the species P. Leptotrygon Banks, Weckstein, Remsen, and Johnson, amazonum, P. roseifrons, and P. lucianii, following Ribas 2013, Zootaxa 3669:185. Type, by original designation, et al. (2006) and Remsen et al. (2014). Replace the Geotrygon veraguensis Lawrence. distributional statement and Notes in the species account Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of for P. picta with the following: Geotrygon, but now treated as separate on the basis of Distribution.—Resident in western Panama (Azuero genetic data (Johnson and Weckstein 2011, Banks et al. Peninsula), patchily in northern Colombia and northern 2013), which indicate that Leptotrygon is sister to Leptotila. Venezuela, and from southeastern Venezuela and the Guianas to Brazil north of the Amazon River, east of the Change Geotrygon veraguensis Lawrence to Leptotry- Rio Negro. gon veraguensis (Lawrence) and place the account for this Notes.—DNA sequence data (Ribas et al. 2006) species under the heading and Notes for Leptotrygon.Add indicate that the subspecies eisenmanni in Panama is the following to the end of the existing Notes: Formerly sister to a clade containing Guianan Shield picta and placed in the genus Geotrygon. See comments under north-central Venezuelan emma,butnotP. leucotis Leptotrygon. (Kuhl, 1820) [Maroon-faced Parakeet]; however, inter- Move the genus heading for Leptotila to follow the vening northern South American populations were not species account for Leptotrygon veraguensis, and place the sampled. These intervening populations are morpholog- species accounts for L. verreauxi, L. jamaicensis, L. cassini, ically intermediate between nominate picta of northeast- L. plumbeiceps, and L. wellsi in this sequence under the ern Amazonia and eisenmanni.FormerlyincludedP. heading for Leptotila. amazonum Hellmayr, 1906 [Santarem Parakeet], P. roseifrons (Gray, 1859) [Rose-fronted Parakeet], and P. Insert the following heading in a position following the lucianii (Deville, 1851) [Bonaparte’s Parakeet] of south- species account for Leptotila wellsi: ern and western Amazonia. These three species do not form a monophyletic group with Pyrrhura picta (Ribas et Genus ZENTRYGON Banks et al. al. 2006) and are treated as separate species, following Zentrygon Banks, Weckstein, Remsen, and Johnson, Remsen et al. (2014). 2013, Zootaxa 3669:185. Type, by original designation, pp. 234–236. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and Geotrygon costaricensis Lawrence. mitochondrial DNA sequences (summarized in Remsen et al. 2013) have shown that the genus Aratinga is highly Notes.—Formerly considered part of Geotrygon (AOU polyphyletic and that the linear sequence of species 1983, 1998), but now treated as separate on the basis of currently placed in this genus does not accurately reflect genetic data (Johnson and Weckstein 2011, Banks et al. their evolutionary relationships. The type species A. 2013), which indicate that Zentrygon is sister to Zenaida. solstitialis forms a clade with five other species, of which Change the generic names of Geotrygon carrikeri, G. the AOU Check-list includes one species, currently placed costaricensis, G. lawrencii, G. albifacies, G. chiriquensis, in the genus Nandayus (see below). Other species and G. goldmani to Zentrygon, add parentheses around the currently placed in Aratinga constitute three clades, two authority names for each species, make the appropriate of which include species from our area. These findings changes in generic names or abbreviations within the result in the following changes: existing Notes, delete the Notes for Z. goldmani, replace Insert the following heading in a position following the ‘‘ the Notes for Z. lawrencii with Closely related to Z. species account for Conuropsis carolinensis: costaricensis; the two are reportedly sympatric in Costa Rica.’’ and place the accounts for these species in this Genus EUPSITTULA Bonaparte sequence under the heading and Notes for Zentrygon.In the species accounts for all species, add the following to Eupsittula Bonaparte, 1853, Compt. Rend. Ac. Sci. Paris the end of the existing Notes: Formerly placed in the genus 37: 807. Type, by monotypy, Psittacus petzii Leiblein ¼ Geotrygon. See comments under Zentrygon. P. canicularis Linnaeus. Move the genus heading for Zenaida to follow the Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) included in species account for Zentrygon goldmani, and place the Aratinga following Peters (1937), but now treated as species accounts for Zenaida asiatica, Z. aurita, Z. separate (as in Ridgway 1916) on the basis of genetic data auriculata, Z. macroura, and Z. graysoni in this sequence (e.g., Kirchman et al. 2012; summarized in Remsen et al. under the heading for Zenaida. 2013), which indicate that Eupsittula is not closely related

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After the account for Syndactyla subalaris, insert the Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (0–1,500 following heading: m; Tropical Zone). Distribution.—[same as for bicolor group] Genus CLIBANORNIS Sclater and Salvin Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with South American Gymnopithys leucaspis (Sclater) [White-cheeked Clibanornis Sclater and Salvin, 1873, Nomen. Av. Antbird]. Treated as a separate species because mitochon- Neotrop., pp. 61, 155. Type, by original designation, drial and nuclear DNA (Brumfield et al. 2007) indicate that Anabates dendrocolaptoides Pelzeln. G. leucaspis and G. bicolor are not sisters, but that G. Change Automolus rubiginosus (Sclater) to Clibanor- leucaspis is sister instead to the South American G. nis rubiginosus (Sclater), place the account for this species rufigula Boddaert 1783. under the heading for Clibanornis, make the appropriate p. 489. Remove the heading Family MEGALURIDAE: changes in generic names or abbreviations within the Grassbirds (added to the Check-list in Chesser et al. 2010) existing Notes, and insert the following at the end of the and the Notes under this heading and replace them with existing Notes: Formerly placed in the genus Automolus, the following heading and Notes: but genetic data (Derryberry et al. 2011, Claramunt et al. 2013) indicate that C. rubiginosus is part of a clade that is Family LOCUSTELLIDAE: Grasshopper-Warblers sister to a clade consisting of Thripadectes and Automolus.

Rearrange the linear sequence of genera and species that Notes.—Formerly (Chesser et al. 2010) known as Family follow Syndactyla subalaris as follows: Megaluridae, but the name Locustellidae has priority when Genus Clibanornis Locustella is included. See comments under Family Clibanornis rubiginosus Sylviidae. Genus Thripadectes In the Notes under Family SYLVIIDAE: Sylviid Thripadectes rufobrunneus Warblers, replace ‘‘Megaluridae’’ with ‘‘Locustellidae.’’ Genus Automolus Automolus ochrolaemus p. 490. After the account for Phylloscopus trochilus, Automolus subulatus insert the following new species account:

p. 355. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochon- Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot). Common Chiffchaff. drial DNA sequences (Derryberry et al. 2011, Weir and Price 2011) have shown that the linear sequence of species Sylvia collybita Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., in the genus Dendrocincla does not accurately reflect their nouv. ed.,´ 11, p. 235. (‘‘regions´ septentrionales’’ of evolutionary relationships. France; restricted to Normandy by Mayaud, 1941, Oiseau, 11, no. spec.,´ p. 87.) Under the heading Genus DENDROCINCLA Gray, insert the following: Habitat.—Breeds in a variety of forested habitats and Notes.—Linear sequence of species follows Derryberry hedgerows with an understory. Winters in similar habitats, et al. (2011) and Weir and Price (2011). but also parks and gardens, and even marshes and Rearrange the sequence of species of Dendrocincla as mangroves. follows: Distribution.—Breeds from northern Europe in the British Isles, Denmark, Sweden and central Finland, east Dendrocincla homochroa across northern Russia to about the Kolyma River and Dendrocincla anabatina south to Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, northern Iran, and Dendrocincla fuliginosa Lake Baikal, Altai, and northwestern Mongolia. p. 369. Gymnopithys bicolor is considered a species Winters from southern part of breeding range in the separate from G. leucaspis, following Remsen et al. (2014). Mediterranean region south to North Africa and Senegal Remove the species account for G. leucaspis and replace it and Sudan, the southern Caspian Mountains, the Arabian with the following account: Peninsula and lower Himalayas east through Nepal, India (West Bengal and western Assam, south to Maharashtra), and Bangladesh. Gymnopithys bicolor (Lawrence). Bicolored Antbird. Casual in Japan and Thailand. Pithys bicolor Lawrence, 1863, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New Accidental in Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, 6–7 York 8: 6. (Lion Hill Station, Panama´ Railroad.) June 2012; photos; Lehman and Zimmer 2013).

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Notes.—The St. Lawrence Island bird was identified Wintering range poorly known; specimens from Indo- from photos as the easternmost subspecies P. c. tristis nesia (Bali through Sumba; Ticehurst 1938). Blyth, which has been maintained by some as a separate Migrates through northeastern Russia, Japan, and species based on vocalizations (e.g., Rasmussen and northeastern China. Anderton 2005). Phylloscopus ibericus (Ticehurst, 1937) Casual in the Aleutians (Attu, Shemya, Amchitka) [Iberian Chiffchaff] and P. canariensis (Hartwig 1886) during spring and autumn migration. [Canary Islands Chiffchaff], formerly treated (Vaurie 1959) Notes. Formerly included in P. borealis along with P. as a junior synonym of nominate collybita and as a xanthodryas (Swinhoe 1863) [Japanese Leaf Warbler], but subspecies of P. collybita, respectively, were treated as treated as separate species on the basis of differences in separate species by Dickinson (2003). song and mitochondrial DNA (Saitoh et al. 2010, Alstrom¨ p. 490. The hyphen is removed from the English name of et al. 2011). Phylloscopus xanthodryas, which breeds in the Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus (added to the mountains of Japan (except Hokkaido), has not been Check-list in Banks et al. 2008) because the various species reported definitely from North America. The latter species named ‘‘Leaf Warbler’’ do not form a monophyletic group and P. examinandus were formerly considered to consti- (Olsson et al. 2005, Johansson et al. 2007). tute P. borealis xanthodryas (Vaurie 1959, Watson et al. 1986); all known reports of P. borealis xanthodryas from p. 490. Phylloscopus xanthodryas and P. examinandus the AOU area pertain to P. examinandus. are considered species separate from P. borealis. Replace the distributional statement and Notes in the species pp. 570–571. Change the English group name of account for P. borealis with the following: Chlorospingus flavopectus, C. tacarcunae, C. inornatus, C. pileatus, C. flavigularis, and C. canigularis from Bush- Distribution.—Breeds in western and central Alaska Tanager to Chlorospingus, following Remsen et al. (2014). from the Noatak River and western and central Brooks These species were transferred recently (Chesser et al. Range south to southwestern Alaska, the base of the 2011) from the Thraupidae to the Emberizidae; the Alaska Peninsula, the Alaska Range, and Susitna River removal of ‘‘Bush-Tanager’’ from the English names highlands; and in Eurasia from Sweden, northern Russia, reflects this taxonomic change. In the Notes for C. and northern Siberia south to central Russia, Mongolia, flavopectus, add the following sentence: Formerly known and Amurland. Recorded in summer north to Barrow and as Common Bush-Tanager. In the Notes for C. tacarcunae, on St. Lawrence Island. Records from St. Matthew Island add the following sentence: Formerly known as Tacarcuna and Prince Patrick Island (northern Northwest Territories) Bush-Tanager. In the Notes for C. inornatus, add the have not been positively identified as this species or as P. following sentence: Formerly known as Pirre Bush- examinandus. Tanager. In the Notes for C. pileatus, add the following Winters from Andaman Islands, Southeast Asia, and sentence: Formerly known as Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager. southeastern China and Taiwan south to eastern Indone- In the Notes for C. flavigularis, add the following sentence: sia, Ashmore Reef, and the Philippines. Formerly known as Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager. In the Migrates through eastern Asia. Notes for C. canigularis add the following sentence: Casual in California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Formerly known as Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager. Stanislaus, San Francisco, and Kern counties). Notes.—See comments under Phylloscopus examinan- p. 592. Preceding the account for Sporophila schistacea, dus. insert the following new species account:

After the species account for P. borealis, insert the Sporophila lineola (Linnaeus). Lined Seedeater. following new species account: Loxia lineola Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 174. Phylloscopus examinandus Stresemann. Kamchatka (Asia; error, emended to Surinam by Berlepsch and Leaf Warbler. Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool. 9:26; further emended to Bahia, Brazil, by Meyer de Schauensee, 1952, Proc. Phylloscopus borealis examinandus Stresemann, 1913, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 104:77.) Novit. Zool. 20:353. (Bali.) Habitat.—Second-growth Scrub, Riparian Thickets, Habitat.—Broadleaf forest, birch, swampy woods, and Pastures/Agricultural Lands (0–1,200 m; Tropical Zone). shrubby areas (rarely pine) below 1,000 m. Distribution.—Resident in northeastern Brazil from Distribution.—Breeds in southern Kamchatka (north to Maranha˜o, Tocantins, and Bahia eastward. Summer at least 568N), Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and northeastern resident from Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Hokkaido. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, south to north-central Argentina,

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(Woodhouse, 1853) [Gray-headed Junco]. The groups Delete the citation of Caciculus from the synonymy of intergrade to varying degrees. Several other forms may Cacicus. Remove the existing Notes under the heading merit recognition as groups: Junco mearnsi Ridgway, 1897 Genus CACICUS Lacep´ ede.` [Pink-sided Junco], of the oreganus group, breeding from pp. 682–683. DNA sequence data (Sorenson et al. 2004, southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan to Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2009) indicate that the generic limits eastern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming, and J. dorsalis and linear sequence of species currently placed in the Henry, 1858 [Red-backed Junco], of the caniceps group, genera Lonchura and Padda do not accurately reflect their breeding from northern and central Arizona and central evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in the New Mexico to western Texas. For detailed information on following changes: groups, see Miller (1941). See comments under J. vulcani and J. insularis. Insert the following heading in a position following the species account for Amandava amandava: pp. 631–632. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences (Chaves et al. 2013) has shown that the Genus SPERMESTES Swainson linear sequence of species in the genus Saltator does not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Spermestes Swainson, 1837, Birds W. Africa 1, p. 201. Type, by monotypy, Spermestes cucullata Swainson. Under the heading Genus SALTATOR Vieillot, add the following to the end of the existing Notes: Linear sequence Notes.—Formerly considered part of Lonchura (AOU of species follows Chaves et al. (2013). 1983, 1998), but now treated as separate because DNA sequence data (Sorenson et al. 2004, Arnaiz-Villena et al. Rearrange the sequence of species of Saltator as follows: 2009) indicate that Spermestes is not included in true Saltator atriceps Lonchura. Saltator maximus Delete the citation of Spermestes from the synonymy of Saltator grossus Lonchura. Change Lonchura cucullata (Swainson) to Saltator albicollis Spermestes cucullata Swainson and place the account for Saltator coerulescens this species under the heading and Notes for Spermestes. Saltator striatipectus Replace the last sentence of the Notes with: Formerly p. 657. DNA sequence data (Powell et al. 2014) indicate placed in the genus Lonchura. See comments under that Cacicus melanicterus is sister to a clade consisting of Spermestes. Psarocolius and the other species of Cacicus. Insert the Insert the following heading in a position following the following heading in a position following the species species account for Spermestes cucullata: account for Amblycercus holosericeus: Genus EUODICE Reichenbach Genus CASSICULUS Swainson Euodice Reichenbach, 1862–1863, Singvogel,¨ p. 46. Cassiculus Swainson, 1827, Philos. Mag., new ser., 1: Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1890, Cat. 436. Type, by original designation, Cassiculus corona- Birds Brit. Mus. 13, p. 368), Loxia cantans Gmelin. tus Swainson ¼ Icterus melanicterus Bonaparte. Notes.—Formerly considered part of Lonchura (AOU Notes.—Ridgway (1902) and Hellmayr (1938) treated 1983, 1998), but now treated as separate because DNA this species in the monotypic genus Cassiculus. Blake sequence data (Sorenson et al. 2004, Arnaiz-Villena et al. (1968) merged it into Cacicus, and this was followed in 2009) indicate that Euodice is not included in true Lonchura. most subsequent classifications (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998). DNA sequence data (Powell et al. 2014), however, indicate Delete the citation of Euodice from the synonomy of Lonchura. Change Lonchura malabarica (Linnaeus) and that Cassiculus is sister to a clade consisting of Psarocolius Lonchura cantans (Gmelin) to Euodice malabarica and true Cacicus. (Linnaeus) and Euodice cantans (Gmelin), and place the Change Cacicus melanicterus (Bonaparte) to Cassicu- accounts for these species in this sequence under the lus melanicterus (Bonaparte) and place the account for heading and Notes for Euodice. Make the appropriate this species under the heading and Notes for Cassiculus. changes in generic names or abbreviations within the Replace the second sentence of the Notes with the existing Notes. Add the following to the end of the Notes following: Formerly placed in the genus Cacicus. See for each species: Formerly placed in the genus Lonchura. comments under Cassiculus. See comments under Euodice.

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Change Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus) to Lonchura oryzi- LOCUSTELLIDAE vora (Linnaeus), delete the genus heading and Notes for Cassiculus melanicterus Cassique a` ailes jaunes Padda, move the citation for Padda into the synonymy of Sporophila funerea Sporophile a` bec fort Sporophila nuttingi Sporophile de Nutting Lonchura, insert the species account for Lonchura Sporophila crassirostris Sporophile crassirostre oryzivora to precede the account for Lonchura punctulata, Sporophila corvina Sporophile variable and insert the following at the end of the Notes: Formerly Sporophila lineola Sporophile bouveron placed in the genus Padda, but DNA sequence data Junco insularis Junco de Guadalupe (Sorenson et al. 2004, Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2009) indicate Spermestes cucullata Capucin nonnette Euodice malabarica Capucin bec-de-plomb that Padda is embedded within Lonchura, as treated by Euodice cantans Capucin bec-d’argent Payne (2010). Lonchura oryzivora Padda de Java in APPENDIX (Part 1) p. 683. Change the English name for Lonchura Thalassarche eremita Albatros des Chatham punctulata to Scaly-breasted Munia (as in Inskipp et al. Sporophila angolensis Sporophile curio 2001, Robson 2005, Payne 2010, and Rasmussen and Delete the following names: Anderton 2012). Change the Notes to read: Formerly Rallus longirostris Raleˆ gris known as Nutmeg Mannikin (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998), but Geotrygon veraguensis Colombe de Veraguas Geotrygon albifacies Colombe des nuages name modified to conform to general worldwide usage. Geotrygon chiriquensis Colombe du Chiriqui Also known as Spotted Munia, Spice Finch, or Ricebird. Geotrygon carrikeri Colombe de Tuxtla Oryzoborus angolensis Geotrygon lawrencii Colombe de Lawrence p. 698. Change (Linnaeus) to Geotrygon costaricensis Colombe du Costa Rica Sporophila angolensis (Linnaeus). Phylogenetic analyses Geotrygon goldmani Colombe de Goldman based on sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA Ninox scutulata Ninoxe hirsute indicate that Oryzoborus, formerly considered a separate Aratinga holochlora Conure verte genus, is embedded within Sporophila (Mason and Burns Aratinga strenua Conure de Ridgway Aratinga finschi Conure de Finsch 2013, Burns et al. 2014). Aratinga mitrata Conure mitree´ pp. 705 ff. Make the following changes to the list of Aratinga chloroptera Conure maˆıtresse Aratinga euops Conure de Cuba French names of North American birds: Aratinga nana Conure naine Aratinga canicularis Conure a` front rouge Insert the following names in the proper position as Aratinga pertinax Conure cuivree´ indicated by the text of this supplement: Nandayus nenday Conure nanday Gymnopithys leucaspis Fourmilier a` joues blanches Thalassarche salvini Albatros de Salvin Hyloctistes subulatus Anabate forestier Ciconia maguari Cigogne maguari Automolus rubiginosus Anabate rubigineux Rallus obsoletus Raleˆ de Californie MEGALURIDAE Rallus tenuirostris Raleˆ du Mexique Cacicus melanicterus Cassique a` ailes jaunes Rallus crepitans Raleˆ tapageur Oryzoborus nuttingi Sporophile de Nutting Leptotrygon veraguensis Colombe de Veraguas Oryzoborus funereus Sporophile a` bec fort Zentrygon carrikeri Colombe de Tuxtla Oryzoborus crassirostris Sporophile crassirostre Zentrygon costaricensis Colombe du Costa Rica Sporophila americana Sporophile variable Zentrygon lawrencii Colombe de Lawrence Lonchura malabarica Capucin bec-de-plomb Zentrygon albifacies Colombe des nuages Lonchura cantans Capucin bec-d’argent Zentrygon chiriquensis Colombe du Chiriqui Lonchura cucullata Capucin nonnette Zentrygon goldmani Colombe de Goldman Padda oryzivora Padda de Java Ninox japonica Ninoxe du Japon in APPENDIX (Part 1) Eupsittula nana Conure naine Oryzoborus angolensis Sporophile curio Eupsittula canicularis Conure a` front rouge Eupsittula pertinax Conure cuivree´ Aratinga nenday Conure nanday Rearrange the species sequence in Dendrocincla, Saltator, Psittacara holochlorus Conure verte and Sporophila as indicated by the text of this supplement. Psittacara strenuus Conure de Ridgway Psittacara finschi Conure de Finsch Rearrange the species sequence from Zenaida to Psittacara euops Conure de Cuba Starnoenas as indicated by the text of this supplement. Psittacara chloropterus Conure maˆıtresse Psittacara mitratus Conure mitree´ Rearrange the species sequence from Aratinga to Ara as Gymnopithys bicolor Fourmilier bicolore indicated by the text of this supplement. Clibanornis rubiginosus Anabate rubigineux Automolus subulatus Anabate forestier Rearrange the sequence of species formerly in Hyloc- Phylloscopus collybita Pouillot veloce´ tistes, Automolus, and Thripadectes as indicated by the text Phylloscopus examinandus Pouillot du Kamchatka of this supplement.

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R. Terry Chesser,1* Richard C. Banks,2 Kevin J. Burns,3 Carla Cicero,4 Jon L. Dunn,5 Andrew W. Kratter,6 Irby J. Lovette,7 Adolfo G. Navarro-Siguenza,¨ 8 Pamela C. Rasmussen,9 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,10 James D. Rising,11 Douglas F. Stotz,12 and Kevin Winker13

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA 2 3201 Circle Hill Road, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 3 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 4 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 5 24 Idaho Street, Bishop, California, USA 6 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 7 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 8 Museo de Zoolog´ıa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma´ de Mexico,´ Mexico´ D.F., Mexico 9 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 10 Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 11 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12 Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 13 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA * Corresponding author: [email protected]; Chairman of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithologists’ Union. All authors are members of the Committee and are listed alphabetically after the Chairman. Published July 1, 2015

This is the 15th supplement since publication of the 7th Akialoa ellisiana, and Loxops coccineus) and the distribu- edition of the Check-list of North American Birds tional statements of four others (Puffinus auricularis, (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- Phaethornis longirostris, Calliphlox evelynae, and Hima- marizes decisions made between May 15, 2014, and April tione sanguinea) are changed as a result of taxonomic 15, 2015, by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and changes; (6) the scientific names of two species (Leptotila Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- cassinii and Amazilia saucerottei) are corrected on the mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in basis of evidence in their original descriptions; (7) the the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). scientific names of two species (Hemignathus wilsoni and Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri) are changed following changes Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) in generic assignment that affected the priority of their seven species (Alopochen aegyptiaca, Phoebastria irrorata, species names; (8) seven genera (Rupornis, Geranoaetus, Pterodroma madeira, Syrigma sibilatrix, Patagioenas Cryptopipo, Akialoa, Chlorodrepanis, Viridonia, and Spi- goodsoni, Campylorhynchus griseus,andPhoenicurus zelloides) are added as a result of splits from other genera, phoenicurus) are added to the main list on the basis of resulting in changes to 10 scientific names (Rupornis new distributional information, including two species magnirostris, Geranoaetus albicaudatus, Cryptopipo holo- transferred from the Appendix; (2) 11 species (Pterodroma chlora, Akialoa obscura, A. ellisiana, Chlorodrepanis heraldica, Puffinus newelli, Phaethornis mexicanus, Calli- virens, C. flava, C. stejnegeri, Viridonia sagittirostris, and phlox lyrura, Himatione fraithii, Hemignathus hanapepe, Spizelloides arborea); (9) one genus (Vestiaria) is lost by H. affinis, Akialoa stejnegeri, A. lanaiensis, Loxops merger (into Drepanis) and the scientific name of one wolstenholmei, and L. ochraceus) are added to the main species (D. coccinea) is thereby changed; (10) the citation list due to splits from species already on the list; (3) one for one species (Pterodroma solandri) is corrected; and species name is changed (to Cranioleuca dissita) because (11) two species (Anthropoides virgo and Grus monacha) of a split from an extralimital species; (4) the distributional are added to the Appendix. In addition, the English name statement of one species (Stercorarius skua) is changed of one species is transferred to another scientific name in because of a split from an extralimital species; (5) the the aftermath of a taxonomic change: Thus, Herald Petrel distributional statements and English names of four is now the English name for Pterodroma heraldica rather species (Pterodroma arminjoniana, Hemignathus lucidus, than for P. arminjoniana.

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One new subfamily of Falconiformes is added and two Spizelloides arborea American Tree Sparrow. subfamilies are deleted, one new family and three new Drepanis coccinea Iiwi. (H) subfamilies of Psittaciformes are added and two subfam- †Himatione fraithii Laysan Honeycreeper. (H) ilies are deleted, and one new subfamily is added to the Hemignathus hanapepe Kauai Nukupuu. (H) Pipridae. New linear sequences are adopted for genera in †Hemignathus lucidus Oahu Nukupuu. (H) the family Thraupidae and in the Hawaiian honeycreepers Hemignathus affinis Maui Nukupuu. (H) (Carduelinae, in part), and for species in the Buteo group Hemignathus wilsoni Akiapolaau. (H) (Accipitridae, in part) and in the genera Ramphocelus and †Akialoa obscura Lesser Akialoa. (H) Sporophila, all due to new phylogenetic data. The family Akialoa stejnegeri Kauai Akialoa. (H) placements of 22 genera (Volatinia, Sporophila, Melopyr- †Akialoa ellisiana Oahu Akialoa. (H) rha, Tiaris, Loxipasser, Loxigilla, Euneornis, Melanospiza, †Akialoa lanaiensis Maui-nui Akialoa. (H) Pinaroloxias, Haplospiza, Acanthidops, Diglossa, Sicalis, Chlorodrepanis virens Hawaii Amakihi. (H) Emberizoides, Saltator, Coereba, Nesospingus, Phaenico- Chlorodrepanis flava Oahu Amakihi. (H) philus, Calyptophilus, Rhodinocichla, Mitrospingus,and Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri Kauai Amakihi. (H) Spindalis) are changed on the basis of new information on †Viridonia sagittirostris Greater Amakihi. (H) their phylogenetic relationships. Loxops wolstenholmei Oahu Akepa. (H) Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Loxops ochraceus Maui Akepa. (H) decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Loxops coccineus Hawaii Akepa. (H) citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Delete the following names: edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Pterodroma arminjoniana Herald Petrel. (A) the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area can Buteo magnirostris Roadside Hawk. be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa. Buteo albicaudatus White-tailed Hawk. The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers Leptotila cassini Gray-chested Dove. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Amazilia saucerrottei Steely-vented Hummingbird. Committee’s actions: Micrasturinae pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of Caracarinae species to 2,116. Insert the following names in the proper Platycercinae position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Psittacinae Cranioleuca vulpina Rusty-backed Spinetail. Alopochen aegyptiaca Egyptian Goose. (I) Xenopipo holochlora Green Manakin. Phoebastria irrorata Waved Albatross. (A) Spizella arborea American Tree Sparrow. Pterodroma madeira Zino’s Petrel. (A) Hemignathus virens Hawaii Amakihi. (H) Pterodroma heraldica Herald Petrel. (A) Hemignathus flavus Oahu Amakihi. (H) Pterodroma arminjoniana Trindade Petrel. Hemignathus kauaiensis Kauai Amakihi. (H) Puffinus newelli Newell’s Shearwater. †Hemignathus sagittirostris Greater Amakihi. (H) Syrigma sibilatrix Whistling Heron. (A) †Hemignathus obscurus Lesser Akialoa. (H) Rupornis magnirostris Roadside Hawk. Hemignathus ellisianus Greater Akialoa. (H) Geranoaetus albicaudatus White-tailed Hawk. Hemignathus lucidus Nukupuu. (H) Patagioenas goodsoni Dusky Pigeon. (A) Hemignathus munroi Akiapolaau. (H) Leptotila cassinii Gray-chested Dove. Vestiaria coccinea Iiwi. (H) Phaethornis mexicanus Mexican Hermit. Loxops coccineus Akepa. (H) Calliphlox lyrura Inagua Woodstar. Change the sequence of species from Morphnarchus to Amazilia saucerottei Steely-vented Hummingbird. Buteo Herpetotherinae to: PSITTACULIDAE Morphnarchus princeps Psittaculinae Rupornis magnirostris Agapornithinae Parabuteo unicinctus Loriinae Geranoaetus albicaudatus Cranioleuca dissita Coiba Spinetail. Pseudastur albicollis Piprinae Leucopternis semiplumbeus Cryptopipo holochlora Green Manakin. Buteo plagiatus Campylorhynchus griseus Bicolored Wren. Buteo nitidus Phoenicurus phoenicurus Common Redstart. (A) Buteo lineatus

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Buteo ridgwayi Hemithraupis Buteo platypterus Volatinia Buteo solitarius Eucometis Buteo brachyurus Tachyphonus Buteo swainsoni Lanio Buteo albonotatus Ramphocelus Buteo jamaicensis Tersina Buteo lagopus Cyanerpes Buteo regalis Dacnis Coereba Move Herpetotheres cachinnans to follow subfamily Tiaris Herpetotherinae. Euneornis Move Psittacula krameri to follow subfamily Psitta- Loxigilla culinae, move Agapornis roseicollis to follow subfamily Melopyrrha Agapornithinae, and move Melopsittacus undulatus to Loxipasser follow subfamily Loriinae. Melanospiza Change the sequence of genera in the PIPRIDAE to: Pinaroloxias Sporophila Chiroxiphia Emberizoides Corapipo Saltator Cryptopipo Change the sequence of species in Ramphocelus to: Lepidothrix Manacus Ramphocelus sanguinolentus Dixiphia Ramphocelus flammigerus Ceratopipra Ramphocelus passerinii Ramphocelus costaricensis Transfer Coereba flaveola, the six species of Saltator, Ramphocelus dimidiatus Volatinia jacarina, the nine species of Sporophila, Change the sequence of species in Sporophila to: Melopyrrha nigra, the three species of Tiaris, Loxipasser anoxanthus, the four species of Loxigilla, Euneornis Sporophila lineola campestris, Melanospiza richardsoni, Pinaroloxias in- Sporophila funerea ornata, Haplospiza rustica, Acanthidops bairdi, the two Sporophila crassirostris species of Diglossa, the two species of Sicalis,and Sporophila nuttingi Emberizoides herbicola, arranged according to the linear Sporophila corvina sequence below, to the family THRAUPIDAE. Sporophila schistacea Sporophila torqueola Transfer Nesospingus speculiferus, the two species of Sporophila nigricollis Phaenicophilus, the two species of Calyptophilus, Sporophila minuta Rhodinocichla rosea, Mitrospingus cassinii, and the four species of Spindalis, in this sequence, to Genera Change the sequence of genera from Telespiza to INCERTAE SEDIS following Saltator striatipectus. Melamprosops to: Change the sequence of genera in the THRAUPIDAE to: Melamprosops Oreomystis Bangsia Paroreomyza Paroaria Loxioides Thraupis Telespiza Tangara Chloridops Conirostrum Rhodacanthis Sicalis Ciridops Haplospiza Palmeria Acanthidops Himatione Diglossa Drepanis Chlorophanes Psittirostra Chrysothlypis Dysmorodrepanis Heterospingus Pseudonestor

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Hemignathus Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin). Herald Petrel. Akialoa Magumma Oestrelata heraldica Salvin, 1888, Ibis, p. 357. (Ches- Chlorodrepanis terfield Islands, western Pacific.) Viridonia Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; nests on islands on bare rock Loxops under overhanging ledges or plants. p. 12. After the account for Phoebastria nigripes, insert Distribution.—Breeds on islands in the tropical South the following new species account: Pacific. Ranges at sea in the South Pacific near the breeding grounds. Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin). Waved Albatross. Accidental in the Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals, 14 March 1968; Amerson 1971:125), with addi- Diomedea irrorata Salvin, 1883, Proc. Zool. Soc. tional sight reports near Clipperton Island and north to the London, p. 430. (Callao Bay, Peru.) Revillagigedo Islands (Howell and Webb 1995). Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; breeds on islands. Notes.—See Notes under Pterodroma arminjoniana. Distribution.—Breeds on Hood Island (Gala´pagos p. 16. After the species account for Pterodroma feae, Islands) and on Isla de la Plata off Ecuador. insert the following new account: Ranges at sea near the coasts of Ecuador and Peru. Accidental in Costa Rica (Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, 9 Pterodroma madeira Mathews. Zino’s Petrel. January 2014; photos; Obando-Calderon´ et al. 2014). Sight reports from Panama, west of Pinas˜ Bay, Darien,´ 26 Pterodroma mollis madeira Mathews, 1934, Bull. Brit. February 1941 (Ridgely 1976), and southwest of the Pearl Ornithol. Club 54:179. (Madeira.) Islands, 27 September 1964 (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989). Notes.—Also known as Galapagos Albatross. Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; nests in burrows at highest elevations on Madeira. p. 13. The citation for Pterodroma solandri, which was Distribution.—Breeds on Madeira, where critically transferred from the Appendix to the main list in Chesser endangered. et al. (2013), is corrected following McAllan (2004) to: Ranges at sea in waters around Madeira, also recorded Procellaria Solandri Gould, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. around the Azores. Geolocator data from Zino et al. (2011) 13:363. (Bass’s Straits ¼ Bass Strait.) showed birds ranging widely in the northeastern Atlantic during the breeding season; during the nonbreeding p. 13. Pterodroma heraldica is treated as a species season they were mostly found off western Africa, along separate from P. arminjoniana. In the species account for P. the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to St. Helena, and off Brazil. arminjoniana, change the English name to Trindade Petrel, Accidental off North Carolina (Hatteras, 16 September and change the distributional statement and Notes to: 1995; photos; Howell 2012, Flood and Fisher 2013). Distribution.—Breeds on islands in the South Atlantic Notes.—See Notes under Pterodroma feae. (Trindade, Martin Vas Rocks) and Indian Ocean (Round Island off Mauritius). p. 21. Puffinus newelli is considered a species separate Ranges at sea generally in the South Atlantic near the from P. auricularis. In the species account for P. breeding grounds and into the subtropical North Atlantic, auricularis, replace the distributional statement and regularly off North Carolina (Howell 2012). existing Notes with the following: Casual or accidental from New York (near Ithaca; Allen Distribution.—Breeds in the Revillagigedo Islands 1934) south to Virginia (including inland records), in (Socorro and, at least formerly, Clarion and San Benedic- Puerto Rico (Cayo Lobito, Culebra National Wildlife to), off western Mexico. Refuge; Gochfeld et al. 1988), northeast of the Lesser Ranges at sea from Baja California south to Clipperton 0 0 Antilles (lat. 21851 N, long. 43835 W), and in England. Island, west to long. ~1218W, and along the coast of Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with P. her- Mexico south to Oaxaca; sight reports from California and aldica and P. atrata Mathews, 1912 [Henderson Petrel], from Oaxaca southward require confirmation. but the three are treated as separate species on the basis of Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with P. new- assortative mating on islands where they breed in sympatry elli, but treated as a separate species on the basis of (Brooke and Rowe 1996; but see Brown et al. [2010] for differences in plumage (Howell et al. 1994), morphology hybridization in secondary contact on Round Island). and breeding chronology (Ainley et al. 1997), and feeding After the species account for P. arminjoniana, insert the ecology (Spear et al. 1995) comparable to or greater than following new account: the differences among other valid species of small

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Genus GERANOAETUS Kaup Notes.—Subfamily arrangement follows Griffiths Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844, Class. Saugethiere¨ Vogel,¨ p. (1999), Griffiths et al. (2004), and Fuchs et al. (2012). 122. Type, by monotypy, Falco aguja Temminck ¼ Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieillot. After the heading and Notes for Family FALCONIDAE: Caracaras and Falcons, insert the following new heading: Change Buteo albicaudatus Vieillot to Geranoaetus albicaudatus (Vieillot), place the account for this species Subfamily HERPETOTHERINAE: Laughing under the heading and citation for Geranoaetus, and insert Falcon and Forest-Falcons the following Notes at the end of the species account: Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Buteo, but genetic Move the heading and citation for Genus HERPETO- data (Raposo do Amaral et al. 2009) indicate that this THERES Vieillot and the species account for Herpeto- species forms a clade with extralimital species Geranoaetus theres cachinnans to follow this heading. melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) [Black-chested Buzzard- Change the heading Subfamily FALCONINAE: Falcons Eagle] and Appendix species G. (formerly Buteo) poly- to Subfamily FALCONINAE: Caracaras and Falcons, and osoma (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) [Variable Hawk]. move this heading to follow the species account for Rearrange the sequence of species from Morphnarchus Micrastur semitorquatus. princeps to Buteo lagopus to: p. 181. Stercorarius antarcticus is considered a species Morphnarchus princeps separate from S. skua. Replace the distributional statement Rupornis magnirostris and Notes in the species account for S. skua with the Parabuteo unicinctus following: Geranoaetus albicaudatus Distribution.—Breeds in Iceland, the Faeroe, Shetland Pseudastur albicollis and Orkney islands, locally on the northern Scotland Leucopternis semiplumbeus mainland, Svelbard, Norway, and Kola Peninsula, Russia. Buteo plagiatus Winters at sea in the eastern North Atlantic, from lat. Buteo nitidus 608N south to the Tropic of Cancer, regularly on the Buteo lineatus Newfoundland Banks and off the coast from Nova Scotia Buteo ridgwayi to North Carolina, and rarely to the Canary Islands, the Buteo platypterus Mediterranean Sea, and off northeastern South America Buteo solitarius (Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil). Buteo brachyurus Accidental in Belize (Ambergris Cay), Guyana, Novaya Buteo swainsoni Zemlya, and continental Europe. Buteo albonotatus Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with S. antarc- Buteo jamaicensis ticus (including S. lonnbergi), but treated as a separate species Buteo lagopus on the basis of phenotypic differences commensurate with or Buteo regalis greater than those found in reproductively isolated sympatric congeners in the Southern Hemisphere (Furness 1996). Add the following Notes under the heading Genus p. 221. After the species account for Patagioenas BUTEOGALLUS Lesson (p. 97): Linear sequence of genera nigrirostris, insert the following new account: from Buteogallus through Buteo follows Raposo et al. (2009). pp. 107–111. Phylogenetic analysis of syringeal mor- Patagioenas goodsoni (Hartert). Dusky Pigeon. phological characters and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA Columba goodsoni Hartert, 1902, Bull. Brit. Ornithol. sequences (Griffiths 1999, Griffiths et al. 2004, Fuchs et al. Club 12:42. (San Javier, Pambilar, and Carondelet, n.w. 2012) indicate that our current subfamily classification of Ecuador ¼ Pambila, Ecuador.) the Falconiformes does not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in the Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane following changes: Evergreen Forest (0–1,000 m). Distribution.—Resident in western Colombia and Delete the headings Subfamily MICRASTURINAE: western Ecuador. Forest-Falcons, Subfamily CARACARINAE: Caracaras, Accidental or casual in eastern Panama near the Tribe Herpetotherini: Laughing Falcons, and Tribe Falco- Colombian border (near Hito Palo de las Letras, Darien,´ nini: True Falcons. 28 December 2012; photos and video; Campos-Cedeno˜ Delete the existing Notes under the heading Family and Vallely 2014). Additional sight reports from this area FALCONIDAE and insert the following: in upper Tuila Valley, Darien,´ 7 March 1981 (Ridgely and

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Gwynne 1989), and on trail to Cerro Pirre above Cana, After the species account for Agapornis roseicollis, insert Darien,´ 17 April 1992 (Angehr et al. 2006). the following new heading: Notes.—See comments under P. nigrirostris. Subfamily LORIINAE: Lories and Allies

p. 229. The name Leptotila cassini is corrected to Move the heading and citation for Genus MELOPSIT- Leptotila cassinii, in accordance with the spelling of the TACUS Selby and the species account for Melopsittacus name in the original description (Lawrence 1867), contra undulatus to follow this heading. Ridgway (1916), Peters (1937), and Sibley and Monroe (1990). p. 283. Phaethornis mexicanus is treated as a species separate from P. longirostris. In the species account for P. pp. 232–245. Molecular, paleontological, and morpho- longirostris, change the distributional statement and Notes logical evidence (summarized in Joseph et al. 2012) to: indicate that our current family and subfamily classifica- Distribution.—Resident [longirostris group] on the tion of the Psittaciformes does not accurately reflect their Gulf-Caribbean slope from Veracruz, Tabasco, northern evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in the Oaxaca, and northern Chiapas south through Central following changes: America to Nicaragua, on both slopes of Costa Rica and Delete the existing Notes under the heading Order Panama, and in northern Colombia and northwestern PSITTACIFORMES: Parrots, transfer the existing Notes Venezuela; and [baroni group] in South America west of for Family PSITTACIDAE: Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and the Andes in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Parrots to Order PSITTACIFORMES:Parrots,andaddthe Notes.—Groups: P. longirostris and P. baroni Hartert, following to the end of these newly added Notes: Family and 1897 [Hartert’s Hermit]. Formerly considered conspecific subfamily arrangement follows Joseph et al. (2012). with extralimital P. superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) [Long- tailed Hermit], but separated (Banks et al. 2002) largely on Change the heading Family PSITTACIDAE: Lories, morphological grounds. See Notes under P. mexicanus. Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots to: Before the species account for P. longirostris, insert the Family PSITTACIDAE: African and New World Parrots following new account: Move the heading Subfamily ARINAE: New World Phaethornis mexicanus Hartert. Mexican Hermit. Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots and its included genera and species to follow this family heading. Phaëthornis mexicanus Hartert, 1897, Ibis, p. 425. (Dos Arroyos, near Chilpancingo, Guerrero.) Delete the headings Subfamily PLATYCERCINAE: Australian Parrots and Rosellas and Subfamily PSITTA- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane CINAE: Typical Parrots. Evergreen Forest (100–1,900 m; Tropical and Subtropical zones). After the species account for Amazona imperialis, insert Distribution.—Resident [griseoventer group] in western the following new headings: Mexico from west-central Nayarit (near Tepic and San ´ Family PSITTACULIDAE: Lories, Lovebirds, Blas) south to Jalisco (Sierra de Autlan, Mineral San Sebastian) and Colima (Cerro Grande); and [mexicanus and Indomalayan and Papua-Australian Parrots group] in Guerrero and western Oaxaca. Subfamily PSITTACULINAE: Indomalayan Notes.—Groups: P. griseoventer Phillips, 1962 [Jalisco and Papua-Australian Parrots Hermit] and P. mexicanus. Formerly considered conspecific with P. longirostris, but treated as a separate species on Move the heading and citation for Genus PSITTACU- the basis of differences in vocalizations, behavior, genetics, LA Cuvier and the species account for Psittacula krameri and morphology (Arbelaéz-Cortes´ and Navarro-Sigüenza to follow this heading. 2013, Howell 2013, McGuire et al. 2014). After the species account for Psittacula krameri, insert p. 299. The name Amazilia saucerrottei is corrected to the following new heading: Amazilia saucerottei. The name in the original description Subfamily AGAPORNITHINAE: Lovebirds (saucerrottei) was a misspelling of Saucerotte, the person and Hanging-Parrots for whom the species was named (Delattre and Bourcier 1846). This inadvertent error must be corrected under the Move the heading and citation for Genus AGAPORNIS rules of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Interna- Selby and the species account for Agapornis roseicollis to tional Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999, follow this heading. Article 32.5.1).

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p. 307. Calliphlox lyrura is treated as a species separate Delete the existing Notes under the heading Family from C. evelynae. In the species account for C. evelynae, PIPRIDAE: Manakins and insert the following: change the habitat and distributional statements and Notes to: Notes.—Linear sequence of genera and species follows Habitat.—Pine Forest, Second-growth Scrub, Tropical Regoˆ et al. (2007), Tello et al. (2009), McKay et al. (2010), Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, and Arid Lowland Scrub. and Ohlson et al. (2013). Distribution.—Resident throughout the Bahamas and After the heading Family PIPRIDAE: Manakins, insert Turks and Caicos, except Great and Little Inagua. the following new heading: Casual in southern Florida (Lantana, Homestead, Miami area). Subfamily PIPRINAE: Typical Manakins Notes.—Sometimes placed in Philodice or Nesophlox (Ridgway 1910) or merged into Calothorax (Howell 2002). After the species account for Chiroxiphia linearis, Formerly considered conspecific with C. lyrura, but treated replace the heading Genus XENOPIPO Cabanis and its as a separate species (as in Ridgway 1910) on the basis of citation and Notes with the following: differences in calls, songs, mechanical sounds, morphology, and genetics (Feo et al. 2015). English names for this species Genus CRYPTOPIPO Ohlson et al. and for C. lyrura follow Ridgway (1910) as a temporary Cryptopipo Ohlson, Fjeldsa˚ and Ericson, 2013, Mol. measure, pending a family-wide revision of English group Phylogenet. Evol. 69:802. Type, by original desig- names based on a complete phylogeny of the Trochilidae. nation, Chloropipo holochlora Sclater. After the species account for C. evelynae, insert the Change Xenopipo holochlora (Sclater) to Cryptopipo following new account: holochlora (Sclater), place the account for this species under the heading and citation for Cryptopipo, and replace Calliphlox lyrura (Gould). Inagua Woodstar. the existing Notes with the following: Doricha lyrura Gould, 1869, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Xenopipo, but 4:108–112. (Matthew Town, Great Inagua, Bahamas.) genetic data (Ohlson et al. 2013) indicate that C. holochlora is sister to the genus Lepidothrix and not Habitat.—Second-growth Scrub, Riparian Thickets, and Arid Lowland Scrub. closely related to true Xenopipo. Distribution.—Resident on islands of Great and Little Rearrange the genera in the family Pipridae in the Inagua (Bahamas). following new sequence: Notes.—Also called Lyre-tailed Hummingbird (Cory Chiroxiphia 1880), Inaguan Hummingbird, or Inagua Lyretail (Feo et al. Corapipo 2015). See Notes under C. evelynae. Cryptopipo p. 349. Cranioleuca dissita is treated as a species separate Lepidothrix from C. vulpina. Remove the species account for C. vulpina Manacus and replace it with the following new account: Dixiphia Ceratopipra Cranioleuca dissita Wetmore. Coiba Spinetail. p. 473. After the species account for Campylorhynchus Cranioleuca vulpina dissita Wetmore, 1957, Smithso- chiapensis, insert the following new account: nian Misc. Coll. 134:55. (Isla Coiba, Panama.) Campylorhynchus griseus (Swainson). Bicolored Wren. Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest. Distribution.—Resident on Isla Coiba, Panama. Furnarius griseus Swainson, 1837, Anim. Menag., p. 325. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. vulpi- (savannas of Guiana.) na (Pelzeln, 1856) [Rusty-backed Spinetail], but treated as Habitat.—Lowland and Montane Arid Scrub, Tropical separate on the basis of differences in vocalizations, Deciduous Forest, Gallery Forest, and Tropical Lowland genetics, and behavior (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Forest Edge (0–2,100 m; Tropical and Subtropical zones). Derryberry et al. 2011). Distribution.—Northern Colombia and northern Ven- pp. 423–426. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and ezuela locally south and east to extreme northern Brazil mitochondrial DNA sequences (Ohlson et al. 2013) has (Roraima) and southwestern Guyana. shown that the classification, generic limits, and linear Casual breeder in eastern Panama (at least two sequence of genera in the family Pipridae do not accurately individuals, including nesting birds, at Paya, Darien,´ 23– reflect their evolutionary relationships. Their findings 25 December 2012; photos; North American Birds 67:349– result in the following changes: 356; Campos-Cedeno˜ and Vallely 2014). Vocal report from

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Lerner et al. 2011) indicate that the expanded version of Habitat.—Humid montane forest. Hemignathus (Pratt 1979) is not a monophyletic group. Distribution.—Probably extinct. Formerly resident in the mountains of Kauai (Alakai plateau; last collected in Rearrange the sequence of genera from Telespiza to 1960, last sight report 1965). Melamprosops to: Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) considered conspecific Melamprosops with A. ellisiana and A. lanaiensis (and previously also Oreomystis with obscura; AOU 1983), but these are treated as separate Paroreomyza species on the basis of sympatry between some taxa in Loxioides Akialoa and a lack of knowledge of relationships among Telespiza these taxa (Olson and James 1995, Pratt 2014). Chloridops After the species account for A. ellisiana, insert the Rhodacanthis following new account: Ciridops Palmeria †Akialoa lanaiensis (Rothschild). Maui-nui Akialoa. Himatione Drepanis Hemignathus lanaiensis Rothschild, 1893, Bull. Brit. Psittirostra Ornithol. Club 1:24. (Lanai.) Dysmorodrepanis Habitat.—Humid montane forest. Pseudonestor Distribution.—EXTINCT. Formerly resident in the Hemignathus mountains of Lanai (last collected in 1892, last sight Akialoa report 1894). Magumma Notes.—See Notes under A. stejnegeri. Chlorodrepanis p. 675. Hemignathus hanapepe and Hemignathus affinis Viridonia are treated as species separate from H. lucidus. In the Loxops species account for H. lucidus, add a dagger (†) before the Delete the existing Notes under Genus LOXIOIDES scientific name, change the English name to Oahu Oustalet, Genus TELESPIZA Wilson, Genus CHLORI- Nukupuu, and change the distributional statement and DOPS Wilson, Genus RHODACANTHIS Rothschild, Genus Notes to: PSITTIROSTRA Temminck, and Genus DYSMORODRE- Distribution.—EXTINCT. Formerly resident in the PANIS Perkins, and replace the existing Notes under Genus mountains of Oahu (last collected in 1837, possible sight MELAMPROSOPS Casey and Jacobi with the following: reports until 1860). Notes.—Melamprosops and the following 19 genera Notes.—See Notes under H. hanapepe. constitute the Hawaiian honeycreepers, formerly (AOU Before the species account for H. lucidus, insert the 1983, 1998) considered to constitute the subfamily following new account: Drepanidinae. Linear sequence of these genera follows Lerner et al. (2011) and Pratt (2014). Hemignathus hanapepe Wilson. Kauai Nukupuu. p. 675. Akialoa stejnegeri and A. lanaiensis are treated as Hemignathus hanapepe Wilson, 1889, Ann. Mag. Nat. species separate from A. ellisiana. In the species account Hist., ser. 6, 4, p. 401. (Kauai.) for A. ellisiana, add a dagger (†) before the scientific name, change the English name to Oahu Akialoa, and change the Habitat.—Humid montane forest, especially ohia and distributional statement and Notes to: koa. Distribution.—EXTINCT. Formerly resident in the Distribution.—Probably extinct. Formerly resident in mountains of Oahu (last collected in 1837, last sight the mountains of Kauai (last collected in 1899, sight report 1939). reports until 1990s in the Alakai plateau region). Notes.—See Notes under A. stejnegeri. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with H. lucidus and H. affinis, but treated as separate species on Before the species account for A. ellisiana, insert the the basis of plumage differences commensurate with following new account: those observed among several other species groups of Hawaiian honeycreepers (Pratt et al. 2001, Pratt and Pratt †Akialoa stejnegeri (Wilson). Kauai Akialoa. 2001). Hemignathus Stejnegeri Wilson, 1889, Ann. Mag. Nat. After the species account for H. lucidus, insert the Hist., ser. 6, 4, p. 400. (Kauai.) following new account:

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Hemignathus affinis Rothschild. Maui Nukupuu. Habitat.—Humid montane forests, primarily ohia–koa, but occasionally in mixed native–exotic forest. Hemignathus affinis Rothschild, 1893, Ibis, p. 112. (Maui.) Distribution.—Resident in the mountains in the Ha- Habitat.—Humid montane forest, especially ohia and waiian Islands (all main islands from Kauai eastward). koa. Accidental on Niihau. Distribution.—Possibly extinct, or resident locally in Notes.—See Notes under H. fraithii. precarious numbers in the mountains of eastern Maui Before the species account for H. sanguinea, insert the (windward slopes of Haleakala; last collected in 1896, last following new account: sight report 1996). Notes.—See Notes under H. hanapepe. †Himatione fraithii Rothschild. Laysan Honeycreeper. p. 677. Loxops wolstenholmei and Loxops ochraceus are Himatione fraithii Rothschild, 1892, Ann. Mag. Nat. treated as species separate from L. coccineus. In the species Hist., ser. 6, 10, p. 109. (Laysan.) account for L. coccineus, change the English name to Habitat.—Brushy areas and bunchgrass. Hawaii Akepa, and change the habitat and distributional Distribution.—EXTINCT. Formerly resident on Laysan statements and Notes to: Island (extinct since 1923). Habitat.—Humid montane forest, primarily ohia-koa Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with H. san- and ohia. guinea, but treated as a separate species on the basis of Distribution.—Resident in the mountains of Hawaii differences in song and song phenology, feeding behavior, (rare and local). nest placement and structure, habitat, and morphology Notes.—See Notes under L. wolstenholmei. (Pratt and Pratt 2001, Pratt 2005). Sometimes known by the species name freethi; however, this is an unjustified Before the species account for L. coccineus, insert the emendation of the original spelling fraithii (Pyle 2011). following two new accounts, in this sequence: p. 685. Delete the account for Phoebastria irrorata from Loxops wolstenholmei Rothschild. Oahu Akepa. the Appendix. Loxops wolstenholmei Rothschild, 1893, Ibis, p. 570. p. 691. In the Appendix, change Buteo polyosoma to (Oahu.) Geranoaetus polyosoma and change the English name of this species from Red-backed Hawk to Variable Hawk. In Habitat.—Humid montane forest, primarily ohia-koa the account for this species, change B. swainsoni to Buteo and ohia. swainsoni and change the last sentence to the following: Distribution.—Probably extinct. Formerly resident in The origin of the bird remains highly questionable (Allen the mountains of Oahu (last collected in 1893, last sight 1988). report 1976). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with Loxops p. 691. In the Appendix, following the species account coccineus and Loxops ochraceus, but treated as separate for Porphyrio porphyrio, insert the following new account: species on the basis of plumage and behavioral differences Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus). Demoiselle Crane. greater than those among the three species of amakihi (Pratt 2010, 2014). Ardea Virgo, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 141. (‘‘In Oriente’’ ¼ India.) Loxops ochraceus Rothschild. Maui Akepa. An individual was photographed wintering with Sandhill Loxops ochracea Rothschild, 1893, Ibis, p. 112. (Maui.) Cranes near Lodi and Staten Island, San Joaquin County, Habitat.—Humid montane forest, primarily ohia-koa California, from 30 September 2001 to 18 February 2002; and ohia. probably the same individual was photographed later near Distribution.—Probably extinct. Formerly resident in Smithers, British Columbia, on 2 May 2002, and again the mountains of eastern Maui (last collected ca. 1900, last probably the same bird at Gustavus, southeast Alaska, 13– sight report 1980). 14 May 2002 (Hamilton et al. 2007, Howell et al. 2014). Notes.—See Notes under L. wolstenholmei. The species was placed on the Supplemental List, indicating uncertain origin, by the California Bird Records p. 678. Himatione fraithii is treated as a species separate Committee (Cole and McCaskie 2004). It is not rare in from H. sanguinea. In the species account for H. captivity in North America, and previous escapes are sanguinea, change the habitat and distributional state- known. On the other hand, the species is highly migratory ments and Notes to: and has occurred as a stray throughout western Europe,

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R. Terry Chesser,1* Kevin J. Burns,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 Douglas F. Stotz,10 and Kevin Winker11

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA 2 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Bishop, California, USA 5 Florida Museum of Natural History,University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 6 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 7 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 8 Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 9 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10 Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 11 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA * Corresponding author: [email protected]. Authors are members of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithologists’ Union, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. Published July 6, 2016

This is the 16th supplement since publication of the 7th nis ochraceiceps, Pachysylvia aurantiifrons,andP. decurta- edition of the Check-list of North American Birds ta); (6) two genera (Notiochelidon and Neochelidon) are lost (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- by merger (into Atticora) and the scientific names of two marizes decisions made between April 15, 2015, and April species (A. pileata and A. tibialis) are thereby changed; (7) 15, 2016, by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and the English names of two species (Alauda arvensis and Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- Euplectes franciscanus) are changed to conform with global mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in usage; (8) the English name of one species (Ramphastos the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). ambiguus) is changed in response to a previous species split; (9) the hyphen is removed from the English names of six Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) one species (Arremon brunneinucha, A. virenticeps, A. costar- species (Porphyrio porphyrio) is transferred from the icensis, A atricapillus, Atlapetes albinucha,andA. pileatus), Appendix to the main list on the basis of new distributional reflecting new information on their phylogenetic relation- information; (2) eight species (Oceanodroma socorroensis, ships; and (10) one species (Aramides axillaris) is added to O. cheimomnestes, Aramides albiventris, Psittacara maugei, the list of species known to occur in the United States. Colibri cyanotus, Aphelocoma woodhouseii, Cantorchilus Four new subfamilies of Scolopacidae (Numeniinae, zeledoni,andC. elutus) are added to the main list due to Limosinae, Arenariinae, and Tringinae) are added and one splits from species already on the list; (3) six species subfamily (Phalaropodinae) is deleted, a subfamily classifi- (Momotus coeruliceps, M. lessonii, M. subrufescens, Sirystes cation is adopted for the Thraupidae, and three new orders albogriseus, Basileuterus melanotis,andB. tacarcunae)are (Steatornithiformes, Nyctibiiformes, and Cathartiformes) are added to the main list and three species (Momotus momota, added. New linear sequences are adopted for species in the Sirystes sibilator, and Basileuterus tristriatus) are lost newly split genus Ardenna and in the family Vireonidae, and because of splits of those species; (4) one species (Fulica for genera in the family Odontophoridae, all due to new caribaea) is lost by merger into a species already on the list; phylogenetic data. The positions of several families of (5) seven genera (Ardenna, Zapornia, Hapalocrex, Antigone, passerines, notably the Motacillidae and Prunellidae, are Cercomacroides, Tunchiornis,andPachysylvia) are added as changed in the linear sequence, and numerous changes are a result of splits from other genera, resulting in changes to adopted in the linear sequence of orders on the basis of new 15 scientific names (Ardenna creatopus, A. carneipes, A. information on their phylogenetic relationships. gravis, A. pacifica, A. bulleri, A. grisea, A. tenuirostris, Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Zapornia palmeri, Z. sandwichensis, Hapalocrex flaviventer, decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Antigone canadensis, Cercomacroides tyrannina, Tunchior- citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th

Q 2016 American Ornithologists’ Union. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254 Direct all requests to reproduce journal content to the Central Ornithology Publication Office at [email protected] R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. 545 edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Basileuterus melanotis Costa Rican Warbler. the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area can Basileuterus tacarcunae Tacarcuna Warbler. be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa. Thraupinae The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers Diglossinae refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Hemithraupinae Committee’s actions: Tachyphoninae pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list Dacninae of species to 2,127. Insert the following names in the Coerebinae proper position as indicated by the text of this Sporophilinae supplement: Emberizoidinae Saltatorinae STEATORNITHIFORMES Arremon brunneinucha Chestnut-capped Brushfinch. NYCTIBIIFORMES Arremon virenticeps Green-striped Brushfinch. Colibri thalassinus Mexican Violetear. Arremon costaricensis Costa Rican Brushfinch. Colibri cyanotus Lesser Violetear. Arremon atricapillus Black-headed Brushfinch. Aramides albiventris Russet-naped Wood-Rail. Atlapetes albinucha White-naped Brushfinch. Aramides cajaneus Gray-cowled Wood-Rail. Atlapetes pileatus Rufous-capped Brushfinch. †Zapornia palmeri Laysan Rail. (H) Euplectes franciscanus Northern Red Bishop. †Zapornia sandwichensis Hawaiian Rail. (H) Hapalocrex flaviventer Yellow-breasted Crake. Delete the following names: Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen. (I, A) Antigone canadensis Sandhill Crane. Puffinus creatopus Pink-footed Shearwater. Numeniinae Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater. Limosinae Puffinus gravis Great Shearwater. Arenariinae Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater. Tringinae Puffinus bulleri Buller’s Shearwater. Ardenna pacifica Wedge-tailed Shearwater. Puffinus griseus Sooty Shearwater. Ardenna bulleri Buller’s Shearwater. Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater. Ardenna tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater. Aramides cajaneus Gray-necked Wood-Rail. Ardenna grisea Sooty Shearwater. †Porzana palmeri Laysan Rail. (H) Ardenna gravis Great Shearwater. †Porzana sandwichensis Hawaiian Rail. (H) Ardenna creatopus Pink-footed Shearwater. Porzana flaviventer Yellow-breasted Crake. Ardenna carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater. Fulica caribaea Caribbean Coot. Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend’s Storm-Petrel. Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane. Oceanodroma cheimomnestes Ainley’s Storm-Petrel. Phalaropodinae CATHARTIFORMES Colibri thalassinus Green Violetear. Momotus coeruliceps Blue-capped Motmot. Momotus momota Blue-crowned Motmot. Momotus lessonii Lesson’s Motmot. Ramphastos ambiguus Black-mandibled Toucan. Momotus subrufescens Whooping Motmot. Cercomacra tyrannina Dusky Antbird. Ramphastos ambiguus Yellow-throated Toucan. Sirystes sibilator Sirystes. †Psittacara maugei Puerto Rican Parakeet. Hylophilus ochraceiceps Tawny-crowned Greenlet. Cercomacroides tyrannina Dusky Antbird. Hylophilus aurantiifrons Golden-fronted Greenlet. Sirystes albogriseus Choco Sirystes. Hylophilus decurtatus Lesser Greenlet. Tunchiornis ochraceiceps Tawny-crowned Greenlet. Aphelocoma californica Western Scrub-Jay. Pachysylvia aurantiifrons Golden-fronted Greenlet. Alauda arvensis Sky Lark. Pachysylvia decurtata Lesser Greenlet. Notiochelidon pileata Black-capped Swallow. Aphelocoma californica California Scrub-Jay. Neochelidon tibialis White-thighed Swallow. Aphelocoma woodhouseii Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. Cantorchilus modestus Plain Wren. Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark. Basileuterus tristriatus Three-striped Warbler. Atticora pileata Black-capped Swallow. Arremon brunneinucha Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch. Atticora tibialis White-thighed Swallow. Arremon virenticeps Green-striped Brush-Finch. Cantorchilus modestus Cabanis’s Wren. Arremon costaricensis Costa Rican Brush-Finch. Cantorchilus zeledoni Canebrake Wren. Arremon atricapillus Black-headed Brush-Finch. Cantorchilus elutus Isthmian Wren. Atlapetes albinucha White-naped Brush-Finch.

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Atlapetes pileatus Rufous-capped Brush-Finch. Transfer Bartramia longicauda and the eight species Euplectes franciscanus Orange Bishop. of Numenius to subfamily Numeniinae. Transfer the four species of Limosa to subfamily Change the sequence of genera in family ODONTO- Limosinae. PHORIDAE to: Transfer the two species of Arenaria and the 24 species of Calidris to subfamily Arenariinae. Rhynchortyx Move subfamily Scolopacinae to follow Calidris mauri. Oreortyx Transfer Xenus cinereus, the two species of Actitis, the Dendrortyx 12 species of Tringa, and the three species of Phalaropus Philortyx to Tringinae. Colinus Change the sequence of species in the newly split genus Callipepla Ardenna to: Cyrtonyx Dactylortyx Ardenna pacifica Odontophorus Ardenna bulleri Ardenna tenuirostris Recognize new orders STEATORNITHIFORMES, Ardenna grisea NYCTIBIIFORMES,andCATHARTIFORMES,and Ardenna gravis change the linear sequence of the orders between Ardenna creatopus GALLIFORMES and TROGONIFORMES to: Ardenna carneipes PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Move family CATHARTIDAE and its included species PODICIPEDIFORMES to the newly inserted CATHARTIFORMES. PTEROCLIFORMES Change the sequence of species in family VIREONI- COLUMBIFORMES DAE to: CUCULIFORMES CAPRIMULGIFORMES Cyclarhis gujanensis STEATORNITHIFORMES Hylophilus flavipes NYCTIBIIFORMES Vireolanius melitophrys APODIFORMES Vireolanius pulchellus GRUIFORMES Vireolanius eximius CHARADRIIFORMES Tunchiornis ochraceiceps EURYPYGIFORMES Pachysylvia decurtata PHAETHONTIFORMES Pachysylvia aurantiifrons GAVIIFORMES Vireo hypochryseus PROCELLARIIFORMES Vireo osburni CICONIIFORMES Vireo brevipennis SULIFORMES Vireo atricapilla PELECANIFORMES Vireo nelsoni CATHARTIFORMES Vireo griseus ACCIPITRIFORMES Vireo crassirostris STRIGIFORMES Vireo pallens Vireo bairdi Move family STEATORNITHIDAE and its included Vireo caribaeus species to the newly inserted STEATORNITHI- Vireo modestus FORMES. Vireo gundlachii Move family NYCTIBIIDAE and its included species to Vireo latimeri the newly inserted NYCTIBIIFORMES. Vireo nanus Change the sequence of species formerly in the genus Vireo bellii Porzana to: Vireo vicinior Porzana carolina Vireo huttoni Porzana porzana Vireo flavifrons Zapornia palmeri Vireo carmioli Zapornia sandwichensis Vireo cassinii Hapalocrex flaviventris Vireo solitarius

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Vireo plumbeus radiations: a poorly resolved initial radiation at the base of Vireo philadelphicus the Neoaves (consisting of Phoenicopteriformes, Podicipedi- Vireo gilvus formes, Columbiformes, Pterocliformes, Mesitornithiformes, Vireo leucophrys Cuculiformes, Musophagiformes, Otidiformes, Caprimulgi- Vireo olivaceus formes, Steatornithiformes, Nyctibiiformes, Podargiformes, Vireo flavoviridis Aegotheliformes, Apodiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Grui- Vireo altiloquus formes, and Charadriiformes) and better-resolved radiations Vireo magister of core waterbirds (Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes, Procellar- iiformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes, and Pelecaniformes, Move PRUNELLIDAE, PLOCEIDAE, VIDUIDAE, with Phaethontiformes and Eurypygiformes the apparent ESTRILDIDAE, PASSERIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, sister group to these) and core landbirds (Cathartiformes, FRINGILLIDAE, and their included species to follow Accipitriformes, Strigiformes, Coliiformes, Leptosomiformes, PEUCEDRAMIDAE. Trogoniformes, Upupiformes, Bucerotiformes, Coracii- Note: Entries in the main text of previous supplements formes, Piciformes, Cariamiformes, Falconiformes, Psittaci- followed the pagination of the seventh edition of the Check-list formes, and Passeriformes). of North American Birds (AOU 1998). However, given the Change the linear sequence of the orders between extensive changes in the linear sequence of the nonpasserine GALLIFORMES and TROGONIFORMES, and their orders, as well as other changes in the linear sequence, we have included family headings and genus and species accounts, to: arranged the main text below to follow the current linear sequence as established in this supplement, although entries PHOENICOPTERIFORMES continue to be cross-referenced to page numbers in AOU (1998). PODICIPEDIFORMES 1. [pp. 1–314] Phylogenomic analyses of nuclear DNA PTEROCLIFORMES sequences (e.g., Hackett et al. 2008, McCormack et al. 2013, COLUMBIFORMES Jarvis et al. 2014, Prum et al. 2015) have shown that our CUCULIFORMES current linear sequence of orders does not reflect their CAPRIMULGIFORMES evolutionary relationships. Their findings (and those of STEATORNITHIFORMES [see below] other higher-level studies) result in the following changes: NYCTIBIIFORMES [see below] APODIFORMES After the heading Class AVES:Birds,changetheheading GRUIFORMES Superorder PALEOGNATHAE: Ratites and Tinamous to CHARADRIIFORMES Infraclass PALEOGNATHAE: Ratites and Tinamous. EURYPYGIFORMES PHAETHONTIFORMES After the species account for Crypturellus kerriae, GAVIIFORMES change the heading Superorder NEOGNATHAE: Typical PROCELLARIIFORMES Birds to Infraclass NEOGNATHAE: Typical Birds. CICONIIFORMES Following this heading, insert the following new heading SULIFORMES and Notes: PELECANIFORMES CATHARTIFORMES [see below] Parvclass GALLOANSERES: Waterfowl ACCIPITRIFORMES and Gallinaceous Birds STRIGIFORMES

Notes.—Recognition of Galloanseres as a clade sister to Under the heading Order GAVIIFORMES: Loons, Neoaves follows Groth and Barrowclough (1999) and most change the existing Notes to: subsequent higher-level studies of bird systematics. Notes.—See Notes under Parvclass Neoaves.

Following the species account for Meleagris ocellata, 2. [pp. 123–128] Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and insert the following new heading and Notes: mitochondrial DNA sequences (Hosner et al. 2015) has Parvclass NEOAVES: Neoaves shown that the linear sequence of genera in the family Odontophoridae does not accurately reflect their evolutionary Notes.—Linear sequence of orders in Neoaves follows the relationships. Their findings result in the following changes: genomic studies of Jarvis et al. (2014) and Prum et al. (2015) Replace the existing Notes under the heading Family and numerous less comprehensive studies. Results of these ODONTOPHORIDAE:NewWorldQuailwiththe studies indicate that Neoaves consists largely of three following:

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Notes.—Linear sequence of genera follows Hosner et al. Move the heading Family NYCTIBIIDAE: Potoos, and (2015). the genus and species accounts included under this heading to a position following this newly inserted order. Rearrange the genera in the family Odontophoridae in the following new sequence: 4. [p. 283] In the Notes for the species account for Phaethornis longirostris, change the English name of P. Rhynchortyx baroni Hartert, 1897 from Hartert’s Hermit to Baron’s Oreortyx Hermit. This corrects an error inadvertently introduced in Dendrortyx the previous supplement (Chesser et al. 2015). Philortyx Colinus 5. [p. 287] Colibri cyanotus is treated as a species Callipepla separate from C. thalassinus, following Remsen et al. Cyrtonyx (2015). Revise the account for C. thalassinus as follows: Dactylortyx Change the English name to Mexican Violetear. Restrict Odontophorus the distributional statement to that for the thalassinus group. Replace the existing Notes with the following: 3. [pp. 267–274] Phylogenomic analyses of nuclear Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. cya- DNA sequences have shown that the ordinal limits and notus (as Green Violetear or Green Violet-ear), but treated linear sequence of families in the traditional order as a separate species on the basis of differences in plumage Caprimulgiformes do not reflect their evolutionary rela- with C. cyanotus commensurate with those between C. tionships (Hackett et al. 2008, Prum et al. 2015). Their thalassinus and C. coruscans (Gould, 1846) [Sparkling findings result in the following changes: Violetear], which are sympatric species, and because of a lack of explicit rationale by Peters (1945) for originally Change the heading Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES: merging C. cyanotus with C. thalassinus (Remsen et al. Goatsuckers, Oilbirds, and Allies to Order CAPRIMUL- 2015); they had been treated as separate species by GIFORMES: Nightjars, and insert the following Notes Ridgway (1911) and Cory (1918). after this heading: Notes.—Formerly included Steatornithidae, Nyctibiidae, After the account for C. thalassinus, insert the following and extralimital families Podargidae and Aegothelidae, but new species account: phylogenomic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the traditional order Capri- Colibri cyanotus (Bourcier). Lesser Violetear. mulgiformes is paraphyletic with respect to the Apodi- Trochilus cyanotus Bourcier, 1843, Rev. Zool., April formes (Hackett et al. 2008, Jarvis et al. 2014, Prum et al. 1843, p. 101. (Caracas.) 2015) and that lineages in this order that are traditionally ranked as families are as old or older than most currently Habitat.—Secondary Forest, Second-growth Scrub recognized orders (Mayr 2014, Prum et al. 2015). (1400–3000 m; upper Tropical and Subtropical zones, in South America also Temperate Zone). Change the heading Family CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goat- Distribution.—Resident in the mountains of Costa Rica suckers to Family CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjars. and western Panama (Chiriqu´ı, Veraguas); and in montane After the species account for Caprimulgus indicus, South America from Colombia and northern Venezuela insert the following heading and Notes: south in Western Andes to western Ecuador and in Eastern Andes to central Bolivia. Order STEATORNITHIFORMES: Oilbirds Notes.—See Notes under C. thalassinus.

Notes.—See Notes under Caprimulgiformes. 6. [p. 133] A record of Aramides axillaris (Rufous- necked Wood-Rail) in the United States is treated as more STEATORNITHIDAE Move the heading Family :Oil- likely a natural vagrant than an escaped cage bird, birds, and the genus and species accounts included under following Pranty et al. (2015). Add the following paragraph this heading to a position following this newly inserted order. to the end of the distributional statement: Accidental in After the species account for Steatornis caripensis, insert central New Mexico (Bosque del Apache National Wildlife the following heading and Notes: Refuge, Socorro Co., 7–18 July 2013; Williams 2014, Pranty et al. 2015; photos). Order NYCTIBIIFORMES: Potoos 7. [p. 133] Aramides albiventris is treated as a species Notes.—See Notes under Caprimulgiformes. separate from Aramides cajaneus, following Marcondes

The Auk: Ornithological Advances 133:544–560, Q 2016 American Ornithologists’ Union R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. 549 and Silveira (2015). In the species account for A. cajaneus, Remove the citations of Pennula Dole and Porzanula change the English name to Gray-cowled Wood-Rail and Frohawk from the synonymy of Porzana and place these change the distributional statement and Notes to: under the citation for Zapornia. Change the generic names of Porzana palmeri and P. Distribution.—Resident in Costa Rica (except north- sandwichensis to Zapornia, and place the accounts for east) and Panama (including Pearl Islands) south through these species in this sequence under the heading and Notes South America east of Andes to northern Argentina. for Zapornia. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with A. albiventris (as Gray-necked Wood-Rail), but treated as a After the species account for Z. sandwichensis, insert the separate species on the basis of differences in song and following new heading and citation: morphology that are maintained in parapatry (Marcondes and Silveira 2015). Genus HAPALOCREX Ridgway

Preceding the species account for A. cajaneus, insert the Hapalocrex Ridgway, 1920, Smiths. Misc. Coll. 72(4): 3. following new account: Type, by original designation, Rallus flaviventris Boddaert. Aramides albiventris Lawrence. Russet-naped Wood-Rail. Change Porzana flaviventer to Hapalocrex flavivent- Aramides albiventris Lawrence, 1867, Proc. Acad. Nat. er, place the account for this species under the heading for Sci. Phila., p. 234. (British Honduras.) Hapalocrex, and insert the following Notes: Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Habitat.—River-edge Forest, Gallery Forest, Freshwater Porzana, but now treated as separate because genetic data Marshes (0–1200 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Distribution.—Resident from southern Tamaulipas and (Slikas et al. 2002, Garcia-R et al. 2014) indicate that H. Pacific lowlands of southern Oaxaca south along both slopes flaviventer is not closely related to true Porzana. of Middle America (including the Yucatan Peninsula and 9. [p. 136] After the account for Porphyrio flavirostris, Cozumel Island) to Nicaragua and northeastern Costa Rica. insert the following new species account: Notes.—See Notes under A. cajaneus. Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus). Purple Swamphen. 8. [pp. 133–135] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences (Slikas et al. 2002, Garcia-R et Fulica Porphyrio Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1: al. 2014) have shown that the genus Porzana is not 152. (Asia, America ¼ lands bordering the western monophyletic. Their findings result in the following changes: Mediterranean Sea.)

Insert the following Notes under the heading for Genus Habitat.—Freshwater marshes and swamps, rice fields, PORZANA: edges of ponds, rivers, and irrigated agriculture. Notes.—Generic limits of Porzana and linear sequence Distribution.—Resident [porphyrio group] in southern of species of Porzana and former congeners Zapornia and Europe from southern Portugal and southwestern Spain Hapalocrex follow Slikas et al. (2002) and Garcia-R et al. east to Sardinia, and in northern Africa from Morocco east (2014). to Tunisia; [madagascariensis group] in sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, and Madagascar; [poliocephalus group] from Place the species accounts for P. carolina and P. porzana, central Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, in this sequence, to follow the heading, citation, and Notes Nepal, Bangladesh, and south-central China, south for Genus PORZANA. through Syria and Iraq, to the Persian Gulf, throughout After the species account for P. porzana, insert the the Indian subcontinent, northern Myanmar, northern following new heading, citation, and Notes: Thailand, and on Sri Lanka and islands in the Andaman Sea; [indicus group] southern Myanmar, southern Thai- Genus ZAPORNIA Leach land, peninsular Malaysia, through the Greater Sundas to New Guinea; [pulverulentus group] Philippines; and Zapornia Leach, 1816, Syst. Cat. Spec. Mammals and [melanotus group] Australia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Birds, etc., p. 34. Type, by original designation, Z. minuta ¼ Rallus parvus Scopoli. east through Melanesia to Fiji, Samoa, and New Zealand. Introduced or escaped, and established in southeastern Notes.—Formerly considered part of Porzana (AOU Florida [poliocephalus group], mainly in Okeechobee, Glades, 1983, 1998) but now treated as separate because genetic Hendry, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. data (Slikas et al. 2002, Garcia-R et al. 2014) indicate that Casual north to Alachua County. A record from Delaware species in Zapornia are not closely related to true Porzana. (1991, Amer. Birds 45: 255) is of questionable origin.

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Accidental [madagascariensis group] in Bermuda (26 Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Grus, but genetic October–6 November 2009; Dobson 2009; photo). data (Krajewski et al. 2010) indicate that Grus is para- Notes.—Groups: P. porphyrio [Western Swamphen], P. phyletic with respect to Bugeranus and Anthropoides and madagascariensis (Latham, 1801) [African Swamphen]; P. that A. canadensis is not closely related to true Grus. poliocephalus (Latham, 1801) [Gray-headed Swamphen]; P. 12. indicus Horsfield, 1821 [Black-backed Swamphen]; P. pul- [pp. 152–180] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Baker et al. 2007, 2008; verulentus Temminck, 1826 [Philippine Swamphen], and P. Gibson and Baker 2012) have shown that our current melanotus Temminck, 1820 [Australasian Swamphen]. subfamily classification of the Scolopacidae does not Probably consists of more than one species. Genetic analyses accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Their (Garcia and Trewick 2015) revealed that two flightless species findings result in the following changes: in New Zealand (P. mantelli (Owen, 1848) [North Island Takahe] and P. hochstetteri (Meyer, 1883) [South Island Delete the headings and any Notes for Subfamily Takahe]), which are sympatric with P. melanotus,andP. albus PHALAROPODINAE: Phalaropes, Tribe TRINGINI: Trin- Shaw, 1970 [White Swamphen], formerly on Lord Howe gine Sandpipers, Tribe NUMENIINI: Curlews, Tribe Island, were nested within P. porphyrio sensu lato. LIMOSINI: Godwits, Tribe ARENARIINI: Turnstones, Tribe CALIDRINI: Calidridine Sandpipers, Tribe LIMNO- 10. [p. 138] Fulica caribaea is treated as a junior synonym DROMINI: Dowitchers, Tribe GALLINAGINI: Snipe, and of F. americana. Remove the current species account for F. Tribe SCOLOPACINI: Woodcocks. caribaea and modify the existing distributional statement and Notes in the account for F. americana as follows: Change the heading Family SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpip- ers, Phalaropes, and Allies to Family SCOLOPACIDAE: In the Breeds paragraph, change ‘‘and Greater Antilles Sandpipers. Insert the following Notes under this heading: (locally east to St. John in the Virgin Islands)’’ to ‘‘Greater Subfamily arrangement follows Gibson and Baker (2012). Antilles, most of the larger Lesser Antilles (south to Grenada and Barbados), on Curacao and in northern After the heading and Notes for Family SCOLOPACI- Venezuela’’. In the Winters paragraph, change ‘‘and DAE: Sandpipers, insert the following new heading: (apparently) northern Colombia’’ to ‘‘northern Venezuela, and (apparently) northern Colombia’’. In the final sentence Subfamily NUMENIINAE: Curlews referring to casual records, add ‘‘Trinidad and Tobago,’’ Move the accounts for Genus BARTRAMIA Lesson, following ‘‘(Corn and Providencia),’’. Genus NUMENIUS Brisson, and their included species to Add the following sentence to the beginning of the follow this heading. existing Notes: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) treated as two species F. americana and F. caribaea Ridgway, 1884 After the species account for Numenius americanus, [Caribbean Coot], but merged based on evidence of non- insert the following new heading: assortative mating (McNair and Cramer-Burke 2006) and lack of diagnosable morphological (Roberson and Baptista Subfamily LIMOSINAE: Godwits 1988) or vocal (Bond 1961) differences. Move the accounts for Genus LIMOSA Brisson and its 11. [p. 140] Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA included species to follow this heading. sequences (Krajewski et al. 2010) has shown that the genus After the species account for Limosa fedoa, insert the Grus is paraphyletic. Their findings result in the following following new heading: changes: Subfamily ARENARIINAE: Turnstones and After the heading Subfamily GRUINAE: Typical Cranes, Calidridine Sandpipers insert the following heading and citation: Move the accounts for Genus ARENARIA Brisson, Genus ANTIGONE Reichenbach Genus CALIDRIS Merrem, and their included species to follow this heading. Antigone Reichenbach, 1852, Handb. Spec. Orn. p. xxiii. Type, by original designation and tautonomy, Grus Change the heading Subfamily SCOLOPACINAE: torquata Vieillot ¼ Ardea antigone Linnaeus. Sandpipers and Allies to Subfamily SCOLOPACINAE: Dowitchers, Snipe, and Woodcock. Change Grus canadensis to Antigone canadensis, place the account for this species under the heading and Move the accounts for Genus LIMNODROMUS Wied, citation for Antigone, and insert the following Notes: Genus LYMNOCRYPTES Kaup, Genus GALLINAGO

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Brisson, Genus SCOLOPAX Linnaeus, and their included and Puffinus griseus to Ardenna grisea, add parentheses species to follow this heading. around the authority names for P. creatopus, P. carneipes, and P. bulleri, make the appropriate changes in generic After the species account for Scolopax minor, insert the names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and following new heading: place the accounts for these species under the heading and Subfamily TRINGINAE: Tringines Notes for Ardenna, in the following sequence:

Move Notes formerly under Tribe TRINGINI: Tringine Ardenna pacifica Sandpipers to follow this heading. Move the accounts for Ardenna bulleri Genus XENUS Kaup, Genus ACTITIS Illiger, Genus Ardenna tenuirostris TRINGA Linnaeus, Genus PHALAROPUS Brisson, and Ardenna grisea their included species to follow these Notes. Change the Notes Ardenna gravis under the genus headings for Xenus, Actitis,andTringa to: Ardenna creatopus Ardenna carneipes Notes.—See comments under Tringinae. 13. [pp. 18–20] Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial Change the Notes under the heading Genus PUFFINUS DNA sequences (Penhallurick and Wink 2004, Austin et Brisson to: See Notes under Ardenna. al. 2004, Pyle et al. 2011) has shown that species currently 14. [p. 24] Oceanodroma socorroensis and O. cheimom- placed in Puffinus form two deeply divergent clades that nestes are treated as species separate from O. leucorhoa.In may not be sister groups. Their findings result in the the species account for O. leucorhoa, change the distribu- following changes: tional statement and Notes to: After the species account for Calonectris edwardsii, Distribution.—Breeds in the North Pacific from the insert the following heading, citations, and Notes, moving Aleutian and Shumagin islands and south-coastal Alaska the citations for Ardenna, Thyellodroma, Neonectris,and south along the North American coast to Baja California Hemipuffinus from under Puffinus, as follows: (Los Coronados and San Benito islands), and from the Genus ARDENNA Reichenbach Commander Islands south to the Kuril Islands and northern Hokkaido, Japan; and in the Atlantic from Ardenna Reichenbach, 1853, Hand. Spec. Ornithol., Die southern Labrador (Gannet Islands) south to Gulf of St. Vogel,¨ pt. 3 (1852), p. iv. Type, by original designation Lawrence, Newfoundland, Maine (Casco Bay), and Mas- and monotypy, Puffinus major Faber, 1822 ¼ Procel- sachusetts (Penikese Island), and from southern Iceland, laria gravis O’Reilly, 1818. the Faeroe Islands, and Norway to northern Scotland; also Thyellodroma Stejneger, 1889, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 11 on Dyer Island (South Africa). (1888): 93. Type, by original designation, Puffinus Ranges at sea in the Pacific Ocean from the breeding areas sphenurus Gould ¼ Puffinus chlororhynchus Lesson. south to the Hawaiian, Revillagigedo, and Galapagos islands, Neonectris Mathews, 1913, Austral Avian Rec. 2: 12. and in the western Pacific to Indonesia and New Guinea; and Type, by original designation, Puffinus brevicaudus in the Atlantic Ocean south along both coasts to Florida, the Gould ¼ Procellaria tenuirostris Temminck. West Indies, Caribbean Sea, South America (Venezuela east Hemipuffinus Iredale, 1913, Austral Avian Rec. 2: 20. to eastern Brazil), and South Africa, also to the west coast of Type, by original designation, Puffinus carneipes Gould. Greenland (rarely but regularly); casual to the eastern Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of Atlantic islands, Mediterranean Sea, and western Europe. Puffinus, but now treated as separate on the basis of Casual or accidental in interior Oregon, interior genetic data (Penhallurick and Wink 2004, Austin et al. California, Ohio, Baffin Island, southern Ontario, northern 2004, Pyle et al. 2011), which indicate that species in Quebec, northern New York, Vermont, the District of Ardenna and Puffinus form two deeply divergent clades Columbia, along the Gulf coast (from Texas east to that may not be sister groups. Analyses of morphology and Florida), inland in Alabama (Eufaula), along the Pacific biogeography (Oberholser 1917, Kuroda 1954) had previ- coast of Costa Rica (Cabo Velas), and in New Zealand. ously recognized species of Puffinus, Ardenna, and the Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with O. socor- extralimital Calonectris as distinctive groups. Linear roensis and O. cheimomnestes, but treated as separate on sequence of species follows Pyle et al. (2011). the basis of differences in vocalizations (Ainley 1980). See comments under O. monorhis. Change the generic names of Puffinus creatopus, P. carneipes, P. gravis, P. bulleri,andP. tenuirostris to After the species account for O. leucorhoa, insert the Ardenna, change Puffinus pacificus to Ardenna pacifica following new species accounts in this sequence:

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Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend. Townsend’s 16. [p. 321] Momotus coeruliceps, M. lessonii, and M. Storm-Petrel. subrufescens are treated as species separate from the now extralimital M. momota, largely following Stiles (2009). Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend, 1890, Proc. U.S. Remove the account for M. momota and insert the Nat. Mus. 13: 134. (Socorro Island, Revillagigedo following new species accounts, in this sequence: Islands.) Habitat.—Pelagic Waters, especially upwellings; nests in Momotus coeruliceps (Gould). Blue-capped Motmot. burrows on islands. Prionites cœruliceps Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. Distribution. —Breeds on islets (Islote Negro and Islote London, pt. 4, p. 18. (Tamaulipas, Mexico.) Afuera) off the south end of Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Ranges at sea as far north as off the coast of southern Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane California and south in the eastern Pacific to ca. 108Nlatitude. Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Gallery Forest, Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with O. chei- Tropical Deciduous Forest, River-edge Forest (0–1600 m; momnestes and O. leucorhoa, but treated as separate from Tropical and Subtropical zones). cheimomnestes on the basis of overlap of breeding ranges Distribution.—Resident in Nuevo Leon,´ Tamaulipas, (although socorroensis breeds in summer, cheimomnestes San Luis Potos´ı, and northern Veracruz. in winter) and differences in vocalizations and morphology Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- (Ainley 1980). See Notes under O. leucorhoa. specific (as Blue-crowned Motmot) with M. lessonii, M. Oceanodroma cheimomnestes Ainley. Ainley’s Storm-Petrel. subrufescens, M. bahamensis (Swainson, 1837) [Trinidad Motmot], M. momota (Linnaeus, 1766) [Amazonian Oceanodroma leucorhoa cheimomnestes Ainley, 1980, Motmot], and M. aequatorialis Gould, 1857 [Andean Auk 97: 848. (Guadalupe Island, Mexico.) Motmot]. The six members of this complex are treated as separate species on the basis of differences in vocalizations Habitat.—Pelagic Waters, especially upwellings; nests in and morphology (Stiles 2009), except for M. coeruliceps,for burrows on islands. which vocalizations are poorly known. Momotus coeruliceps Distribution.—Breeds on three islets (Islote Negro, is treated as separate from M. lessonii on the basis of strong Gargoyle Rock, and Islote Afuera) off the south end of differences in plumage maintained in apparent parapatry. Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Although Ridgway (1914), Cory (1918), and Chapman Ranges at sea presumably southward from the breeding (1923) treated them as separate species, Peters (1945) area. treated them as conspecific without explicit rationale. Notes.—See Notes under O. leucorhoa and O. socorroensis. Dickinson and Remsen (2013) also treated all these taxa 15. [p. 51] Phylogenomic analyses of nuclear and as separate species; they used ‘‘Blue-diademed Motmot’’ for mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the M. coeruliceps, but AOU (1998) used this as the English Cathartidae are as old or older than other lineages name for the momota group. recognized as orders (Jarvis et al. 2014, Prum et al. Momotus lessonii Lesson. Lesson’s Motmot. 2015). After the species account for Platalea ajaja, insert the following heading and Notes: Momotus Lessonii Lesson, 1842, Rev. Zool., p. 174. (Realejo, Nicaragua.) Order CATHARTIFORMES: New World Vultures Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane Notes.—Phylogenomic analyses of nuclear and mito- Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Gallery Forest, chondrial DNA sequences have shown that the Cathar- Tropical Deciduous Forest, River-edge Forest (0–2100 m; tidae are sister to the rest of the Accipitriformes and that Tropical and Subtropical zones). they are as old as or older than other lineages recognized Distribution.—Resident from southern Veracruz and as orders (Jarvis et al. 2014, Prum et al. 2015). Formerly northern and southeastern Oaxaca south along both slopes treated as a family within the Accipitriformes (Chesser et of Middle America (including the Yucatan Peninsula) to al. 2010), Falconiformes sensu lato (Banks et al. 2007), or western Panama. Ciconiiformes (AOU 1998). Notes.—See Notes under M. coeruliceps. Move the heading Family CATHARTIDAE:NewWorld Momotus subrufescens Sclater. Whooping Motmot. Vultures and the genus and species accounts included under this heading to a position following this newly inserted order, Momotus subrufescens Sclater, 1853, Rev. et Mag. Zool. and delete the Notes under Cathartidae. (2), 3: 489. (Colombia.)

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Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Montane Genus CERCOMACROIDES Tello et al. 2014 Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest, Gallery Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, River-edge Forest (0–1600 m; Cercomacroides Tello et al., 2014, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 170: Tropical and Subtropical zones). 555. Type, by original designation, Cercomacra Distribution.—Resident in eastern Panama, northern tyrannina Sclater. Colombia, and northern Venezuela. Notes.—Formerly considered part of Cercomacra, but Notes.—See Notes under M. coeruliceps. genetic data (Tello et al. 2014) indicate that species of Cercomacroides form a clade sister to Sciaphylax hemi- 17. [p. 331] Change the English name of Ramphastos melaena (Sclater, 1857) [Chestnut-tailed Antbird] and are ambiguus to Yellow-throated Toucan. The former English not included in true Cercomacra. Analyses of plumage and name of this species, Black-mandibled Toucan, is appro- voice (Fitzpatrick and Willard 1990, Zimmer and Isler priate only for R. ambiguus sensu stricto, but through 2003) had previously recognized the species included in oversight was not changed when this species was merged Cercomacroides as a distinctive group. with R. swainsonii (Chesser et al. 2011). Change Cercomacra tyrannina (Sclater) to Cercoma- 18. [p. 235] Psittacara maugei is treated as a species croides tyrannina (Sclater) and place the account for this separate from P. chloropterus, following Olson (2015). In species under the heading and citation for Cercomacroides. the species account for P. chloropterus,changethe distributional statement and Notes to: 20. [p. 402] Sirystes albogriseus is treated as a species Distribution.—Resident on Hispaniola. separate from the now extralimital S. sibilator, following Reports from southern Florida are based on escaped Ridgely and Greenfield (2001) and Donegan (2013). cage birds (Stevenson and Anderson 1994). Remove the species account for S. sibilator and replace it Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with P. mau- with the following new account: gei, but treated as a separate species on the basis of differences in plumage and morphology commensurate Sirystes albogriseus (Lawrence). Choco Sirystes. with those between other taxa traditionally ranked as Lipaugus albogriseus Lawrence, 1863, Ann. Lyc. Nat. species in the Aratinga (sensu lato) group of parakeets Hist. New York 8: 9. (along line of Panama Railroad; (Olson 2015; also see Ridgway 1916). Formerly placed in type from Lion Hill.) the genus Aratinga. See comments under Psittacara. Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Gallery Delete the first sentence of the Notes under P. euops. Forest (0–1250 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Preceding the account for P. chloropterus, insert the Distribution.—Resident in Panama (eastern Panama following new species account: province and from the Canal area eastward; early specimens from ‘‘Veragua’’ may be mislabeled) and in South America in †Psittacara maugei Souance.´ Puerto Rican Parakeet. western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Psittacara maugei Souance,´ 1856, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with S. albo- 8: 59. (No locality ¼ Puerto Rico?) cinereus Sclater and Salvin, 1880 [White-rumped Sirystes], S. subcanescens Todd, 1920 [Todd’s Sirystes], and S. Habitat.—Presumably Tropical Deciduous Forest, but sibilator (Vieillot, 1818) [Sibilant Sirystes], but treated as possibly more widespread on Puerto Rico. separate on the basis of differences in vocalizations Distribution.—Resident on Mona Island (formerly, last (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001, Donegan 2013). individual taken in 1892), and formerly also likely widespread on Puerto Rico (based on fossil, archaeological, 21. [pp. 429–441] Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and and second-hand reports through the 1790s, but certainly mitochondrial DNA sequences (Slager et al. 2014) has not there after 1883; Olson 2015). shown that the generic limits and linear sequence of Notes.—See Notes under P. chloropterus. species in the family Vireonidae do not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in the 19. [p. 366] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and following changes: nuclear DNA (Tello et al. 2014) have shown that the current generic limits of Cercomacra do not accurately Delete the existing Notes under the heading Family reflect evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in VIREONIDAE: Vireos and insert the following: the following changes: Notes.—Linear sequence of genera and species follows Slager et al. (2014). After the species account for Euchrepomis callinota, After the species account for Vireolanius eximius, insert insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: the following new heading:

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Genus TUNCHIORNIS Slager and Klicka 2014 Vireo hypochryseus Vireo osburni Tunchiornis Slager and Klicka, 2014, Zootaxa 3884: 195. Vireo brevipennis Type, by original designation, Hylophilus ochraceiceps Vireo atricapilla Sclater. Vireo nelsoni Change Hylophilus ochraceiceps (Sclater) to Tunchior- Vireo griseus nis ochraceiceps (Sclater), place the account for this Vireo crassirostris species under the heading and citation for Tunchiornis, Vireo pallens make the appropriate changes in generic abbreviations Vireo bairdi within the existing Notes, and insert the following Vireo caribaeus sentence at the end of the existing Notes: Formerly placed Vireo modestus in the genus Hylophilus, but genetic data (Slager et al. Vireo gundlachii 2014) indicate that Hylophilus is paraphyletic and that T. Vireo latimeri ochraceiceps is not closely related to true Hylophilus. Vireo nanus Vireo bellii After the species account for Tunchiornis ochraceiceps, Vireo vicinior insert the following new heading: Vireo huttoni Vireo flavifrons Genus PACHYSYLVIA Bonaparte Vireo carmioli Pachysylvia Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Gen. Av. 1:309. Vireo cassinii Type, by monotypy, Sylvicola decurtata Bonaparte. Vireo solitarius Vireo plumbeus Notes.—Formerly considered part of Hylophilus, but Vireo philadelphicus genetic data (Slager et al. 2014) indicate that Hylophilus is Vireo gilvus paraphyletic and that species of Pachysylvia are not closely Vireo leucophrys related to true Hylophilus. Vireo olivaceus Vireo flavoviridis Change Hylophilus aurantiifrons Lawrence and Hylo- Vireo altiloquus philus decurtatus (Bonaparte) to Pachysylvia aurantii- Vireo magister frons (Lawrence) and Pachysylvia decurtata (Bonaparte), respectively, place the accounts for these species under the 22. [p. 446] Aphelocoma woodhouseii is treated as a heading and citation for Pachysylvia,andmakethe species separate from A. californica. Revise the account appropriate changes in generic abbreviations within the for A. californica as follows: Change the English name to existing Notes. California Scrub-Jay. Restrict the Resident part of the distributional statement to that for the californica group, Change the Notes under the Genus HYLOPHILUS and change the Casual part of the statement to: Casual in Temminck to: See Notes under Pachysylvia. southwestern British Columbia and eastern Washington. Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Replace the existing Notes with the following: Vireonidae to: Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with A. woodhouseii, but treated as separate on the basis of differences in Genus Cyclarhis Swainson ecology, morphology, genetics, and vocalizations; although Cyclarhis gujanensis the two species do interbreed, the hybrid zone is narrow, and Genus Hylophilus Temminck there is evidence for selection against hybrids (Gowen et al. Hylophilus flavipes 2014). See notes on A. coerulescens. Genus Vireolanius Bonaparte Vireolanius melitophrys Following the account for A. californica, insert the Vireolanius pulchellus following new species account: Vireolanius eximius Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Baird). Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. Genus Tunchiornis Slager and Klicka Tunchiornis ochraceiceps Cyanocitta woodhouseii Baird, 1858, in Baird, Cassin, Genus Pachysylvia Bonaparte and Lawrence, Rept. Expl. and Surv. R.R. Pac. 9: 584– Pachysylvia decurtata 585. (central line of Rocky Mountains to table lands of Pachysylvia aurantiifrons Mexico [¼ Fort Thorn (ten miles west of Rincon, Genus Vireo Vieillot Dona˜ Ana County), New Mexico].)

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Habitat.—Woodland (especially pinyon, juniper, oak Replace the last sentence of the Notes for Atticora associations) and scrub; also gardens, orchards, riparian pileata with the following: Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998), woodland, and tropical deciduous forest (southern Mex- placed in the genus Notiochelidon, but genetic data ico) (Subtropical and Temperate zones, upper Tropical (Sheldon et al. 2005) indicate that A. pileata and A. Zone in southern Mexico). tibialis form the sister group to the South American Distribution.—Resident [woodhouseii group] from Atticora fasciata (Gmelin, 1789) [White-banded Swallow]. southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, southern Wyo- Insert the following Notes in the species account for ming, western and southern Colorado, and extreme Atticora tibialis: western Oklahoma south to eastern California (from Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998), placed in the White Mountains to Providence Mountains), southern genus Neochelidon, but genetic data (Sheldon et al. 2005) Arizona, in the Mexican highlands to northeastern indicate that A. tibialis and A. pileata form the sister group Sonora, Jalisco, central Guanajuato, Mexico,´ Distrito to the South American A. fasciata (Gmelin, 1789) [White- Federal, and Hidalgo, and east to western and central banded Swallow]. Texas; and [sumichrasti group] from Tlaxcala south to Oaxaca (west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec), Puebla, and 25. [p. 479] Cantorchilus zeledoni and C. elutus are west-central Veracruz. treated as species separate from C. modestus, following Casual [woodhouseii group] in southeastern California, Saucier et al. (2015). In the species account for C. southern Manitoba, northern Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, modestus, change the English name to Cabanis’s Wren central Kansas, and the Texas Panhandle. and change the distributional statement and Notes to: Notes.—Genetic and behavioral data (Peterson 1991, Distribution.—Resident on the Pacific slope of Middle 1992; Peterson and Burt 1992; Gowen et al. 2014) suggest America from extreme southeastern Oaxaca (Sierra Madre that A. sumichrasti (Baird and Ridgway, 1874) [Sumi- de Chiapas) south to the northern Pacific slope of Costa chrast’s Scrub-Jay] may be a separate species. See Notes Rica (locally also on the Caribbean slope in Chiapas, under A. californica and A. coerulescens. Guatemala, southern Belize, and Honduras, and in the Mosquitia of northeastern Honduras). 23. [p. 453] Change the English name of Alauda arvensis Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. zele- to Eurasian Skylark. Replace the first sentence of the existing doni and C. elutus (as Plain Wren), but treated as separate Notes to: Formerly (AOU 1998) known as Sky Lark, but on the basis of differences in genetics, morphology, and name changed to conform to general worldwide usage (e.g., vocalizations that are maintained in parapatry (Farabaugh Dickinson and Christidis 2014, Gill and Donsker 2016); also 1983, Mann et al. 2003, Saucier et al. 2015). known as European Skylark or Common Skylark, and, in Old World literature, as the Skylark. After the species account for C. modestus, insert the following new species accounts, in this sequence: 24. [p. 459] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences (Sheldon et al. 2005) have shown Cantorchilus zeledoni (Ridgway). Canebrake Wren. that several genera of swallows (family Hirundinidae) are not monophyletic. Their findings result in the following Thryophilus zeledoni Ridgway (ex Lawrence ms), 1878, changes: Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1: 252. (‘‘Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica’’ [¼ Talamanca], Costa Rica.) After the species account for Pygochelidon cyanoleuca, insert the following heading and citation: Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second-growth Scrub (0–700 m; Genus ATTICORA Boie Tropical Zone). Distribution.—Resident on the Caribbean slope from Atticora Boie, 1844, Isis von Oken, col. 172. Type, by southeastern Nicaragua south to extreme northwestern subsequent designation, Hirundo fasciata Gmelin Panama (western Bocas del Toro). (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 13). Notes.—See Notes under C. modestus. Change Notiochelidon pileata (Gould) and Neochelidon Cantorchilus elutus tibialis (Cassin) to Atticora pileata Gould and Atticora (Bangs). Isthmian Wren. tibialis (Cassin), respectively; delete the genus headings and Thryophilus modestus elutus Bangs, 1902, Proc. New Notes for Notiochelidon and Neochelidon;movethecitations England Zool. Cl. 3: 51. (Loma del Leon,´ Panama.) for Notiochelidon, Microchelidon,andNeochelidon into the synonymy of Atticora; and place the species accounts for A. Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Tropical Lowland pileata and A. tibialis under the heading and citation for Evergreen Forest Edge, Second-growth Scrub (0–2000 m; Atticora. Tropical and Subtropical zones).

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Distribution.—Resident on the southern Pacific slope of Donegan (2014). In the existing Notes under Genus Costa Rica from Quepos south into Panama, where BASILEUTERUS Cabanis, change ‘‘tristriatus’’ to ‘‘melano- occurring on both slopes (except the extreme northwest- tis, tacarcunae.’’ Remove the account for B. tristriatus and ern portion) east to Colon´ and Panama´ province. insert the following new species accounts, in this sequence: Notes.—See Notes under C. modestus. Basileuterus melanotis Lawrence. Costa Rican Warbler. 26. [pp. 524–529, 658–684] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Ericson and Basileuterus melanotis Lawrence, 1868, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Johansson 2003, Barker et al. 2004, Jønsson and Fjeldsa˚ 2006, Hist. New York 9: 95. (Cervantes, Costa Rica.) Johansson et al. 2008, Alstrom¨ et al. 2015) have shown that Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest our current sequence of families in the Passerida does not (800–2500 m; upper Tropical and Subtropical zones). accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. Their Distribution.—Mountains from Cordillera Tilaran of findings result in the following changes: Costa Rica south to western Panama east to Veraguas. Move the headings Family PRUNELLIDAE: Accentors, Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with B. tacar- Family PLOCEIDAE:Weavers,FamilyVIDUIDAE: cunae and B. tristriatus (Tschudi, 1844) [Three-striped Whydahs, Family ESTRILDIDAE: Estrildid Finches, Warbler], but treated as separate on the basis of differences Family PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows, Family in genetics and vocalizations (Gutierrez-Pinto´ et al. 2012, MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails and Pipits, Family FRINGIL- Donegan 2014). LIDAE: Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies, and Basileuterus tacarcunae Chapman. Tacarcuna Warbler. their included genus and species accounts, in this sequence, to a position following the account for Basileuterus tacarcunae Chapman, 1924, Amer. Mus. Peucedramus taeniatus. Novit. 143: 6. (east slope, Mt. Tacarcuna, 4,600 ft., below Colombia–Panama line, Darien,´ Panama.) Insert the following Notes after the heading Family PEUCEDRAMIDAE: Olive Warblers: Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest Notes.—Linear sequence of families from Peucedrami- (800–2500 m; upper Tropical and Subtropical zones). dae through Fringillidae follows Ericson and Johansson Distribution.—Eastern Panama in Cerro Jefe, San Blas, (2003), Barker et al. (2004), Jønsson and Fjeldsa˚ (2006), and Tacarcuna mountains (Panama´, San Blas, Darien),´ and Johansson et al. (2008), and Alstrom¨ et al. (2015). isolated ridges in extreme northwestern Colombia. Notes.—See Notes under B. melanotis. Change the existing Notes after the headings Family MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails and Pipits and Family PRU- 29. [pp. 569–599] A subfamily classification is adopted NELLIDAE: Accentors, to: for family Thraupidae, following Burns et al. (2014) Notes.—See Notes under Peucedramidae. Under the heading Family THRAUPIDAE: Tanagers, InsertthefollowingattheendoftheNotesforFamily change the existing Notes to: VIDUIDAE: Whydahs and Family ESTRILDIDAE: Notes.—Subfamily classification and linear sequence of Estrildid Finches, and insert the following Notes after genera follow Burns et al. (2014). the headings for Family PLOCEIDAE:Weavers,Family PASSERIDAE:OldWorldSparrows,andFamilyFRIN- After the heading and Notes for Family THRAUPIDAE: GILLIDAE: Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Tanagers, insert the following new heading: Allies: Subfamily THRAUPINAE: Core Tanagers Notes.—See Notes under Peucedramidae.

27. [p. 680] Change the English name of Euplectes Move the accounts for Genus BANGSIA Penard, Genus franciscanus to Northern Red Bishop. Replace the existing PAROARIA Bonaparte, Genus THRAUPIS Boie, Genus Notes with the following: TANGARA Brisson, and their included species to follow Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) known as Orange this heading. Bishop, but name changed to conform to general After the species account for Tangara icterocephala, worldwide usage (e.g., Dickinson and Christidis 2014, Gill insert the following new heading: and Donsker 2016). Subfamily DIGLOSSINAE: Highland Tanagers 28. [p. 567] Basileuterus melanotis and B. tacarcunae are treated as species separate from the now extralimital B. Move the accounts for Genus CONIROSTRUM La- tristriatus, following Gutierrez-Pinto´ et al. (2012) and fresnaye and d’Orbigny, Genus SICALIS Boie, Genus

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HAPLOSPIZA Cabanis, Genus ACANTHIDOPS Ridg- Move the accounts for Genus EMBERIZOIDES Tem- way, Genus DIGLOSSA Wagler, and their included species minck and its included species to follow this heading. to follow this heading. After the species account for Emberizoides herbicola, After the species account for Diglossa plumbea, insert insert the following new heading: the following new heading: Subfamily SALTATORINAE: Saltators

Subfamily HEMITHRAUPINAE: Yellow-and-black Tanagers Move the accounts for Genus SALTATOR Vieillot and its included species to follow this heading. Move the accounts for Genus CHLOROPHANES Reichenbach, Genus CHRYSOTHLYPIS Berlepsch, Ge- 30. [pp. 601–602] The hyphen is removed from the nus HETEROSPINGUS Ridgway, Genus HEMITHRAU- English name of six species of Brushfinch (Arremon PIS Cabanis, and their included species to follow this brunneinucha, A. virenticeps, A. costaricensis, A. atricapillus, heading. Atlapetes albinucha,andA. pileatus) and from groups in the Notes under those species to conform to our guidelines for After the species account for Hemithraupis flavicollis, English names, because the species named ‘‘Brushfinch’’ do insert the following new heading: not form a monophyletic group (Cadena et al. 2007). Subfamily TACHYPHONINAE: Ornamented Tanagers 31. [p. 691] Delete the account for Porphyrio porphyrio Move the accounts for Genus VOLATINIA Reich- from the Appendix. enbach, Genus EUCOMETIS Sclater, Genus TACHY- 32. [pp. 705 ff.] Make the following changes to the list of PHONUS Vieillot, Genus LANIO Vieillot, Genus French names of North American birds: RAMPHOCELUS Desmarest, and their included species to follow this heading. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: After the species account for Ramphocelus dimidiatus, insert the following new heading: Colibri cyanotus Colibri cyanote Subfamily DACNINAE: Blue Tanagers Aramides albiventris Raleˆ a` ventre blanc Zapornia palmeri Marouette de Laysan Move the accounts for Genus TERSINA Vieillot, Genus Zapornia sandwichensis Marouette des Hawa¨ı CYANERPES Oberholser, Genus DACNIS Cuvier, and Hapalocrex flaviventer Marouette a` sourcils blancs their included species to follow this heading. Porphyrio porphyrio Taleve` sultane Antigone canadensis Grue du Canada After the species account for Dacnis viguieri, insert the Ardenna pacifica Puffin fouquet following new heading: Ardenna bulleri Puffin de Buller Subfamily COEREBINAE: Dome-nesting Tanagers Ardenna tenuirostris Puffin a` bec greleˆ Ardenna grisea Puffin fuligineux Move the accounts for Genus COEREBA Vieillot, Genus Ardenna gravis Puffin majeur TIARIS Swainson, Genus EUNEORNIS Fitzinger, Genus Ardenna creatopus Puffin a` pieds roses LOXIGILLA Lesson, Genus MELOPYRRHA Bonaparte, Ardenna carneipes Puffin a` pieds palesˆ Genus LOXIPASSER Bryant, Genus MELANOSPIZA Oceanodroma socorroensis Oceanite´ de Townsend Ridgway, Genus PINAROLOXIAS Sharpe, and their Oceanodroma cheimomnestes Oceanite´ d’Ainley included species to follow this heading. Momotus coeruliceps Motmot at` eteˆ bleue Momotus lessonii Motmot de Lesson After the species account for Pinaroloxias inornata, Momotus subrufescens Motmot cara¨ıbe insert the following new heading: Psittacara maugei Conure de Porto Rico Subfamily SPOROPHILINAE: Seedeaters Cercomacroides tyrannina Grisin sombre Sirystes albogriseus Tyran du Choco Move the accounts for Genus SPOROPHILA Cabanis Tunchiornis ochraceiceps Vireon´ a` calotte rousse and its included species to follow this heading. Pachysylvia aurantiifrons Vireon´ a` front d’or After the species account for Sporophila minuta, insert Pachysylvia decurtata Vireon´ menu the following new heading: Aphelocoma woodhouseii Geai de Woodhouse Atticora pileata Hirondelle at` eteˆ noire Subfamily EMBERIZOIDINAE: Grassland Tanagers Atticora tibialis Hirondelle a` cuisses blanches

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Cantorchilus zeledoni Troglodyte de Zeledon tion of Melopyrrha taylori from Cuban Bullfinch M. Cantorchilus elutus Troglodyte du Panama nigra, and separation of Sturnella lilianae from Eastern Basileuterus melanotis Paruline du Costa Rica Meadowlark S. magna. A proposal to merge Hoary Basileuterus tacarcunae Paruline du Tacarcuna Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni with Common Redpoll A. flammea was held over and will be reconsidered next Delete the following names: year. Puffinus creatopus Puffin a` pieds roses Puffinus carneipes Puffin a` pieds palesˆ Acknowledgments Puffinus gravis Puffin majeur Puffinus pacificus Puffin fouquet Normand David serves as the committee’s advisor for classical languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel Gosselin Puffinus bulleri Puffin de Buller is the authority for French names. We thank M. D. Carling, J. Puffinus griseus Puffin fuligineux Coffey, T. Donegan, D. D. Gibson, M. J. Iliff, T. Lorenz, J. M. Puffinus tenuirostris Puffin a` bec greleˆ Maley, R. S. Marcondes, N. A. Mason, J. McCormack, C. Porzana palmeri Marouette de Laysan Sa´nchez, J. R. Saucier, T. S. Schulenberg, L. F. Silveira, D. L. Porzana sandwichensis Marouette des Hawa¨ı Slager, S. A. Taylor, J. G. Tello, and D. Zapata-Henao for Porzana flaviventer Marouette a` sourcils blancs assistance, suggestions, and comments. Fulica caribaea Foulque a` cachet blanc Grus canadensis Grue du Canada LITERATURE CITED Momotus momota Motmot houtouc Cercomacra tyrannina Grisin sombre Ainley, D. G. 1980. Geographic variation in Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Sirystes sibilator Tyran siffleur Auk 97:837–853. ¨ Hylophilus ochraceiceps Vireon´ a` calotte rousse Alstrom,¨ P., K. A. Jønsson, J. Fjeldsa,˚ A. Odeen, P. G. P. Ericson, Hylophilus aurantiifrons Vireon´ a` front d’or and M. Irestedt. 2015. Dramatic niche shifts and morphological change in two insular bird species. Royal Society Open Hylophilus decurtatus Vireon´ menu Science 2:140364. Notiochelidon pileata Hirondelle at` eteˆ noire American Ornithologists’ Union. 1983. Check-list of North Neochelidon tibialis Hirondelle a` cuisses blanches American Birds, 6th ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Basileuterus tristriatus Paruline triligne Washington, D.C. American Ornithologists’ Union. 1998. Check-list of North in APPENDIX (Part 1) American Birds, 7th ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. Porphyrio porphyrio Taleve` sultane American Ornithologists’ Union. 2000. Forty-second supplement In FRINGILLIDAE, change the three species misspelled to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 117:847–858. Alauhaio to the correct Alauahio. Austin, J. J., V. Bretagnolle, and E. Pasquet. 2004. A global molecular phylogeny of the small Puffinus shearwaters and Change the sequence of families from GAVIIDAE to implications for systematics of the Little–Audubon’s Shear- TROCHILIDAE as indicated by the text of this supplement. water complex. Auk 121:847–864. Baker, A. J., S. L. Pereira, and T. A. Paton. 2007. Phylogenetic Change the sequence of genera and species in the relationships and divergence times of Charadriiformes ODONTOPHORIDAE, SCOLOPACIDAE and VIREONI- genera: Multigene evidence for the Cretaceous origin of at DAE as indicated by the text of this supplement. least 14 clades of shorebirds. Biology Letters 3:205–209. Baker, A. J., S. L. Pereira, and T. A. Paton. 2008. Erratum [for] Move PRUNELLIDAE, PLOCEIDAE, VIDUIDAE, Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Chara- ESTRILDIDAE, PASSERIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, driiformes genera: Multigene evidence for the Cretaceous FRINGILLIDAE, and their included species to follow origin of at least 14 clades of shorebirds. Biology Letters 4: PEUCEDRAMIDAE. 762–763. Banks, R. C., R. T. Chesser, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Proposals considered but not accepted by the commit- Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, and D. tee included recognition of Trochiliformes as an order F. Stotz. 2007. Forty-eighth supplement to the American separate from Apodiformes, transfer of species in Neocrex Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk to Mustelirallus, separation of Purple Swamphen Por- 124:1109–1115. Barker, F. K., A. Cibois, P. Schikler, J. Feinstein, and J. Cracraft. phyrio porphyrio into six species, separation of Emerald 2004. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus into seven species, radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revision of the generic placements of several species USA 101:11040–11045. currently in Picoides, adoption of the English group name Bond, J. 1961. Field guide to the birds of the West Indies, 2nd ed. ‘‘whitestart’’ for species in the genus Myioborus, separa- Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

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R. Terry Chesser,1,12 Kevin J. Burns,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 Douglas F. Stotz,10 and Kevin Winker11

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA 2 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Bishop, California, USA 5 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 6 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 7 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 8 Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 9 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10 Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 11 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 12 Corresponding author: [email protected]. All 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. Published July 5, 2017

This is the 17th supplement since publication of the 7th and Lanius borealis) because of splits from extralimital edition of the Check-list of North American Birds species; (6) one species (Larus thayeri) is lost by merger (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- into a species already on the list; (7) six genera marizes decisions made between April 15, 2016, and April (Sibirionetta, Spatula, Mareca, Crithagra, Leistes, and 15, 2017, by the AOS’s Committee on Classification and Ptiloxena) are added as a result of splits from other Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- genera, resulting in changes to 12 scientific names mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in (Sibirionetta formosa, Spatula querquedula, S. discors, S. the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). cyanoptera, S. clypeata, Mareca strepera, M. falcata, M. penelope, M. americana, Crithagra mozambica, Leistes Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) militaris,andPtiloxena atroviolacea); (8) one genus four species (Melanitta nigra, Rallus longirostris, Thalas- (Juliamyia) is added and another (Damophila) lost due sarche eremita, and Acrocephalus dumetorum) are added to reasons of priority, resulting in a change to one scientific to the main list on the basis of new distributional name (Juliamyia julie); (9) three genera (Chen, Procel- information, including one species transferred from the sterna, and Mesophoyx) are lost by merger (into Anser, Appendix; (2) nine species (Tadorna ferruginea, Rallus Anous,andArdea), resulting in changes to five scientific aquaticus, Charadrius veredus, Corvus frugilegus, C. names (Anser canagicus, A. caerulescens, A. rossii, Anous cornix, Sylvia atricapilla, Zoothera aurea, Anthus praten- ceruleus, and Ardea intermedia); (10) the English names of sis,andAcanthis cabaret) are added to the main list two species (Toxostoma lecontei and Ammodramus because of a change in the geographical coverage of the leconteii) are changed to correct the spelling of a proper Check-list (inclusion of Greenland), including six species name; and (11) one species (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is added transferred from the Appendix, and the status codes for to the list of species known to occur in the United States. four species (Anser brachyrhynchus, Pluvialis apricaria, Turdus pilaris, and T. iliacus) are changed for the same Ten new families of nine-primaried oscines (Rhodino- reason; (3) four species (Eugenes spectabilis, Loxia cichlidae, Passerellidae, Calyptophilidae, Phaenicophilidae, sinesciurus, Melozone cabanisi, and Junco bairdi) are Nesospingidae, Spindalidae, Zeledoniidae, Teretistridae, added to the main list due to splits from species already Icteriidae, and Mitrospingidae) are added, and a subfamily on the list; (4) the distributional statement and English classification is adopted for the Icteridae. New linear name of one species (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)are sequences are adopted for species in the genus Anser, for changed because of a split from an extralimital species; species currently or formerly in the genus Anas, for species (5) two species names are changed (to Circus hudsonius in the Scolopacidae, for genera in the Fringillidae and

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Icteridae, and for families of nine-primaried oscines, all Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler. due to new phylogenetic data; and the relative positions of Mareca strepera Gadwall. Saxicola and Oenanthe in the linear sequence are reversed, Mareca falcata Falcated Duck. (A) correcting an error from a previous supplement. Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon. (N) Mareca americana American Wigeon. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Melanitta nigra Common Scoter. (A) decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Eugenes fulgens Rivoli’s Hummingbird. citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Eugenes spectabilis Talamanca Hummingbird. edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Juliamyia julie Violet-bellied Hummingbird. the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area may Rallus longirostris Mangrove Rail. be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa. Rallus aquaticus Western Water-Rail. (A) The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers Pluvialis apricaria European Golden-Plover. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover. (A) Committee’s actions: Anous ceruleus Blue-gray Noddy. (H) Thalassarche eremita Chatham Albatross. (A) p. xii. The exclusion of Greenland from the AOS Ardea intermedia Intermediate Egret. (A) geographical area is reversed. Under the section Geo- Circus hudsonius Northern Harrier. graphic Coverage, change reference to the eastern Aulacorhynchus prasinus Northern Emerald-Toucanet. boundary of the AOS geographical area from ‘‘the Lanius borealis Northern Shrike. boundary between Canada and Greenland’’ to ‘‘Greenland.’’ Corvus frugilegus Rook. (A) Greenland is geographically, physiographically, and tec- Corvus cornix Hooded Crow. (A) tonically part of North America, and was considered part Sylvia atricapilla Eurasian Blackcap. (A) of the area of coverage from the first (AOU 1886) through Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth’s Reed Warbler. (A) the fifth editions of the Check-list (AOU 1957). In the 6th Zoothera aurea White’s Thrush. (A) edition (AOU 1983), however, Greenland was removed Turdus pilaris Fieldfare. from the area, and seven species included only on the basis Turdus iliacus Redwing. of records from Greenland were transferred to the Toxostoma lecontei LeConte’s Thrasher. hypothetical list (Appendix B in that edition). We return Anthus pratensis Meadow Pipit. six of these species (Tadorna ferruginea, Rallus aquaticus, Crithagra mozambica Yellow-fronted Canary. (I) Charadrius veredus, Corvus frugilegus, C. cornix, and Acanthis cabaret Lesser Redpoll. (A) Anthus pratensis; the seventh species, Platalea leucorodia, Loxia sinesciurus Cassia Crossbill. was returned in Chesser et al. 2010) from the Appendix to RHODINOCICHLIDAE the main list, some with updated taxonomy, and add three PASSERELLIDAE new species (Sylvia atricapilla, Zoothera aurea,and Melozone biarcuata White-faced Ground-Sparrow. Acanthis cabaret) on the basis of additional records from Melozone cabanisi Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. Greenland (Boertmann 1994) in the appropriate sequence Ammodramus leconteii LeConte’s Sparrow. in the taxonomic section below. In addition, four species Junco bairdi Baird’s Junco. already on the main list (Anser brachyrhynchus, Pluvialis CALYPTOPHILIDAE apricaria, Turdus pilaris, and T. iliacus) are no longer PHAENICOPHILIDAE considered accidental, due to breeding in Greenland, and NESOSPINGIDAE the code ‘‘A’’ is removed from their names. SPINDALIDAE pp. xvii–liv. Change the number in the title of the list of ZELEDONIIDAE species to 2,143. Insert the following names in the proper TERETISTRIDAE position as indicated by the text of this supplement: ICTERIIDAE Xanthocephalinae Anser canagicus Emperor Goose. Dolichonychinae Anser caerulescens Snow Goose. Sturnellinae Anser rossii Ross’s Goose. Leistes militaris Red-breasted Blackbird. Anser brachyrhynchus Pink-footed Goose. Amblycercinae Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck. (A) Cacicinae Sibirionetta formosa Baikal Teal. (A) Icterinae Spatula querquedula Garganey. (N) Agelaiinae Spatula discors Blue-winged Teal. Ptiloxena atroviolacea Cuban Blackbird. Spatula cyanoptera Cinnamon Teal. MITROSPINGIDAE

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Delete the following names: Mareca penelope Mareca americana Anser brachyrhynchus Pink-footed Goose. (A) Anas laysanensis Chen canagica Emperor Goose. Anas wyvilliana Chen caerulescens Snow Goose. Anas zonorhyncha Chen rossii Ross’s Goose. Anas platyrhynchos Anas formosa Baikal Teal. (A) Anas rubripes Anas querquedula Garganey. (N) Anas fulvigula Anas discors Blue-winged Teal. Anas bahamensis Anas cyanoptera Cinnamon Teal. Anas acuta Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler. Anas crecca Anas strepera Gadwall. Anas falcata Falcated Duck. (A) Change the sequence of species in family SCOLOPA- Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon. (N) CIDAE to: Anas americana American Wigeon. Eugenes fulgens Magnificent Hummingbird. Bartramia longicauda Damophila julie Violet-bellied Hummingbird. Numenius tahitiensis Pluvialis apricaria European Golden-Plover. (A) Numenius phaeopus Larus thayeri Thayer’s Gull. Numenius minutus Procelsterna cerulea Blue-gray Noddy. (H) Numenius borealis Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret. (A) Numenius americanus Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier. Numenius madagascariensis Aulacorhynchus prasinus Emerald Toucanet. Numenius tenuirostris Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike. Numenius arquata Turdus pilaris Fieldfare. (A) Limosa lapponica Turdus iliacus Redwing. (A) Limosa limosa Toxostoma lecontei Le Conte’s Thrasher. Limosa haemastica Serinus mozambicus Yellow-fronted Canary. (I) Limosa fedoa Melozone biarcuata Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow. Arenaria interpres Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte’s Sparrow. Arenaria melanocephala Sturnella militaris Red-breasted Blackbird. Calidris tenuirostris Dives atroviolaceus Cuban Blackbird. Calidris canutus Calidris virgata Change the sequence of species in the genus Anser Calidris pugnax (including those formerly in Chen) to: Calidris falcinellus Anser canagicus Calidris acuminata Anser caerulescens Calidris himantopus Anser rossii Calidris ferruginea Anser anser Calidris temminckii Anser albifrons Calidris subminuta Anser erythropus Calidris pygmea Anser fabalis Calidris ruficollis Anser serrirostris Calidris alba Anser brachyrhynchus Calidris alpina Calidris ptilocnemis Change the sequence of species currently and formerly Calidris maritima in the genus Anas to: Calidris bairdii Sibirionetta formosa Calidris minuta Spatula querquedula Calidris minutilla Spatula discors Calidris fuscicollis Spatula cyanoptera Calidris subruficollis Spatula clypeata Calidris melanotos Mareca strepera Calidris pusilla Mareca falcata Calidris mauri

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Limnodromus griseus Pseudonestor Limnodromus scolopaceus Hemignathus Lymnocryptes minimus Akialoa Scolopax rusticola Magumma Scolopax minor Chlorodrepanis Gallinago solitaria Viridonia Gallinago stenura Loxops Gallinago gallinago Pinicola Gallinago delicata Pyrrhula Xenus cinereus Leucosticte Actitis hypoleucos Haemorhous Actitis macularius Chloris Tringa ochropus Crithagra Tringa solitaria Acanthis Tringa brevipes Loxia Tringa incana Carduelis Tringa flavipes Spinus Tringa semipalmata Serinus Tringa erythropus Recognize new families RHODINOCICHLIDAE, Tringa nebularia PASSERELLIDAE, CALYPTOPHILIDAE, PHAENICO- Tringa melanoleuca PHILIDAE, NESOSPINGIDAE, SPINDALIDAE, ZELE- Tringa totanus DONIIDAE, TERETISTRIDAE, ICTERIIDAE,and Tringa glareola MITROSPINGIDAE, and change the sequence of families Tringa stagnatilis following CALCARIIDAE to: Phalaropus tricolor Phalaropus lobatus RHODINOCICHLIDAE Phalaropus fulicarius EMBERIZIDAE Change the sequence of genera Oenanthe and Saxicola PASSERELLIDAE to: CALYPTOPHILIDAE PHAENICOPHILIDAE Saxicola NESOSPINGIDAE Oenanthe SPINDALIDAE ZELEDONIIDAE Change the sequence of genera in family FRINGILLI- TERETISTRIDAE DAE to: ICTERIIDAE Fringilla ICTERIDAE Chlorophonia PARULIDAE Euphonia MITROSPINGIDAE Coccothraustes CARDINALIDAE Carpodacus THRAUPIDAE Melamprosops Change the sequence of genera in family ICTERIDAE to: Oreomystis Paroreomyza Xanthocephalus Loxioides Dolichonyx Telespiza Sturnella Chloridops Leistes Rhodacanthis Amblycercus Ciridops Cassiculus Palmeria Psarocolius Himatione Cacicus Drepanis Icterus Psittirostra Nesopsar Dysmorodrepanis Agelaius

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Molothrus Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas). Ruddy Shelduck. Dives Ptiloxena Anas ferrugineus Pallas, 1764, in Vroeg, Cat. Raisonne´ Euphagus Coll. Oiseaux, Adumbr., p. 5. (no locality ¼ Tartary.) Quiscalus Habitat.—Open country (grasslands) near river systems Chrysomus and saline lakes; avoids coastal areas. Note: The entries below follow the current linear sequence Distribution.—Breeds from northwestern Africa, the as established in this and previous supplements, although highlands of Ethiopia, southeastern Europe (Balkans, entries continue to be cross-referenced to page numbers in scarce), and Turkey eastward across central Asia to AOU (1998). western China, Mongolia, and southeastern Siberia, and south to northern Iraq, northern Iran, northern Afghani- 1. [pp. 58–59] Analyses of phylogenomic DNA sequence stan and probably northwestern Pakistan, and the Tibetan data (Ottenburghs et al. 2016) have shown that the genus Plateau. Anser is paraphyletic if species currently included in Chen Winters from Turkey eastward to western Iran, Afghani- are excluded, and that the linear sequence of species in stan, the Indian Subcontinent, and southern and eastern Anser does not reflect their evolutionary relationships. China, rarely west to Greece, and formerly the Nile River Their findings result in the following changes: Valley south to Sudan and Ethiopia. Change Chen canagica to Anser canagicus,changethe Casual in Kenya, Oman, Sri Lanka, and east to Japan. generic names of C. caerulescens and C. rossii to Anser, Casual also to Western Europe but most recent records, remove the parentheses around the authority name for A. and even recent records from Iceland, regarded as suspect rossii, make the appropriate changes in generic names or (origin). abbreviations within the existing Notes, replace C. hyper- Accidental in western Greenland (Upernavik, two boreus with A. hyperborea in the notes for A. caerulescens, specimens; Illuissat/Jakobshavn, specimen; and an un- delete the heading Genus CHEN Boie and the Notes under known locality in the southwest, specimen; Winge 1898, this heading, place the citations for Chen, Exanthemops,and Boertmann 1994). All specimens from summer 1892, a Philacte in the synonymy for Genus ANSER Brisson, delete massive invasion year in northwestern Europe. Six the Notes under Genus ANSER Brisson, and move the photographed at East Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut, accounts for A. canagicus, A. caerulescens,andA. rossii in on 23 July 2000 (Allard et al. 2001) seem likely to have this sequence to precede the account for Anser anser. Replace been wild but were not accepted (origin) by the ABA the existing Notes, add to the end of the existing Notes, or Checklist Committee. Reports from California and eastern insert the following new Notes for each species as North America probably mostly or entirely pertain to appropriate: Formerly placed in the genus Chen,but escapes from captivity. phylogenomic data indicate that Anser is paraphyletic if 3. [pp. 65–73] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial Chen is treated as a separate genus (Ottenburghs et al. 2016). DNA sequences (Gonzalez et al. 2009) have shown that the Rearrange the species in Anser in the following new genus Anas as currently constituted is not monophyletic. sequence: Their findings result in the following changes:

Anser canagicus After the species account for Aix sponsa, insert the Anser caerulescens following heading, citation, and Notes: Anser rossii Genus SIBIRIONETTA Boetticher Anser anser Anser albifrons Sibirionetta Boetticher, 1929, Anz. Orn. Ges. Bayern 2: Anser erythropus 11. Type, by original designation, Anas formosa Anser fabalis Georgi. Anser serrirostris Anser brachyrhynchus Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of Anas, but now treated as separate on the basis of genetic 2. [p. 64] After the account for Alopochen aegyptiaca, data (Gonzalez et al. 2009), which indicate that Anas as insert the following heading and new species account: previously constituted was paraphyletic, and further that it Genus TADORNA Boie consisted of four deeply divergent clades, now recognized as the separate genera Sibirionetta, Spatula, Mareca, and Tadorna Boie, 1822, Isis von Oken, col. 564. Type, by Anas (cf. Livezey 1991). Linear sequence of genera and tautonymy, Anas tadorna Linnaeus. species follows Gonzalez et al. (2009).

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Change the generic name of Anas formosa to Sibir- Replace the Notes under Anas with the following: See ionetta, add parentheses around the authority name, and comments under Sibirionetta. Rearrange the species place the account for this species under the heading and currently and formerly in Anas in the following new Notes for Sibirionetta. sequence:

After the species account for Sibirionetta formosa, insert Sibirionetta formosa the following heading, citation, and Notes: Spatula querquedula Spatula discors Genus SPATULA Boie Spatula cyanoptera Spatula Boie, 1822, Isis von Oken, col. 564. Type, by Spatula clypeata monotypy, Anas clypeata Linnaeus. Mareca strepera Querquedula Stephens, 1824, in Shaw, Gen. Zool. 12(2): Mareca falcata 142. Type, by tautonymy, Anas circia Linnaeus ¼ Mareca penelope Anas querquedula Linnaeus. Mareca americana Anas laysanensis Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of Anas wyvilliana Anas. See comments under Sibirionetta. Anas zonorhyncha Anas platyrhynchos Change the generic names of Anas querquedula, A. Anas rubripes discors, A. cyanoptera, and A. clypeata to Spatula, add Anas fulvigula parentheses around the authority name for each species, Anas bahamensis make the appropriate changes in generic names or Anas acuta abbreviations within the existing Notes, and place the Anas crecca accounts for these species in this sequence under the heading and Notes for Spatula. 4. [p. 81] Before the account for Melanitta americana, insert the following new species account: After the species account for Spatula clypeata, insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus). Common Scoter.

Genus MARECA Stephens Anas nigra Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 123. (in Lapponia, Anglia ¼ Lapland and England.) Mareca Stephens, 1824, in Shaw, Gen. Zool. 12(2): 130. Type, by subsequent designation (Eyton, 1838), Habitat.—Lakes, bogs, and slow-moving streams during Mareca fistularis Stephens ¼ Anas penelope Lin- breeding season; coastal bays and inshore marine waters in naeus. winter. Chaulelasmus ‘‘G. R. Gray’’ Bonaparte, 1838, Geogr. Distribution.—Breeds in Iceland, Svalbard, Ireland, Comp. List, p. 56. Type, by monotypy, Anas strepera Scotland, and Fennoscandia east across Russia to Russian Linnaeus. Far East, to about the Olenek River. Eunetta Bonaparte, 1856, Compte Rendus Acad. Sci. Winters in coastal regions of Fennoscandia, the Baltic, the Paris 43: 650. Type, by monotypy, Anas falcata North Sea, and the United Kingdom and south in the North Georgi. Atlantic to northwest Africa to the R´ıo de Oro. Uncommon in the northwestern Mediterranean. Rare in the Black Sea Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of and interior Europe. Casual in the Middle East. Anas. See comments under Sibirionetta. Migrates along coasts of northern Russia and Europe, Change the generic names of Anas strepera, A. falcata, uncommonly inland. A. penelope, and A. americana to Mareca, add parentheses Casual in Greenland (one at Qaqortoq/Julianehab:˚ around the authority name for each species, make the Nanortalik, February 1902; and pair at Alluitsoq Fjord, 9 appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations May 1950; specimen; sight reports from Germania Land within the existing Notes, delete the last sentences of the and Ammassalik-area; Boertmann 1994). Notes under M. strepera, M. falcata, and M. americana, Accidental in California (Crescent City, Del Norte and place the accounts for these species in this sequence County, 25 January–13 February 2015; photos; Bouton under the heading and Notes for Mareca. and Fowler 2015) and in Oregon (near Lincoln City, Lincoln County, 13 November–6 December 2016; photos; Remove the citations for Spatula, Querquedula, Mareca, Hertzel 2017). Chaulelasmus, and Eunetta from the synonymy of Anas. Notes.—See comments under M. americana.

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Replace the Notes under M. americana with the and move its citation (amended as above) to the synonymy following: Formerly treated as conspecific with M. nigra, of Juliamyia, change Damophila julie to Juliamyia julie, but separated on the basis of courtship calls (Sangster place the account for this species under the heading for 2009) and color, form, and feathering of the bill in adult Juliamyia, and insert the following: males and most adult females (Collinson et al. 2006). Notes.—Previously placed in the genus Damophila Reichenbach, 1854, but this name is preoccupied by 5. [p. 305] Eugenes spectabilis is treated as a species Damophila Curtis, 1832, a genus of Lepidoptera separate from E. fulgens. Revise the account for E. fulgens (Ozdikmen¨ 2008). as follows: Change the English name to Rivoli’s Hum- mingbird, remove the Resident paragraph and ‘‘[fulgens 7. [p. 131] After the account for Rallus tenuirostris, group]’’ from the distributional statement, and replace the insert the following new species account: existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with E. spec- Rallus longirostris Boddaert. Mangrove Rail. tabilis, but treated as separate on the basis of differences in Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783, Table Planches plumage commensurate with those between other sister ˆ ` species of hummingbirds (Renner and Schuchmann 2004) Enlum., p. 52. Based on ‘‘Rale a long bec, de and a lack of explicit rationale by Peters (1945) for Cayenne’’ Daubenton, Planches Enlum., pl. 849. originally merging the two; they had been treated as (Cayenne.) separate species by Ridgway (1911) and Cory (1918); also Habitat.—Mangroves. see Zamudio-Beltra´n and Herna´ndez-Banos˜ (2015). Distribution.—Resident on the Pacific coast along the After the account for E. fulgens, insert the following new Gulf of Fonseca in El Salvador (La Union),´ Honduras species account: (Valle, Choluteca), and Nicaragua (Chinandega), and along the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas); Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence). Talamanca Hummingbird. and locally along both coasts of South America (including Margarita Island and Trinidad) from northeastern Colom- Heliomaster spectabilis Lawrence, 1867, Ann. Lyc. Nat. bia (Guajira) to southeastern Brazil and from southwestern Hist. N.Y. 8: 472. (Costa Rica.) Colombia (Narino)˜ south to northwestern Peru. Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest Notes.—Recently discovered populations along the Gulf (1600–3000 m; Subtropical and Temperate zones). of Fonseca were described as new subspecies R. l. Distribution.—Resident in the mountains from central berryorum; the subspecific identification of populations Costa Rica to western Panama. along the Gulf of Nicoya is unknown (Maley et al. 2016). Notes.—The English name refers to the prominent See comments under R. crepitans. mountain range that forms a major portion of this species’ range; this name was considered preferable to Admirable In the Notes for R. crepitans, change ‘‘South American R. Hummingbird, a name previously used for this species longirostris Boddaert, 1783 [Mangrove Rail]’’ to ‘‘R. long- (Ridgway 1911). See comments under E. fulgens. irostris’’. 6. [p. 295] After the species account for Lepidopyga 8. [p. 132] After the species account for Rallus limicola, coeruleogularis, insert the following heading and citations: insert the following new species account:

Genus JULIAMYIA Bonaparte Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus. Western Water-Rail.

Damophila Reichenbach, 1854, J. Ornithol. 1 (Beil. zu Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. Extrah.): 7. Type, by subsequent designation (Elliot, 153. (Europe, restricted type locality, Great Britain.) 1879), Trochilus julia [sic] Bourcier ¼ Ornismyia Habitat.—Dense aquatic vegetation in fresh or brackish [sic] julie Bourcier. Preoccupied by Damophila water. Curtis, 1832. Brit. Entom., 9 (98), no. 391. Distribution.—Breeds from Iceland, British Isles, south- Juliamyia Bonaparte, 1854, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 6: 255. ern Fennoscandia, and Russia east to western Siberia and Type, by original designation, Trochilus julia [sic] south to southwestern Portugal and the Mediterranean, Bourcier ¼ Ornismyia [sic] julie Bourcier. Neodamophila Ozdikmen,¨ 2008, Munis Entom. Zool. 3: including the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, 171. Type, by original designation, Trochilus julia northern Morocco, northern Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, north- [sic] Bourcier ¼ Ornismyia [sic] julie Bourcier. ern Egypt, Saudi Gulf wetlands,Turkey, Black Sea, Caucasus, Azerbaijan, north Caspian Sea, southern and eastern Iran, Remove the heading Genus DAMOPHILA Reichenbach western Kazakhstan, southeasternTurkmenistan,Tajikistan,

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Afghanistan, Kashmir, and east and north to northeastern After the heading Family SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpip- Tibet and central China. ers, Phalaropes, and Allies, insert the following: Winters in much of breeding range in Western Europe, Notes.—Linear sequence of genera and species follows Scandinavia, and south and south-central Asia and from Gibson and Baker (2012), except for the poorly resolved the Black and Caspian Sea regions south to northern Xenus-Actitis-Tringa-Phalaropus clade, which we retain in Sahara, central Egypt, Oman, and Pakistan. Rare to our current linear sequence. western India. Rearrange the sequence of genera and species in the Casual on Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Madeira, the Canary Scolopacidae to: Islands, and the Azores. Casual (subspecies hibernans) in fall in western and Genus Bartramia Lesson southeastern Greenland (four records, three extant spec- Bartramia longicauda imens; Salomonsen 1963, Boertmann 1994). Genus Numenius Brisson Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific (e.g., AOU Numenius tahitiensis 1957, 1998) with R. indicus Blyth, 1849 [Eastern Water- Numenius phaeopus Rail] under the English name Water Rail, but now generally Numenius minutus separated (e.g., Sangster et al. 2011) on the basis of Numenius borealis differences in vocalizations (Rasmussen and Anderton Numenius americanus 2005, de Kroon et al. 2008) and genetics (Tavares et al. Numenius madagascariensis 2010). Some sources retain the English name Water Rail Numenius tenuirostris for R. aquaticus sensu stricto, in which case R. indicus is Numenius arquata known as Brown-cheeked Rail. Genus Limosa Brisson Limosa lapponica 9. [p. 148] Before the account for Charadrius montanus, Limosa limosa insert the following new species account: Limosa haemastica Limosa fedoa Charadrius veredus Gould. Oriental Plover. Genus Arenaria Brisson Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848, Proc. Zool. Soc. Arenaria interpres London, p. 38. (Northern Australia.) Arenaria melanocephala Genus Calidris Merrem Habitat.—Dry grassland on plains. In winter and Calidris tenuirostris migration similar habitats, but also found on dry mud Calidris canutus near water. Calidris virgata Distribution.—Breeds in interior northern China, Calidris pugnax Mongolia, and extreme southeast Siberia. Calidris falcinellus Winters mainly in northwestern and north-central Calidris acuminata Australia, but also elsewhere on the continent, apparently Calidris himantopus moving with changes in rainfall and temperature. Calidris ferruginea Migrates through eastern China and Indonesia, rarely Calidris temminckii Korea, Japan, mainland Southeast Asia, Philippines, and Calidris subminuta Papua New Guinea. Calidris pygmea Casual on Christmas Island, Lord Howe Island, and New Calidris ruficollis Zealand. Calidris alba Accidental in Kermadec Islands (Raoul Island), Anda- Calidris alpina man Islands, Kazakhstan, and Finland. Calidris ptilocnemis Accidental in western Greenland (Qaqortoq/Julianehab:˚ Calidris maritima Narsaq, 23 May 1948, specimen; Salomonsen 1963, Calidris bairdii Boertmann 1994). Calidris minuta Calidris minutilla 10. [pp. 152–180] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochon- Calidris fuscicollis drial and nuclear DNA sequences (Gibson and Baker 2012) Calidris subruficollis have shown that the current linear sequence of genera and Calidris melanotos species in the Scolopacidae does not reflect their Calidris pusilla evolutionary relationships. Calidris mauri

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Genus Limnodromus Wied L. thayeri, and change ‘‘south to Virginia and Bermuda’’ to Limnodromus griseus ‘‘south to North Carolina and Bermuda, rarely to Florida.’’ Limnodromus scolopaceus Change the Casual paragraph to the following two Genus Lymnocryptes Kaup paragraphs: Casual [thayeri group] in western Europe Lymnocryptes minimus (Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, England, the Nether- Genus Scolopax Linnaeus lands, and Spain), Japan, and Korea; [kumlieni group] in Scolopax rusticola interior and northwestern North America; and [glaucoides Scolopax minor group] in northeastern North America. Genus Gallinago Brisson Accidental [thayeri group] in Kamchatka; and [glau- Gallinago solitaria coides group] in Ontario, Alaska, California, Florida, and Gallinago stenura Novaya Zemlya, although extralimital records of individ- Gallinago gallinago uals are often difficult to identify to group with certainty. Gallinago delicata Replace the existing Notes with the following: Genus Xenus Kaup Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) treated as two Xenus cinereus species L. glaucoides and L. thayeri Brooks, 1915 [Thayer’s Genus Actitis Illiger Gull], but merged based on evidence of non-assortative Actitis hypoleucos mating between thayeri and kumlieni on Baffin and Actitis macularius Southampton islands (Weber 1981, Gaston and Decker Genus Tringa Linnaeus 1985, Snell 1989), and doubts concerning the validity of Tringa ochropus the study (Smith 1966) cited by AOU (1973) for treating Tringa solitaria thayeri as separate from glaucoides (Snell 1989, 1991). The Tringa brevipes status of kumlieni, the variable form intermediate between Tringa incana thayeri and glaucoides, is poorly known due to the relative Tringa flavipes inaccessibility of its breeding areas; we retain it here as a Tringa semipalmata separate group within L. glaucoides pending further Tringa erythropus research. Tringa nebularia Tringa melanoleuca 12. [p. 207] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and Tringa totanus nuclear DNA sequences (Cibois et al. 2016) have shown Tringa glareola that the genus Anous is paraphyletic if species currently Tringa stagnatilis included in Procelsterna are excluded. Their findings result Genus Phalaropus Brisson in the following changes: Phalaropus tricolor Change Procelsterna cerulea to Anous ceruleus, make Phalaropus lobatus the appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations Phalaropus fulicarius within the existing Notes, delete the heading Genus PROCELSTERNA Lafresnaye, place the citations for 11. [p. 190] Larus thayeri is treated as a subspecies of L. Procelsterna in the synonymy for Genus ANOUS Stephens, glaucoides, following Macpherson (1961), Weber (1981), and move the species account for A. ceruleus to follow the Godfrey (1986), Snell (1989, 2002), and Weir et al. (2000). account for A. minutus. Add the following to the end of Remove the species account for L. thayeri and modify the the existing Notes: Formerly placed in the genus existing distributional statement and Notes in the account Procelsterna, but genetic data indicate that Anous is for L. glaucoides as follows: paraphyletic if Procelsterna is treated as a separate genus In the Breeds paragraph, before ‘‘[kumlieni group]’’ (Cibois et al. 2016). insert: ‘‘[thayeri group] from Banks, southern Melville, Cornwallis, Axel Heiberg, and central Ellesmere islands 13. [p. 10] After the account for Thalassarche cauta, south to southern Victoria Island, northern Kivalliq, insert the following new species account: northern Southampton and northern Baffin islands, and on northwestern Greenland’’; and insert the following at Thalassarche eremita Murphy. Chatham Albatross. the end of the Breeds paragraph: ‘‘Nonbreeding thayeri Thalassarche cauta eremita Murphy, 1930, Amer. Mus. sometimes summer in the wintering range.’’ Under the Novit. 419: 4. (Pyramid Rock off Pitt Island, glaucoides group, delete ‘‘in the Palaearctic.’’ Chatham Islands.) In the Winters paragraph, before ‘‘[kumlieni group]’’ insert the Winters paragraph from the current account for Habitat.—Pelagic Waters; breeds on one islet.

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Distribution.—Breeds only on Pyramid Islet (‘The Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. cya- Pyramid’), Chatham Islands, off New Zealand. neus Linnaeus, 1766 [Hen Harrier], but treated as separate Ranges at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean as far east as on the basis of differences in morphology, plumage, and the west coast of South America and west to off breeding habitat (Grant 1983, Thorpe 1988, Dobson and southeastern Australia. Clarke 2011, Etherington and Mobley 2016) commensu- Accidental off central California (Bodega Canyon, 31 km rate with differences between other recognized species of west-northwest of Point Reyes, Marin County, 27 July Circus (also see Wink et al. 1998, Wink and Sauer-G¨urth 2001; photos; Garrett and Wilson 2003; diagnostic color 2004, Oatley et al. 2015). A partial salvaged specimen photo in Pranty et al. 2016). This probable second-cycle (distal right wing only) from Attu, June 1999, identified by bird was identified as this species by Howell (2012), and wing chord length as a juvenile male C. cyaneus (Gibson et the record was accepted by the California Bird Records al. 2013), requires confirmation. Committee (Singer et al. 2016) and the ABA Checklist Committee (Pranty et al. 2016). A probable first-cycle bird 16. [p. 329] Extralimital species Aulacorhynchus albi- recorded on several dates the previous year from the same vitta is separated from A. prasinus. In the species account general area has been considered as likely the same for A. prasinus, change the English name to Northern individual (Howell 2012), but the CBRC treated these Emerald-Toucanet and change the distributional statement records as only possibly the same bird and accepted the and Notes to: bird only as T. salvini/eremita (Singer et al. 2016). Distribution.—Resident in the highlands of Middle Notes.—See comments under T. cauta. America, [wagleri group] in Guerrero and Oaxaca, [prasinus group] from San Luis Potos´ı, Hidalgo, Puebla, 14. [p. 41] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo south nuclear DNA sequences (e.g., Sheldon 1987, Chang et al. through Central America to north-central Nicaragua; and 2003, Zhou et al. 2014) have shown that the genus Ardea is [caeruleogularis group] in Costa Rica and Panama (east to paraphyletic if Mesophoyx intermedia is excluded. Their Darien).´ findings result in the following changes: Notes.—Groups: A. wagleri (Sturm in Gould, 1841) Change Mesophoyx intermedia to Ardea intermedia, [Wagler’s Toucanet], A. prasinus [Northern Emerald- remove the parentheses around the authority name for A. Toucanet], A. caeruleogularis (Gould, 1854) [Blue-throated intermedia, make the appropriate changes in generic Toucanet]. Formerly considered conspecific with A. names or abbreviations within the existing distributional albivitta but treated as separate on the basis of species- statement, delete the heading and Notes for Genus level differences in phenotype and genetic results consis- MESOPHOYX Sharpe, place the citation for Mesophoyx tent with those differences (Puebla-Olivares et al. 2008, in the synonymy for Genus ARDEA Linnaeus, move the Bonaccorso et al. 2011, Winker 2016). species account for A. intermedia to follow the account for 17. [p. 429] Lanius borealis is treated as a species A. alba. Add the following to the end of the existing Notes: separate from L. excubitor. Remove the species account for Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Mesophoyx, but L. excubitor and replace it with the following new account: genetic data indicate that Ardea is paraphyletic if Mesophoyx is treated as a separate genus (e.g., Sheldon Lanius borealis Vieillot. Northern Shrike. 1987, Chang et al. 2003, Zhou et al. 2014). Lanius borealis Vieillot, 1808, Ois. Amer.´ Sept., 1 (1807), 15. [p. 92] Circus hudsonius is treated as a species p. 80, pl. 50. (North America: restricted to New York separate from C. cyaneus. Remove the species account for by AOU, 1931, ‘‘Check-list.’’ ) C. cyaneus and replace it with the following new account: Habitat.—Open deciduous or coniferous woodland, Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). Northern Harrier. taiga, thickets, bogs, and scrub; in migration and winter, also open situations with scattered trees and cultivated Falco hudsonius Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, p. lands. 128; based on ‘‘The Ring-tail’d Hawk’’ of Edwards, Distribution.—Breeds in North America from western 1750, Nat. Hist. Birds, p. 107, pl. 107.) (Hudson Bay.) and northern Alaska, northern Yukon, northwestern and southern Northwest Territories, and southwestern Kivalliq Habitat.—Primarily grassy marshes and wet prairie with south to southern Alaska (west to the Alaska Peninsula), tall grass (breeding); marshes, meadows, grasslands, and northwestern British Columbia, northern Alberta, north- cultivated fields (nonbreeding). ern Manitoba, northern Ontario, northern and central Distribution.—[same as hudsonius group in current Quebec, and southern Labrador, and in the Old World account for Circus cyaneus] west to western Siberia and south to extreme northwestern

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China, the Russian Altai, the Russian Tien Shan, northern Accidental (subspecies frugilegus) in southeastern Mongolia, and Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Greenland (Ammassalik-area: Kulusuk/Kap Dan, 20 Winters in North America from central Alaska and the March 1901; specimen; Helms 1926, Salomonsen 1963, southern portions of the breeding range in Canada, Boertmann 1994). Minnesota, and northwestern Wisconsin south (irregularly) to northern California, central Nevada, northern 19. [p. 451] After the account for Corvus leucognapha- Arizona, central New Mexico, northern Texas, northwest- lus, insert the following new species account: ern Oklahoma, Kansas, central Missouri, northern Illinois, Corvus cornix Linnaeus. Hooded Crow. central Indiana, northern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, casually to the central Aleutians, south to the Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. southern parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, to 105. (‘‘Europa;’’ restricted to Sweden by Hartert northern Texas, Arkansas, northern Tennessee, North (1903; Vog.¨ Pal. Fauna 1, p. 9).) Carolina, and Bermuda, and in Eurasia in the southern Habitat. parts of the breeding range, northeastern China, uncom- —A variety of habitats from open woodland monly through Japan to Kyushu, and casually to eastern and clearings, farmland, and parks to coastal cliffs and moorlands. Europe and Norway. Distribution.—Breeds from the Faeroes and northern Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with L. ex- and western British Isles, continental Europe east of cubitor Linnaeus, 1758 [Great Gray Shrike], but treated as France to Fennoscandia, and western Russia east to the separate on the basis of differences in plumage and Yenisei and south to Italy, the Mediterranean, including mtDNA (Johnsen et al. 2010, Olsson et al. 2010, Peer et al. the offshore islands (Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily), 2011). Lanius borealis is more closely related to L. northern Egypt (up the Nile to Aswan), the Middle East, ludovicianus, L. meridionalis (Temminck, 1820) [Southern Aral Sea, and Lake Balkash, Iraq, Turkmenistan, western Gray Shrike], and L. sphenocercus (Cabanis, 1873) [Chinese Uzbekistan, and extreme northwest Afghanistan. Resident Gray Shrike] than to the nominate excubitor group (Olsson over most of range, but withdraws from northern et al. 2010). Fennoscandia and northern Russia in winter. Hybridizes 18. [p. 449] After the account for Corvus monedula, with C. corone along two narrow zones, one across Europe insert the following new species account: (Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, northern Italy) and the other in central Siberia. Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus. Rook. Winters south to southern Iran, southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan, and western China. Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. Casual in Iceland, Bear Island, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, 105. (‘‘Europa;’’ restricted to Sweden by Hartert Tunisia, and Libya. (1903; Vog.¨ Pal. Fauna 1, p. 13).) Casual or accidental (subspecies cornix) in southeastern Habitat.—Agricultural land, wooded steppe, fragment- Greenland (Kulusuk/Kap Dan, Ammassalik-area, 19 ed woodland, and riverine plains; in winter often also March 1897; specimen; and Sermilik Fjord, late May seashores. 1907; specimen; Helms 1926, Boertmann 1994). Distribution.—Breeds from Great Britain, Ireland, and Other sightings from North America (Staten Island, continental Europe south to central France (isolated New York, July 2011; Chicago, Illinois, 2000; New population in Leon, Spain), and from Fennoscandia south Braunfels, Texas, 2002; Salton Sea, California, 1973; and to the Alps, southern Bulgaria, and east through Turkey to Whitecount, Alberta, 2006) are of questionable origin. western Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, across northern Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific (e.g., AOU Mongolia to the Yakutia Valley, and south in China to the 1983, 1998) with Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 [Carrion Yangtze Valley. Introduced and established in New Crow], under the English name Carrion Crow. Most global Zealand. European populations largely resident, Russian references now separate the two on the basis of assortative and Asian populations mainly migratory. mating and differences in plumage, vocalizations, and Winters south to the Mediterranean region, Egypt, ecology (Parkin et al. 2003), despite genome-wide intro- Israel, Iraq, southern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwestern gression that extends beyond the hybrid zone (Poelstra et India (Ladakh), southern China, South Korea, and al. 2014). southern Japan, rarely to the Ryukyu Islands, Hainan, 20. [p. 491] Before the account for Sylvia curruca, insert and Taiwan. the following new species account: Casual in Iceland, the Faeroes, northern Sweden, the Azores, Madeira, North Africa, and Novaya Zemlya. Sylvia atricapilla Linnaeus. Eurasian Blackcap.

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Sylvia Atricapilla Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. Accidental in western Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence 187. (Europe; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1909; Island, 9 September 2010; photos; Lehman and Ake 2011; Vogel¨ Pal. Fauna 1, p. 583).) and 18–21 September 2015; photos; Pranty et al. 2016).

Habitat.—Open forest with a lush understory; in 22. [pp. 497–498] Move the heading Genus OE- southern part of range also tall tamarisk thickets and NANTHE Vieillot, its citation, and the species account laurel forest (Atlantic Islands). Favors broad-leafed decid- for Oenanthe oenanthe to follow the species account for uous over coniferous forest. Winters in brushy habitats. Saxicola torquatus. This corrects an error in linear Distribution.—Breeds from the British Isles and conti- sequencing from a previous supplement (Chesser et al. nental Europe east to Scandinavia to southwest Siberia and 2011). south to the Mediterranean, including the Balearic Islands, and North Africa, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the 23. [p. 490] After the account for Myadestes palmeri, Cape Verde Islands. insert the following new heading and species account: Winters in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, and in Genus ZOOTHERA Vigors central Africa, south of the Sahara. In recent years winters increasingly farther north to the British Isles, even Zoothera Vigors, 1832, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 172. southern Scandinavia. Type, by monotypy, Zoothera monticola Vigors. Migrates in complex patterns. In migration found widely in North Africa and farther south to the wintering range. Zoothera aurea (Holandre) White’s Thrush. Rare migrant to the Persian Gulf and to Iceland. Turdus varius Pallas, 1811, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1, p. Accidental in Svalbard, Jan Mayen, and Mongolia. 449. (Krasnoyarsk; nec Turdus varius Vieillot, 1803.) Accidental (subspecies atricapilla) in southeastern Turdus aureus Holandre, 1825, Ann. Moselle, p. 60. Greenland (Ammassalik town, Ammassalik-area, 15 No- (Metz, eastern France.) vember 1916; specimen; Salomonsen 1963). Habitat.—Dense spruce forests, also mixed fir and 21. [p. 490] After the account for Acrocephalus broad-leafed deciduous forests. Winters in well-vegetated schoenobaenus, insert the following new species account: areas, but also more open areas. Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth. Blyth’s Reed Warbler. Distribution.—Breeds from western Siberia (Urals) east across Russia and northern Mongolia and northeastern Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, 1849, Journ. Asiat. Soc. China to Russian Far East, Korea, and Japan (Hokkaido Bengal, 18, p. 815. (India.) New name for Sylvia and Honshu). montana or Acrocephalus montanus of various Winters from southern China (from the Yangtze River Indian authors, preoccupied by Sylvia montana and west to Yunnan) south to the Philippines, Vietnam, Wilson, 1812 ¼ Motacilla virens Gmelin, 1789, and Laos, Thailand, and northern and eastern Myanmar. by Sylvia montana Horsfield, 1821. Migrates through eastern China and southern Japan. Casual in Iceland, the Faeroes, the British Isles, Europe, Habitat.—Dry or slightly damp, open brushy habitats Fennoscandia, peninsular Malaysia, and islets off northern with dense undergrowth and a scattering of trees or tall Borneo. bushes; not associated with marsh edges. Winters in dry Accidental (subspecies aurea) in northeastern Green- scrub (often favors acacia); also found in town parks and land (Danborg, Wollaston Forland, October 1954; speci- gardens. men; Salomonsen 1963). Distribution.—Breeds from Sweden and Poland east to Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with Z. dau- eastern Siberia (Lake Baikal and south in the Transcaspian ma Latham, 1790 [Scaly Thrush] under the English name region), Kazakhstan, and northwestern Mongolia; a sepa- White’s Thrush, which consisted of what are now generally rate population breeds in the foothills of the western and treated as 4–7 species. Circumscription here includes only northern Tian Shan Mountains west to eastern Uzbekistan subspecies aurea and toratugumi, following Dickinson and and south to northern Afghanistan and eastern Iran. Christidis (2014). Winters widely on the Indian Subcontinent, from the foothills of the Himalayas south to Sri Lanka and east to 24. [p. 521] The English name of Toxostoma lecontei is western Myanmar. changed to LeConte’s Thrasher to conform to the generally Casual or accidental in migration to western Europe, accepted spelling of the name of entomologist John including Iceland, the Middle East, Japan, eastern China, Lawrence LeConte, for whom the species was named and Thailand. (Mearns and Mearns 1992, Jobling 2010). Add the

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Anthus pratensis Linnaeus. Meadow Pipit. Fringilla Chlorophonia Anthus pratensis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. Euphonia 166. (in Europae pratis ¼ Sweden.) Coccothraustes Habitat.—Mainly open grassy areas (tundra, heathland, Carpodacus meadows, fields, marshes). In winter, in similar habitats Melamprosops including also seashores and lakeshores. Oreomystis Distribution.—Breeds in eastern Greenland (uncom- Paroreomyza mon), Iceland, the Faeroes, Europe, and northwestern Asia Loxioides east to River Ob and south to southern (very local) and Telespiza central Italy, and central Romania. Chloridops Winters in western and southern Europe, including the Rhodacanthis British Isles, and south to North Africa (south to southern Ciridops Mauritania), northern Arabia, and southwestern Asia east Palmeria to Iran, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Rare to northeast- Himatione ern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Drepanis Casual in western Greenland, Spitsbergen, Bear Island, Psittirostra Jan Mayen, the Azores, Madeira, and Japan. Dysmorodrepanis Pseudonestor 26. [p. 669] Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and Hemignathus nuclear DNA sequences (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2007, 2008; Akialoa Nguembock et al. 2009; Lerner et al. 2011; Zuccon et al. Magumma 2012) have shown that the limits and linear sequence of Chlorodrepanis genera in the family Fringillidae do not accurately reflect Viridonia their evolutionary relationships. Their findings result in the Loxops following changes: Pinicola Pyrrhula Replace the Notes under the heading Family FRINGIL- Leucosticte LIDAE: Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies with Haemorhous the following: Chloris Notes.—Linear sequence of genera follows Arnaiz- Crithagra Villena et al. (2007, 2008), Nguembock et al. (2009), Acanthis Lerner et al. (2011), and Zuccon et al. (2012). See Loxia comments under Peucedramidae. Carduelis Spinus After the species account for Chloris sinica, insert the Serinus following new heading: 27. [p. 664] After the account for Acanthis flammea, Genus CRITHAGRA Swainson insert the following new species account:

Crithagra Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 348. Type, Acanthis cabaret (Müller.) Lesser Redpoll. by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. 348), Loxia sulphurata Linnaeus. Fringilla cabaret Müller, 1776, Natursyst., suppl., p. 165. (Europe.) Change Serinus mozambicus (Müller) to Crithagra mozambica (Müller), place the account for this species Habitat.—In the Alps, favors subalpine larch-dominat- under the heading and citation for Crithagra, and insert ed conifer forests, and edges of alpine meadows and the following at the beginning of the existing Notes: pastures. In the United Kingdom, found in open scrub Formerly placed in the genus Serinus, but genetic data woodland, often heaths and on hillsides, in hedgerows, (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2007, 2008; Nguembock et al. 2009; streamside woodlands, and young conifer plantations.

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Distribution.—Resident in the British Isles and discon- formerly under this heading in the appropriate positions as tinuously east through northern France, Belgium, Ger- listed below. many, southern Scandinavia, east to Slovakia; also the Alps southeast to Slovenia. Although largely resident, popula- After the species account for Plectrophenax hyperboreus, tions from the British Isles sometimes move to continental insert the following new heading and Notes: Europe and birds in the Alps move to lower elevations in Family RHODINOCICHLIDAE: Thrush-Tanagers winter. Introduced and established in New Zealand. Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- Casual or accidental in Spain. chondrial DNA sequences indicate that Rhodinocichla Accidental in southeastern Greenland (Kuummitt, rosea is not a member of the Thraupidae (e.g., as in AOU Ammassalik-area, 6 September 1933; specimen; Boert- 1998) but instead forms a group distinct from other nine- mann 1994; identification confirmed by Lars Svensson). primaried oscines (Barker et al. 2013, 2015).

28. [p. 663] Loxia sinesciurus is treated as a species Move the heading Genus RHODINOCICHLA Hartlaub, separate from L. curvirostra, following Benkman et al. its citation, and its included species account to follow this (2009). After the account for L. curvirostra, insert the new family heading, and replace the existing Notes for following new species account: Rhodinocichla with: Formerly placed in the Thraupidae; see comments under Rhodinocichlidae above. Loxia sinesciurus Benkman et al. Cassia Crossbill. Change Family EMBERIZIDAE: Sparrows and Bun- Loxia sinesciurus Benkman, Smith, Keenan, Parchman, tings to Family EMBERIZIDAE: Old World Buntings, and Santisteban, 2009, Condor 111: 171. (Sawtooth move this heading to follow the species account for National Forest at Porcupine Springs, Cassia Rhodinocichla rosea, and insert the following: County,Idaho;lat.4281004.400 N., long. Notes.—See comments under Passerellidae. 114815055.300 W.) Move the heading Genus EMBERIZA Linnaeus, its Habitat.—Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta latifolia) citation, and its included species accounts to follow Family forest. EMBERIZIDAE: Old World Buntings. Distribution.—Resident in the South Hills and Albion Mountains, southern Idaho. After the species account for Emberiza schoeniclus, Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with L. curvir- insert the following new heading and Notes: ostra, but treated as a separate species on the basis of high levels of premating reproductive isolation (Smith and Family PASSERELLIDAE: New World Sparrows Benkman 2007, Benkman et al. 2009), despite regular and Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- likely long-term sympatric breeding of multiple call types chondrial DNA sequences indicate that genera placed in of Red Crossbill, and genomic differences (Parchman et al. this family form a monophyletic group of uncertain 2016). Although the English name South Hills Crossbill relationship to the Emberizidae (Barker et al. 2013), in was used in the description, Cassia Crossbill more which they were formerly included (e.g., as in AOU 1998). accurately describes the distribution of this species, which The family name Arremonidae Lafresnaye, 1842, although is endemic to Cassia County, Idaho, and is more succinct published prior to Passerellidae Cabanis, 1851, is here and less confusing (C. W. Benkman, in litt.). considered a nomen oblitum under Articles 23.9 and 35.5 29. [pp. 532–658] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International mitochondrial DNA sequences (Barker et al. 2013, 2015) Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999). have shown that the limits and linear sequence of families of nine-primaried oscines do not accurately reflect their Move the headings and citations for Genus PSELLIO- evolutionary relationships. Because relationships of some PHORUS Ridgway, Genus PEZOPETES Cabanis, Genus lineages remain unresolved and because the ages of the ARREMON Vieillot, Genus ARREMONOPS Ridgway, lineages are roughly equivalent to those of other family- Genus ATLAPETES Wagler, Genus PIPILO Vieillot, level avian groups, we follow Barker et al. (2013) in Genus AIMOPHILA Swainson, Genus MELOZONE recognizing 10 new families in this radiation. Their Reichenbach, Genus PEUCAEA Audubon, Genus OR- findings result in the following changes: ITURUS Bonaparte, Genus TORREORNIS Barbour and Peters, Genus SPIZELLOIDES Klicka and Slager, Genus After the species account for Saltator striatipectus, SPIZELLA Bonaparte, Genus POOECETES Baird, Genus remove the heading Genera INCERTAE SEDIS and the CHONDESTES Swainson, Genus AMPHISPIZA Coues, Notes under this heading, and place the genera and species Genus ARTEMISIOSPIZA KlickaandBanks,Genus

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CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparte, Genus PASSERCULUS Bo- see comments under Phaenicophilidae above. Replace the naparte, Genus AMMODRAMUS Swainson, Genus XEN- Notes under Xenoligea and Microligea with: Formerly OSPIZA Bangs, Genus PASSERELLA Swainson, Genus placed in the Parulidae; see comments under Phaenico- MELOSPIZA Baird, Genus ZONOTRICHIA Swainson, philidae above. Genus JUNCO Wagler, and Genus CHLOROSPINGUS Cabanis, and their included species accounts, in this After the species account for Microligea palustris, insert sequence, to follow this new family heading. the following new heading:

Under the headings for Oriturus, Torreornis, Spizelloides, Family NESOSPINGIDAE: Puerto Rican Tanagers Spizella, Pooecetes, and Chondestes, insert the following Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- Notes: Formerly placed in the Emberizidae; see comments chondrial DNA sequences indicate that Nesospingus under Passerellidae. speculiferus is not a member of the Thraupidae (e.g., as Under the heading for Chlorospingus, replace the existing in AOU 1998) but instead represents a lineage distinct Notes with: Formerly placed in the Thraupidae and, briefly, from other nine-primaried oscines (Barker et al. 2013, the Emberizidae; see comments under Passerellidae. 2015).

For all other genera listed above, insert the following at Move the heading Genus NESOSPINGUS Sclater, its the end of the existing Notes: Formerly placed in the citation, and its included species account to follow this Emberizidae; see comments under Passerellidae. new family heading, and replace the Notes under Nesospingus with: Formerly placed in the Thraupidae; see After the species account for Chlorospingus canigularis, comments under Nesospingidae above. insert the following new heading and Notes: After the species account for Nesospingus speculiferus, Family CALYPTOPHILIDAE: Chat-Tanagers insert the following new heading and Notes:

Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- Family SPINDALIDAE: Spindalises chondrial DNA sequences indicate that species in the genus Calyptophilus are not members of the Thraupidae Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- (e.g., as in AOU 1998) but instead form a monophyletic chondrial DNA sequences indicate that species in the group distinct from other nine-primaried oscines (Barker genus Spindalis are not members of the Thraupidae (e.g., et al. 2013, 2015). as in AOU 1998) but instead form a monophyletic group distinct from other nine-primaried oscines (Barker et al. Move the heading Genus CALYPTOPHILUS Cory, its 2013, 2015). citation, and its included species accounts to follow this new family heading, and replace the Notes under this Move the heading Genus SPINDALIS Jardine and Selby, heading with the following: Formerly placed in the its citation, and its included species accounts to follow this Thraupidae; see comments under Calyptophilidae above. new family heading, and replace the Notes under Spindalis with: Formerly placed in the Thraupidae; see comments After the species account for Calyptophilus frugivorus, under Spindalidae above. insert the following new heading and Notes: After the species account for Spindalis portoricensis, Family PHAENICOPHILIDAE: Hispaniolan Tanagers insert the following new heading and Notes:

Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- Family ZELEDONIIDAE: Wrenthrushes chondrial DNA sequences indicate that Phaenicophilus, Xenoligea, and Microligea form a monophyletic group Notes.—Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- distinct from other nine-primaried oscines (Barker et al. chondrial DNA sequences indicate that Zeledonia corona- 2013, 2015); Phaenicophilus was formerly placed in the ta is not a member of the Parulidae (e.g., as in AOU 1998) Thraupidae, and Xenoligea and Microligea in the Parulidae but instead forms a lineage distinct from other nine- (e.g., AOU 1998). primaried oscines (Barker et al. 2013, 2015). This species, originally described as a species of unknown affinities Move the headings Genus PHAENICOPHILUS Strick- (Ridgway 1889) and later placed in the Turdidae (Ridgway land, Genus XENOLIGEA Bond, and Genus MICRO- 1907), was removed from that family in an addendum and LIGEA Cory, their citations, and included species accounts placed in the monotypic family Zeledoniidae (Ridgway to follow this new family heading. Replace the Notes under 1907) as a nine-primaried oscine (Pycraft 1905) of Phaenicophilus with: Formerly placed in the Thraupidae; uncertain placement. However, the species was later

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Notes.—See comments under M. biarcuata. insert the following Notes: Formerly included Leistes, but genetic data (Powell et al. 2014) indicate that Sturnella and 31. [p. 618] The English name of Ammodramus leconteii Leistes form two deeply divergent groups. is changed to LeConte’s Sparrow to conform to the generally accepted spelling of the name of entomologist Change Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus) to Leistes John Lawrence LeConte, for whom the species was named militaris (Linnaeus), place the account for this species (Mearns and Mearns 1992, Jobling 2010). Add the under the heading and citation for Leistes, and replace the following sentence to the beginning of the Notes: Formerly existing Notes with: Formerly placed in the genus known as Le Conte’s Sparrow. Sturnella; see comments under Sturnella. After the species account for Dives dives, insert the 32. [p. 626] Junco bairdi is treated as a species separate following new heading: from J. phaeonotus. In the species account for J. phaeonotus, change the distributional statement and Notes to: Genus PTILOXENA Chapman Distribution.—[Same except delete mention of bairdi group.] Ptiloxena Chapman, 1892, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4: Notes.—Groups: J. phaeonotus [Mexican Junco], J. 307. Type, by original designation, Quiscalus fulvescens Nelson, 1897 [Chiapas Junco], and J. alticola atroviolaceus d’Orbigny. Salvin, 1863 [Guatemala Junco]. Formerly considered Remove the citation for Ptiloxena from the synonymy of conspecific with J. bairdi, but treated as separate on the Dives. Under the heading Genus DIVES Deppe, replace basis of differences in morphology (Miller 1941), vocali- the existing Notes with: See comments under Ptiloxena zations (Howell and Webb 1995, Pieplow and Francis atroviolacea. 2011), and genomics (McCormack et al. 2012, Friis et al. 2016, Mila´ et al. 2016). Change Dives atroviolaceus (d’Orbigny) to Ptiloxena atroviolacea (d’Orbigny), place the account for this After the account for J. phaeonotus, insert the following species under the heading and citation for Ptiloxena, and new species account: replace the existing Notes with: Formerly placed in the genus Dives, but genetic data (Powell et al. 2013) indicate Junco bairdi Ridgway. Baird’s Junco. that Ptiloxena atroviolacea is sister to the Euphagus- Junco bairdi Ridgway (ex Belding MS), 1883, Proc. U.S. Quiscalus clade rather than to Dives. Nat. Mus. 6: 155. (Laguna, Baja California.) Rearrange the sequence of genera in Family ICTER- Habitat.—Pine Forest, Pine-Oak Forest (1200–1900 m; IDAE: Blackbirds to: Temperate Zone). Xanthocephalus Distribution.—Resident in the Cape district of Baja Dolichonyx California Sur (Sierra Victoria). Sturnella Notes. —See comments under J. phaeonotus. Leistes 33. [pp. 639–658] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and Amblycercus mitochondrial DNA sequences (Powell et al. 2014) have Cassiculus shown that the limits and linear sequence of genera in the Psarocolius family Icteridae do not reflect their evolutionary relation- Cacicus ships, and these findings were implemented in the Icterus classification proposed by Remsen et al. (2016). Their Nesopsar findings result in the following changes: Agelaius Molothrus After the species account for Sturnella neglecta, insert Dives the following new heading: Ptiloxena Euphagus Genus LEISTES Vigors Quiscalus Chrysomus Leistes Vigors, 1825, Zool. Journ. 2: 191. Type, by original designation, Oriolus americanus Gmelin ¼ Ember- 34. [pp. 639–658] A subfamily classification is adopted iza militaris Linnaeus. for family Icteridae, following Powell et al. (2013): Remove the citation for Leistes from the synonymy of Under the heading Family ICTERIDAE: Blackbirds, add Sturnella. Under the heading Genus STURNELLA Vieillot, the following:

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Notes.—Subfamily classification and linear sequence of Subfamily AGELAIINAE: Blackbirds genera follow Remsen et al. (2016). Move the headings Genus NESOPSAR Sclater, Genus After the heading and Notes for Family ICTERIDAE: AGELAIUS Vieillot, Genus MOLOTHRUS Swainson, Blackbirds, insert the following new heading: Genus DIVES Deppe, Genus PTILOXENA Chapman, Genus EUPHAGUS Cassin, Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot, Subfamily XANTHOCEPHALINAE: Yellow-headed and Genus CHRYSOMUS Swainson, their citations and Blackbirds Notes, and their included species accounts, in this Move the heading Genus XANTHOCEPHALUS Bona- sequence, to follow this heading. parte, its citation, and its included species account to 35. [p. 590] A record of Cyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged follow this heading. Honeycreeper) in the United States is recognized. Add the After the species account for Xanthocephalus xantho- following new paragraph to the end of the section on cephalus, insert the following new heading: Distribution: Accidental in south Texas (Estero Llano Grande State Subfamily DOLICHONYCHINAE: Bobolinks Park, Hidalgo County, 27–29 November 2014; photos; Gustafson et al. 2015, Pranty et al. 2016). Seven photo- Move the heading Genus DOLICHONYX Swainson, its graphed birds from south Florida have not been accepted citation, and its included species account to follow this because of questionable provenance (Greenlaw et al. 2014). heading. 36. [pp. 685–698] Delete the accounts for Thalassarche After the species account for Dolichonyx oryzivorus, eremita, Tadorna ferruginea, Rallus aquaticus, Charadrius insert the following new heading: veredus, Corvus frugilegus, Corvus corone, and Anthus pratensis from the Appendix. Subfamily STURNELLINAE: Meadowlarks 37. [pp. 705 ff.] Make the following changes to the list of Move the headings Genus STURNELLA Vieillot and French names of North American birds: Genus LEISTES Vigors, their citations and Notes, and their included species accounts to follow this heading. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: After the species account for Leistes militaris, insert the following new heading: Anser canagicus Oie empereur Anser caerulescens Oie des neiges Subfamily AMBLYCERCINAE: Yellow-billed Caciques Anser rossii Oie de Ross Move the heading Genus AMBLYCERCUS Cabanis, its Tadorna ferruginea Tadorne casarca citation, and its included species account to follow this Sibirionetta formosa Sarcelle el´ egante´ heading. Spatula querquedula Sarcelle d’et´ e´ Spatula discors Sarcelle a` ailes bleues After the species account for Amblycercus holosericeus, Spatula cyanoptera Sarcelle cannelle insert the following new heading: Spatula clypeata Canard souchet Mareca strepera Canard chipeau Subfamily CACICINAE: Oropendolas and Caciques Mareca falcata Canard a` faucilles Move the headings Genus CASSICULUS Swainson, Mareca penelope Canard siffleur Genus PSAROCOLIUS Wagler, and Genus CACICUS Mareca americana Canard d’Amerique´ Lacep´ ede,` their citations and Notes, and their included Melanitta nigra Macreuse noire species accounts to follow this heading. Eugenes spectabilis Colibri de la Talamanca Juliamyia julie Colibri de Julie After the species account for Cacicus cela, insert the Rallus longirostris Raleˆ gris following new heading: Rallus aquaticus Raleˆ d’eau Charadrius veredus Pluvier oriental Subfamily ICTERINAE: Orioles Anous ceruleus Noddi bleu Move the heading Genus ICTERUS Brisson, its citation, Thalassarche eremita Albatros des Chatham and its included species accounts to follow this heading. Ardea intermedia Heron´ intermediaire´ Circus hudsonius Busard des marais After the species account for Icterus parisorum, insert Lanius borealis Pie-grieche` boreale´ the following new heading: Corvus frugilegus Corbeau freux

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Corvus cornix Corneille mantelee´ Anas strepera Canard chipeau Sylvia atricapilla Fauvette at` eteˆ noire Anas falcata Canard a` faucilles Acrocephalus dumetorum Rousserolle des buissons Anas penelope Canard siffleur Zoothera aurea Grive doree´ Anas americana Canard d’Amerique´ Toxostoma lecontei Moqueur de LeConte Damophila julie Colibri julie Anthus pratensis Pipit farlouse Larus thayeri Goeland´ de Thayer Crithagra mozambica Serin du Mozambique Procelsterna cerulea Noddi bleu Acanthis cabaret Sizerin cabaret Mesophoyx intermedia Heron´ intermediaire´ Loxia sinesciurus Bec-croise´ de l’Idaho Circus cyaneus Busard Saint-Martin Spinus notatus Tarin at` eteˆ noire Lanius excubitor Pie-grieche` grise Spinus xanthogastrus Tarin a` ventre jaune Toxostoma lecontei Moqueur de Le Conte Spinus cucullatus Tarin rouge Spinus notatus Chardonneret at` eteˆ noire Spinus dominicensis Tarin des Antilles Spinus xanthogastrus Chardonneret a` ventre jaune RHODINOCICHLIDAE Spinus cucullatus Chardonneret rouge Rhodinocichla rosea Queo´ rosalbin Spinus dominicensis Chardonneret des Antilles PASSERELLIDAE Serinus mozambicus Serin du Mozambique Melozone cabanisi Tohi de Cabanis Zeledonia coronata Paruline de Zeledon Ammodramus leconteii Bruant de LeConte Icteria virens Paruline polyglotte Junco bairdi Junco de Baird Xenoligea montana Paruline quatre-yeux CALYPTOPHILIDAE Microligea palustris Paruline aux yeux rouges Calyptophilus tertius Konichon d’Ha¨ıti Teretistris fernandinae Paruline de Fernandina Calyptophilus frugivorus Konichon dominicain Teretistris fornsi Paruline d’Oriente PHAENICOPHILIDAE Nesospingus speculiferus Tangara de Porto Rico Phaenicophilus palmarum Katje a` couronne noire Phaenicophilus palmarum Tangara a` couronne noire Phaenicophilus poliocephalus Katje a` couronne grise Phaenicophilus poliocephalus Tangara quatre-yeux Xenoligea montana Petit Quatre-yeux Calyptophilus tertius Tangara d’Ha¨ıti Microligea palustris Ligea´ aux yeux rouges Calyptophilus frugivorus Tangara cornichon NESOSPINGIDAE Rhodinocichla rosea Tangara queo´ Nesospingus speculiferus Pleureur de Porto Rico Mitrospingus cassinii Tangara obscur SPINDALIDAE Ammodramus leconteii Bruant de Le Conte ZELEDONIIDAE Sturnella militaris Sturnelle militaire Zeledonia coronata Zel´ edonie´ couronnee´ Dives atroviolaceus Quiscale violet TERETISTRIDAE in APPENDIX (Part 1) Teretistris fernandinae Chillina de Fernandina Thalassarche eremita Albatros des Chatham Teretistris fornsi Chillina d’Oriente Tadorna ferruginea Tadorne casarca ICTERIIDAE Rallus aquaticus Raleˆ d’eau Icteria virens Icterie´ polyglotte Charadrius veredus Pluvier oriental Leistes militaris Sturnelle militaire Corvus frugilegus Corbeau freux Ptiloxena atroviolacea Quiscale violet Corvus corone Corneille noire MITROSPINGIDAE Anthus pratensis Pipit farlouse Mitrospingus cassinii Mitrospin obscur Spinus magellanicus Chardonneret de Magellan in APPENDIX (Part 1) Change the sequence of species currently and formerly Spinus magellanicus Tarin de Magellan in the genus Anser and the genus Anas as indicated by the Delete the following names: text of this supplement.

Chen canagica Oie empereur Change the sequence of species in family SCOLOPA- Chen caerulescens Oie des neiges CIDAE as indicated by the text of this supplement. Chen rossii Oie de Ross Change the sequence of genera in family MUSCICAPI- Anas formosa Sarcelle el´ egante´ DAE, family FRINGILLIDAE, and family ICTERIDAE as Anas querquedula Sarcelle d’et´ e´ indicated by the text of this supplement. Anas discors Sarcelle a` ailes bleues Anas cyanoptera Sarcelle cannelle Recognize new families RHODINOCICHLIDAE, PASSER- Anas clypeata Canard souchet ELLIDAE, CALYPTOPHILIDAE, PHAENICOPHILIDAE,

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R. Terry Chesser,1* Kevin J. Burns,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 Douglas F. Stotz,9 Benjamin M. Winger,10 and Kevin Winker11

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA 2 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Bishop, California, USA 5 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 6 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 7 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 8 Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 9 Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 10 Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 11 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA * Corresponding author: [email protected]; Chairman of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithological Society (formerly American Ornithologists’ Union). All authors are members of the Committee, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. Published June 27, 2018

This is the 18th supplement since publication of the 7th weria, Horornis, Larvivora, Cyanecula, Calliope, Centro- edition of the Check-list of North American Birds nyx, and Ammospiza) are added because of splits from

(American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- other genera, resulting in the loss of two genera (Cettia marizes decisions made between April 15, 2017, and April and Luscinia) and changes to 12 scientific names 15, 2018, by the AOS’s Committee on Classification and (Pseudobulweria rostrata, Horornis diphone, Larvivora Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- cyane, L. sibilans, Cyanecula svecica, Calliope calliope, mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in Centronyx bairdii, C. henslowii, Ammospiza leconteii, A. the 42nd Supplement (Banks et al. 2000). During the past maritima, A. nelsoni, and A. caudacuta); (9) one genus year, long-time member Jim Rising left the Committee for (Dryobates) is added because of a lump with other genera, health reasons, and Ben Winger was added to the resulting in the loss of one genus (Veniliornis) and changes Committee. to 10 scientific names (Dryobates pubescens, D. nuttallii, Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) D. scalaris, D. borealis, D. villosus, D. albolarvatus, D. one species (Tadorna tadorna) is added to the main list, by fumigatus, D. arizonae, D. stricklandi, and D. kirkii); (10) transfer from the Appendix, on the basis of new one genus (Phaeomyias) is lost by merger with another distributional information; (2) two species (Automolus genus, resulting in a change to one scientific name exsertus and Sporophila morelleti) are added to the main (Nesotriccus murinus); (11) the scientific names of two list because of splits from species already on the list; (3) the species (Melopyrrha portoricensis and M. violacea) are distributional statements or Notes of five species (Elaenia changed because of a transfer between genera already on chiriquensis, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, Fluvicola pica, the list; (12) the English names of two species (Perisoreus Vireo olivaceus,andHenicorhina leucophrys) are changed canadensis and Leistes militaris) are changed; and (13) because of splits from extralimital species; (4) one species three species (Lampornis amethystinus, Empidonax affinis, name is changed (to Caprimulgus jotaka) because of splits and Vireo gundlachii) are added to the list of species from extralimital species; (5) one species (Geothlypis known to occur in the United States. aequinoctialis) is lost because of transfer of the only New families of storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) and sub- subspecies in our area to G. semiflava; (6) one species oscine passerines (Onychorynchidae) are added, a sub- (Ramphocelus costaricensis) is lost by merger with a family classification and a new linear sequence are adopted species already on the list; (7) one species (Gracula for the Accipitridae, and a modified subfamily classifica- religiosa) is lost by transfer to the Appendix, and its tion and a new linear sequence are adopted for the circumscription is changed; (8) seven genera (Pseudobul- Tyrannidae, all due to new phylogenetic data. The family

Q 2018 American Ornithological Society. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254 Direct all requests to reproduce journal content to the AOS Publications Office at [email protected] R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Check-list supplement 799 placements of six genera (Oceanites, Pelagodroma, Freget- Centronyx bairdii Baird’s Sparrow. ta, Onychorhynchus, Terenotriccus, and Myiobius) and the Centronyx henslowii Henslow’s Sparrow. subfamily placements of 14 genera (Mionectes, Leptopogon, Ammospiza leconteii LeConte’s Sparrow. Phylloscartes, Pseudotriccus, Myiornis, Lophotriccus, On- Ammospiza maritima Seaside Sparrow. costoma, Poecilotriccus, Todirostrum, Cnipodectes, Rhyn- Ammospiza nelsoni Nelson’s Sparrow. chocyclus, Tolmomyias, Machetornis, and Sublegatus) are Ammospiza caudacuta Saltmarsh Sparrow. changedonthebasisofnewinformationontheir Leistes militaris Red-breasted Meadowlark. phylogenetic relationships. In addition, Piprites is moved Ramphocelus passerinii Scarlet-rumped Tanager. from Genus Incertae Sedis to the new subfamily Pipritinae. Melopyrrha portoricensis Puerto Rican Bullfinch. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Melopyrrha violacea Greater Antillean Bullfinch. decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Sporophila torqueola Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater. citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Sporophila morelleti Morelet’s Seedeater. edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Delete the following names: the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area can be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa, and proposals Caprimulgus indicus Gray Nightjar. (A) that form the basis for this supplement can be found at Pterodroma rostrata Tahiti Petrel. (A) http://checklist.aou.org/nacc/proposals/2018.html. Picoides scalaris Ladder-backed Woodpecker. The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers Picoides nuttallii Nuttall’s Woodpecker. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker. Committee’s actions: Picoides fumigatus Smoky-brown Woodpecker. Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker. pp. xvii–liv. The number in the title of the list of species Picoides arizonae Arizona Woodpecker. remains unchanged at 2,143. Insert the following names in Picoides stricklandi Strickland’s Woodpecker. the proper position as indicated by the text of this Picoides borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker. supplement: Picoides albolarvatus White-headed Woodpecker. Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck. (A) Veniliornis kirkii Red-rumped Woodpecker.

Caprimulgus jotaka Gray Nightjar. (A) Phaeomyias murina Mouse-colored Tyrannulet. OCEANITIDAE Perisoreus canadensis Gray Jay. Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti Petrel. (A) Cettia diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler. (H, I) Elaninae Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin. (A) Gypaetinae Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat. (A) Accipitrinae Luscinia svecica Bluethroat. Dryobates pubescens Downy Woodpecker. Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin. (A) Dryobates nuttallii Nuttall’s Woodpecker. Gracula religiosa Hill Myna. Dryobates scalaris Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Ammodramus bairdii Baird’s Sparrow. Dryobates borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Ammodramus henslowii Henslow’s Sparrow. Dryobates villosus Hairy Woodpecker. Ammodramus leconteii LeConte’s Sparrow. Dryobates albolarvatus White-headed Woodpecker. Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson’s Sparrow. Dryobates fumigatus Smoky-brown Woodpecker. Ammodramus caudacutus Saltmarsh Sparrow. Dryobates arizonae Arizona Woodpecker. Ammodramus maritimus Seaside Sparrow. Dryobates stricklandi Strickland’s Woodpecker. Leistes militaris Red-breasted Blackbird. Dryobates kirkii Red-rumped Woodpecker. Geothlypis aequinoctialis Masked Yellowthroat. Automolus exsertus Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner. Ramphocelus passerinii Passerini’s Tanager. ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE Ramphocelus costaricensis Cherrie’s Tanager. Pipritinae Loxigilla portoricensis Puerto Rican Bullfinch. Rhynchocyclinae Loxigilla violacea Greater Antillean Bullfinch. Nesotriccus murinus Mouse-colored Tyrannulet. Sporophila torqueola White-collared Seedeater. Perisoreus canadensis Canada Jay. Recognize new family OCEANITIDAE and move the Horornis diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler. (H, I) following species to this family: Larvivora cyane Siberian Blue Robin. (A) Larvivora sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin. (A) Oceanites oceanicus Cyanecula svecica Bluethroat. Pelagodroma marina Calliope calliope Siberian Rubythroat. (A) Fregetta tropica

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Adopt the following linear sequence for families in the Parabuteo unicinctus order Procellariiformes: Geranoaetus albicaudatus Pseudastur albicollis DIOMEDEIDAE Leucopternis semiplumbeus OCEANITIDAE Buteo plagiatus HYDROBATIDAE Buteo nitidus PROCELLARIIDAE Buteo lineatus Adopt the following subfamily arrangement and linear Buteo ridgwayi sequence of species for the family ACCIPITRIDAE: Buteo platypterus Buteo solitarius Elaninae Buteo brachyurus Gampsonyx swainsonii Buteo swainsoni Elanus leucurus Buteo albonotatus Gypaetinae Buteo jamaicensis Chondrohierax uncinatus Buteo lagopus Leptodon cayanensis Buteo regalis Elanoides forficatus Accipitrinae Change the sequence of species in the genera Picoides, Morphnus guianensis Dendrocopos,andDryobates (including one species Harpia harpyja formerly in Veniliornis) to: Aquila chrysaetos Spizaetus tyrannus Picoides dorsalis Spizaetus melanoleucus Picoides arcticus Spizaetus ornatus Dendrocopos major Harpagus bidentatus Dryobates pubescens Circus hudsonius Dryobates nuttallii Circus buffoni Dryobates scalaris Circus aeruginosus Dryobates borealis Accipiter poliogaster Dryobates villosus Accipiter soloensis Dryobates albolarvatus Accipiter superciliosus Dryobates fumigatus Accipiter striatus Dryobates arizonae Accipiter cooperii Dryobates stricklandi Accipiter gundlachi Dryobates kirkii Accipiter bicolor Recognize new family ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE and Accipiter gentilis adopt the following classification and linear sequence for Milvus migrans families from TYRANNIDAE to OXYRUNCIDAE: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Haliaeetus albicilla PIPRIDAE Haliaeetus pelagicus COTINGIDAE Ictinia mississippiensis TITYRIDAE Ictinia plumbea OXYRUNCIDAE Busarellus nigricollis ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE Geranospiza caerulescens TYRANNIDAE Rostrhamus sociabilis Helicolestes hamatus Move the genera and included species of Onychorhyn- Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea chus, Terenotriccus, and Myiobius, in this sequence, to Buteogallus anthracinus the newly inserted ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE. Buteogallus gundlachii Recognize new subfamilies Pipritinae and Rhynchocy- Buteogallus meridionalis clinae and adopt the following classification and linear Buteogallus urubitinga sequence for subfamilies in TYRANNIDAE: Buteogallus solitarius Morphnarchus princeps Pipritinae Rupornis magnirostris Platyrinchinae

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Rhynchocyclinae based on ‘‘The Sheldrake, or Burrough-Duck’’ of Elaeniinae Albin, 1731, Nat. Hist. Birds, 1, p. 90, pl. 94. (Coasts Tyranninae of Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fluvicolinae Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 40.)

Delete the heading Genus INCERTAE SEDIS above Habitat.—Muddy and sandy shores of large coastal Piprites griseiceps and move this species to follow the estuaries in Europe; shores of inland saline and brackish newly inserted Pipritinae. lakes in open steppe in Asia. Move the genera and included species of Mionectes, Distribution.—Breeds from northwestern Europe from Leptopogon, Phylloscartes, Pseudotriccus, Myiornis, Iceland, the British Isles, and Scandinavia south to the Lophotriccus, Oncostoma, Poecilotriccus, Todirostrum, Atlantic coast of France (isolated populations in French Cnipodectes, Rhynchocyclus, and Tolmomyias, in this Mediterranean shores and Sardinia, a few in Tunisia); and sequence, to the newly inserted Rhynchocyclinae. in Asia from extreme southeastern Europe across Turkey and the northern shores of the Black Sea eastward over Move Machetornis rixosa to Tyranninae to follow central Asia through Mongolia to northern China (small Pitangus sulphuratus,andSublegatus arenarum to and isolated breeding populations in Iran and Afghani- Fluvicolinae to follow Fluvicola pica. stan). European populations largely resident, but many stage a molt migration in summer and spend the late Change the sequence of species formerly in the genus summer in coastal Germany. Asian populations migratory. Luscinia to: Winters south to North Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, Larvivora cyane Pakistan, northern India, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan (mainly Larvivora sibilans Kyushu) and southern China, rarely south to Senegal, the Cyanecula svecica Arabian Peninsula, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Calliope calliope Accidental in the Philippines. Casual in Newfoundland (St. Johns, 17 November 2009, Change the sequence of species formerly in the genus and Avalon Peninsula, 3 April 2014; photos; Pyle et al. Ammodramus to: 2017). Brinkley (2010) detailed some 40 records in North

Ammodramus savannarum America through early 2010, many from eastern Canada Centronyx bairdii and the mid-Atlantic region, and considered that those Centronyx henslowii could well involve birds of natural origin, perhaps from the Ammospiza leconteii increasing Iceland population. Other records, including a Ammospiza maritima few from western North America (e.g., California) are Ammospiza nelsoni more problematical. Ammospiza caudacuta 2. [p. 273] Caprimulgus jotaka and C. phalaena are Change the sequence of species in the genera Melopyr- treated as species separate from C. indicus. Remove the rha, Loxipasser, and Loxigilla to: species account for C. indicus and replace it with the following new account: Melopyrrha portoricensis Melopyrrha nigra Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck and Schlegel. Gray Melopyrrha violacea Nightjar. Loxipasser anoxanthus Loxigilla noctis Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck and Schlegel, 1844, in Loxigilla barbadensis Siebold’s Fauna Jap., Aves, 1847, p. 37, pl. 12 ?, pl. 13 /. (Japan.) Note: The entries below follow the current linear sequence as established in this and previous supplements, although Habitat.—Open coniferous and deciduous forest in- entries continue to be cross-referenced to page numbers in cluding clear-cuts (avoids closed forest); winters along AOU (1998). forest edges and in more open country. Distribution.—Breeds from southeastern Siberia and 1. [p. 64] Before the account for Tadorna ferruginea, the Russian Far East south to northeastern Mongolia, insert the following new species account: Japan, and central and eastern China, and in the Himalayas Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus). Common Shelduck. from northeastern Pakistan, southwestern Tibet, Nepal, and northern India, east to northwestern Thailand, west- Anas Tadorna Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 122; central Laos, and in China through Szechwan, northwest-

The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:798–813, Q 2018 American Ornithological Society 802 Check-list supplement R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. ern Yunnan, southern Shensi, and Kweichow to Fukien. After the heading and citation for Genus PTERODRO- Northern populations are highly migratory. MA Bonaparte, add the following Notes: Winters in the Himalayas eastward from western Nepal, Notes.—See comments under Pseudobulweria. northeastern India (south to the northeastern Ghats), southern Myanmar, and southeastern China south through 5. [pp. 22–26] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and the remainder of southeast Asia to Sumatra, Java, Borneo, mitochondrial DNA (Kennedy and Page 2002, Hackett et and rarely the Philippines. al. 2008, Prum et al. 2015, Reddy et al. 2017) have shown Casual in Sakhalin, southern Kuril Islands, Palau, that the family Hydrobatidae is not monophyletic. After Andaman Islands, and western New Guinea. Accidental the species account for Phoebastria albatrus, insert the off northwestern Australia (off Ashmore Reef) and in following new heading and Notes: Alaska (Buldir Island, Aleutians, 31 May 1977, salvaged Family OCEANITIDAE: Southern Storm-Petrels specimen; Day et al. 1979). Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) included in the specific with C. indicus Latham, 1790 [Jungle Nightjar] and family Hydrobatidae, but genetic data (Kennedy and Page C. phalaena Hartlaub and Finsch, 1872 [Palau Nightjar] as 2002, Hackett et al. 2008, Prum et al. 2015, Reddy et al. C. indicus [Gray Nightjar], but treated as separate species 2017) indicate that Hydrobatidae sensu lato consists of two primarily on the basis of differences in vocalizations (Pratt deeply divergent clades that are not sister taxa. et al. 1987, Rasmussen and Anderton 2005, Pratt and Etpison 2008, del Hoyo et al. 2018). Move the headings and citations for Genus OCEAN- ITES Keyserling and Blasius, Genus PELAGODROMA 3. [p. 303] Records of Lampornis amethystinus [Ame- Reichenbach, and Genus FREGETTA Bonaparte, and their thyst-throated Hummingbird] in Canada and the United included species accounts, in this sequence, to follow this States are recognized. Add the following new paragraph to new family heading. the end of the section on Distribution: Accidental in Quebec (Saguenay, Region´ Saguenay–Lac- Change the family heading for Hydrobatidae to Family Saint-Jean, 30–31 July 2016; male, photos; Pyle et al. 2017) HYDROBATIDAE: Northern Storm-Petrels, and move and in Texas (Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis County, 14–15 this heading and its included genera and species accounts

October 2016; male, photos; Pyle et al. 2017). to follow the species account for Fregetta tropica. Insert the following Notes after the family heading: 4. [p. 686] Phylogenetic analysis of morphology (Imber Notes.—See comments under Oceanitidae. 1985) and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Bretagnolle et al. 1998, Kennedy and Page 2002, Welch et al. 2014) have 6. [p. 98] Dickinson (2004) concluded that Mathews and shown that the genus Pterodroma is not monophyletic. Iredale (1921) were correct in showing that the genus After the species account for Pterodroma longirostris, name Pseudastur, previously attributed to Blyth, should insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: instead be attributed to G. R. Gray. Change the heading and citation for Pseudastur to: Genus PSEUDOBULWERIA Mathews Genus PSEUDASTUR G. R. Gray Pseudobulweria Mathews, 1936, Ibis, p. 309. Type, by original designation, Thalassidroma (Bulweria) mac- Pseudastur G. R. Gray, 1849, Genera Birds III (index): gillivrayi G. R. Gray. 55. Type, by original designation, Falco poecilonotus ‘‘Cuvier’’ ¼ Falco albicollis Latham, 1790. Notes.—Formerly (e.g., Chesser et al. 2011) considered part of Pterodroma, but now treated as separate on the Add the following at the end of the existing Notes for basis of morphological (Imber 1985) and genetic (Bretag- Pseudastur: Pseudastur was formerly ascribed to Blyth, but nolle et al. 1998, Kennedy and Page 2002, Welch et al. Mathews and Iredale (1921) showed that the first 2014) data which indicate that Pterodroma as previously publication of Blyth’s name was in Gray’s index and that constituted was not monophyletic and that species of the name must be attributed to Gray (also see Dickinson Pseudobulweria are not true Pterodroma. 2004).

Change Pterodroma rostrata to Pseudobulweria 7. [pp. 87–105] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and rostrata and place the account for this species under the mitochondrial DNA (Lerner and Mindell 2005, Griffiths heading and Notes for Pseudobulweria. Replace the et al. 2007, Lerner et al. 2008, Raposo do Amaral et al. existing Notes with the following: Formerly placed in 2009) have shown that the linear sequence of species in Pterodroma. See comments under Pseudobulweria. thefamilyAccipitridaedoesnotreflecttheirevolu-

The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:798–813, Q 2018 American Ornithological Society R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Check-list supplement 803 tionary relationships. Rearrange the sequence of species Buteo brachyurus to: Buteo swainsoni Buteo albonotatus Gampsonyx swainsonii Buteo jamaicensis Elanus leucurus Buteo lagopus Chondrohierax uncinatus Buteo regalis Leptodon cayanensis Elanoides forficatus 8. [pp. 87–105] A subfamily classification is adopted for Morphnus guianensis family Accipitridae, following Griffiths et al. (2007). This Harpia harpyja results in the following changes: Aquila chrysaetos Spizaetus tyrannus Under the heading Family ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Spizaetus melanoleucus Kites, Eagles, and Allies, add the following: Spizaetus ornatus Notes.—Linear sequence follows Lerner and Mindell Harpagus bidentatus (2005), Griffiths et al. (2007), and Raposo do Amaral et al. Circus hudsonius (2009), and subfamily classification follows Griffiths et al. Circus buffoni (2007). Circus aeruginosus After the heading and Notes for family Accipitridae, Accipiter poliogaster insert the following new heading: Accipiter soloensis Accipiter superciliosus Subfamily ELANINAE: Elanine Kites Accipiter striatus Accipiter cooperii Move the headings Genus GAMPSONYX Vigors, Genus Accipiter gundlachi ELANUS Savigny, their citations, and their included Accipiter bicolor species accounts to follow this heading, and delete the Accipiter gentilis existing Notes under Gampsonyx. Milvus migrans

After the species account for Elanus leucurus, insert the Haliaeetus leucocephalus following new heading: Haliaeetus albicilla Haliaeetus pelagicus Subfamily GYPAETINAE: Gypaetine Hawks Ictinia mississippiensis Ictinia plumbea Move the headings Genus CHONDROHIERAX Lesson, Busarellus nigricollis Genus LEPTODON Sundevall, Genus ELANOIDES Geranospiza caerulescens Vieillot, their citations, and their included species accounts Rostrhamus sociabilis to follow this heading. Helicolestes hamatus After the species account for Elanoides forficatus, insert Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea the following new heading: Buteogallus anthracinus Buteogallus gundlachii Subfamily ACCIPITRINAE: Hawks, Eagles, and Old World Buteogallus meridionalis Vultures Buteogallus urubitinga Buteogallus solitarius Move the headings Genus MORPHNUS Dumont, Morphnarchus princeps Genus HARPIA Vieillot, Genus AQUILA Brisson, Genus Rupornis magnirostris SPIZAETUS Vieillot, Genus HARPAGUS Vigors, Genus Parabuteo unicinctus CIRCUS Lacep´ ede,` Genus ACCIPITER Brisson, Genus Geranoaetus albicaudatus MILVUS Lacep´ ede,` Genus HALIAEETUS Savigny, Genus Pseudastur albicollis ICTINIA Vieillot, Genus BUSARELLUS Lesson, Genus Leucopternis semiplumbeus GERANOSPIZA Kaup, Genus ROSTRHAMUS Lesson, Buteo plagiatus Genus HELICOLESTES Bangs and Penard, Genus CRYP- Buteo nitidus TOLEUCOPTERYX Raposo do Amaral et al., Genus Buteo lineatus BUTEOGALLUS Lesson, Genus MORPHNARCHUS Buteo ridgwayi Ridgway, Genus RUPORNIS Kaup, Genus PARABUTEO Buteo platypterus Ridgway, Genus GERANOAETUS Kaup, Genus PSEU- Buteo solitarius DASTUR G. R. Gray, Genus LEUCOPTERNIS Kaup,

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Genus BUTEO Lacep´ ede,` their citations and Notes (except borealis, D. villosus, D. albolarvatus, D. arizonae,andD. as below), and their included species accounts, in this stricklandi: sequence, to follow this heading. Delete the existing Notes Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Picoides, under Busarellus. and sometimes (e.g., Gill and Donsker 2018) placed in Leuconotopicus. See comments under Picoides. 9. [pp. 339–341] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (Weibel and Moore 2002a, 2002b; Replace the Notes in the species account for Dryobates Winkler et al. 2014; Fuchs and Pons 2015; and Shakya et al. fumigatus with: 2017) have shown that the genus Picoides is polyphyletic. Notes.—Formerly placed in Veniliornis (AOU 1983, These findings result in the following changes: 1998) or Picoides (Chesser et al. 2012). See comments under Picoides. Move the heading Genus PICOIDES Lacep´ ede,` its citation, and the species accounts for P. dorsalis and P. Replace the Notes in the species account for Dryobates arcticus to follow the species account for Xiphidiopicus kirkii with: percussus, and insert the following Notes under Picoides: Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Ven- Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) included many iliornis. species now placed in Dryobates, but genetic data (Weibel Delete the heading Genus VENILIORNIS Bonaparte. and Moore 2002a, 2002b; Winkler et al. 2014; Fuchs and Pons 2015; Shakya et al. 2017) indicate that Picoides as 10. [p. 352] Automolus exsertus is treated as a species previously constituted was polyphyletic and that these separate from A. ochrolaemus, following Freeman and species are not true Picoides. Montgomery (2017). In the account for A. ochrolaemus, revise the distributional statement as follows and insert the Move the heading Genus DENDROCOPOS Koch, its following Notes: citation, and the species account for D. major to follow the Distribution.—Resident on the Gulf-Caribbean slope of species account for Picoides arcticus. Oaxaca, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, and both slopes of Panama (except After the species account for Dendrocopos major, insert Chiriqu´ı province), and in South America west of the

the following new heading: Andes from northern Colombia to western Ecuador, and Genus DRYOBATES Boie east of the Andes from central Colombia, central Venezuela, and the Guianas south to central Bolivia and Remove the citations for Dryobates, Phrenopicus,and Amazonian Brazil. Xenipicus from the synonymy of Picoides and place them Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- under the heading for Dryobates. Remove the citation for specific with A. exsertus, but separated based on differ- Veniliornis and place it under the heading for Dryobates, ences in vocalizations and differential responses to preceding the citation for Xenipicus. Add the following playback of A. exsertus and A. ochrolaemus hypophaeus, Notes at the end of the synonymy: respectively, in Central America (Freeman and Montgom- Notes.—See comments under Picoides and in the ery 2017). species accounts below. After the account for A. ochrolaemus,insertthe Change the generic names of Picoides pubescens, P. following new species account: nuttallii, P. scalaris, P. borealis, P. villosus, P. albolarvatus, Automolus exsertus Bangs. Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner. P. fumigatus, P. arizonae, P. stricklandi, and Veniliornis kirkii to Dryobates, make the appropriate changes in Automolus exsertus Bangs, 1901, Auk 18: 367. (Divala, generic names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, Chiriqu´ı.) and place the accounts for these species, in this sequence, under the heading and Notes for Dryobates. Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (0–1400 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Insert the following as new Notes or add to the end of Distribution.—Resident on the Pacific slope of Costa the existing Notes in the species accounts for Dryobates Rica (absent from the dry northwest) and western Panama pubescens, D. nuttallii, and D. scalaris: (Chiriqu´ı east to Veraguas). Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Picoides. Notes.—See comments under A. ochrolaemus. See comments under Picoides. 11. [pp. 347, 373–420] Analyses of nuclear and Insert the following as new Notes or add to the end of mitochondrial DNA data (Ohlson et al. 2008, 2013; the existing Notes in the species accounts for Dryobates Rheindt et al. 2008; Tello et al. 2009) have shown that

The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:798–813, Q 2018 American Ornithological Society R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Check-list supplement 805 the arrangement of families in the tyrannine portion of the evolutionary relationships. These findings result in the Suborder TYRANNI: Suboscines does not reflect their following changes: evolutionary relationships. These findings result in the following changes: Change the existing Notes under Family TYRANNI- DAE: Tyrant Flycatchers to: Delete the heading Superfamily TYRANNOIDEA: Notes.—Classification and linear sequence of subfam- Tyrant-Flycatchers, Cotingas, Manakins, and Allies. ilies follow Ohlson et al. (2008), Rheindt et al. (2008), Tello et al. (2009), and Ohlson et al. (2013). Replace the Notes under the heading Suborder TYR- ANNI: Suboscines with: After the heading and Notes for Tyrannidae, insert the Notes.—Classification and linear sequence of families following new heading: follow Tello et al. (2009), Moyle et al. (2009), and Ohlson et Subfamily PIPRITINAE: Piprites al. (2013). Delete the heading Genus Incertae Sedis and Notes, Move the heading and Notes for Family PIPRIDAE: move the heading Genus PIPRITES Cabanis and its Manakins, and its included genus and species accounts, to included species account to follow this new heading, and follow the species account for Synallaxis erythrothorax. insert the following Notes under Piprites: Move the heading and Notes for Family COTINGIDAE: Notes.—Formerly considered to be part of the Pipridae Cotingas, and its included genus and species accounts, to (AOU 1983) or incertae sedis within the Tyranni (AOU follow the species account for Ceratopipra erythrocephala. 1998), but genetic data indicate that Piprites is closely related to the tyrant-flycatchers (Tello et al. 2009, Ohlson Move the heading and Notes for Family TITYRIDAE: et al. 2013). Becards, Tityras, and Allies, and its included genus and species accounts, to follow the species account for Change Subfamily PLATYRINCHINAE: Tody-Tyrants Carpodectes nitidus. and Flatbills to Subfamily PLATYRINCHINAE: Spadebills and insert the following: Move the heading and Notes for Family OXYRUNCI- Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) included several addi-

DAE: Sharpbills, and its included genus and species tional genera, but genetic data (Tello et al. 2009, Ohlson et accounts, to follow the species account for Tityra al. 2013) indicate that species of Platyrinchus form a inquisitor. distinct clade sister to the rest of the tyrant-flycatchers (exclusive of Piprites). After the species account for Oxyruncus cristatus, insert the following new heading and Notes: Move Genus PLATYRINCHUS Desmarest, its citation, and its included species to follow this heading. Family ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE: Royal-Flycatchers After the species account for Platyrinchus coronatus, Notes.—The genera Onychorhynchus, Terenotriccus,and insert the following new heading and Notes: Myiobius were formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the Fluvicolinae, but genetic data (Ohlson et al. 2008, 2013; Subfamily RHYNCHOCYCLINAE: Flatbills and Tody- Tello et al. 2009) indicate that they form a clade more Tyrants closely related to the Oxyruncidae than to the Tyrannidae. Notes.—Genera in this subfamily were formerly (AOU Move the headings, citations, and Notes for Genus 1998) placed in the Elaeniinae or Platyrinchinae, but ONYCHORHYNCHUS Fischer von Waldheim, Genus genetic data (Ohlson et al. 2008, 2013; Tello et al. 2009) TERENOTRICCUS Ridgway, and Genus MYIOBIUS G. indicate that they form a clade separate from these R. Gray, and their included species accounts, in this subfamilies. sequence, to follow this new heading. Move Genus MIONECTES Cabanis, Genus LEPTO- Move the heading Family TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant POGON Cabanis, Genus PHYLLOSCARTES Cabanis and Flycatchers to follow the species account for Myiobius Heine, Genus PSEUDOTRICCUS Taczanowski and Ber- atricaudus. lepsch, Genus MYIORNIS Bertoni, Genus LOPHOTRIC- CUS Berlepsch, Genus ONCOSTOMA Sclater, Genus 12. [pp. 373–420] Analyses of nuclear and mitochon- POECILOTRICCUS Berlepsch, Genus TODIROSTRUM drial DNA data (Ohlson et al. 2008, 2013; Rheindt et al. Lesson, Genus CNIPODECTES Sclater and Salvin, Genus 2008; Tello et al. 2009) have shown that the arrangement of RHYNCHOCYCLUS Cabanis and Heine, and Genus subfamilies in the family Tyrannidae does not reflect their TOLMOMYIAS Hellmayr, their citations and Notes, and

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insert them after the species account for Pitangus sulphuratus in the Tyranninae. Insert the following Notes separated from F. pica, following Remsen et al. (2018). In under Machetornis: the species account for F. pica, remove references to the Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the albiventer group from the distributional statement and Fluvicolinae but genetic data (Ohlson et al. 2008, 2013; change the Notes to: Tello et al. 2009) indicate that Machetornis belongs in the Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- Tyranninae. specific with extralimital species F. albiventer (Spix, 1825) [Black-backed Water-Tyrant], but see Ridgely and Tudor 13. [p. 374] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and (1994) and Remsen et al. (2018). mitochondrial DNA (Zucker et al. 2016) have shown that Phaeomyias is paraphyletic with respect to Nesotriccus. 18. [p. 430] Records of Vireo gundlachii [Cuban Vireo] Change Phaeomyias murina to Nesotriccus murinus, in the United States are recognized. Add the following new place the account for this species after the species account paragraph to the end of the section on Distribution: for Nesotriccus ridgwayi, and insert the following Notes: Accidental in southern Florida (Fort Zachary Taylor Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Phaeo- Historic State Park, Key West, Monroe County, 19–24 myias but genetic data (Zucker et al. 2016) indicate that April 2016; photos; Pyle et al. 2017; and Kawama Yacht Phaeomyias is paraphyletic with respect to Nesotriccus, Club, Monroe County, 29 April 2017; photos). which has priority over Phaeomyias. More than one 19. [pp. 437–438] Extralimital species Vireo chivi is species is likely involved (Zucker et al. 2016). separated from V. olivaceus, following Battey and Klicka Remove the heading Genus PHAEOMYIAS Berlepsch (2017). In the species account for V. olivaceus, remove and place its citation in the synonymy for Nesotriccus. references to the chivi group from the distributional statement and change the Notes to: 14. [p. 377] Extralimital species Elaenia brachyptera is Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- separated from E. chiriquensis, following Rheindt et al. specific with extralimital species V. chivi (Vieillot, 1817) (2015) and Remsen et al. (2018). In the species account for [Chivi Vireo], but genomic data indicate that broadly E. chiriquensis, change the distributional statement as defined V. olivaceus is paraphyletic with respect to V. follows: change ‘‘west of the Andes locally to northwestern altiloquus (Battey and Klicka 2017).

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20. [pp. 441–442] The English name of Perisoreus et al. 2011) indicate that Cettia as previously constituted canadensis is restored to Canada Jay. This name was used was polyphyletic and that H. diphone is not closely related for P. canadensis in the first and second editions of the to true Cettia. Check-list (AOU 1886, 1895), then used for P. c. canadensis when English names were used only for subspecies in the 23. [pp. 495–496] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and third and fourth editions (AOU 1910, 1931). Strickland mitochondrial DNA sequences (Sangster et al. 2010) have (2017) outlined the history of the English names of this shown that the genus Luscinia is polyphyletic. These species, showing that the name Gray Jay (formerly used for findings result in the following changes: P. c. obscurus) was incorrectly adopted when English After the species account for Copsychus malabaricus, names for species were reintroduced in the fifth edition delete the heading, citation, and Notes for Luscinia, and (AOU 1957), despite guidelines calling for adoption of insert the following new heading, citation, and Notes: English names of nominate subspecies for polytypic species. In addition to its historical precedence, the name Genus LARVIVORA Hodgson Canada Jay reflects the scientific name of the species and its main area of distribution, and is symmetrical with the Larvivora Hodgson, 1837, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 6: 102. geographical names of the other jays in this genus, Siberian Type, by original designation, Motacilla cyane Pallas. Jay P. infaustus and Sichuan Jay P. internigrans. In the species account for P. canadensis, replace the second Notes.—Larvivora, Cyanecula, and Calliope were for- sentence of the existing Notes with the following: Formerly merly (AOU 1983, 1998; Chesser et al. 2010) considered (AOU 1983, 1998) known as Gray Jay. congeneric with Luscinia, but genetic data (Sangster et al. 2010) indicate that Luscinia as previously constituted was 21. [p. 485] Extralimital species Henicorhina anachoreta polyphyletic and that species in these genera are not true is separated from H. leucophrys, following Cadena et al. Luscinia. These genera were formerly included in the (2015) and Remsen et al. (2018). In the species account for family Turdidae, but genetic data (Sangster et al. 2010, H. leucosticta, remove the last sentence of the Notes. In the Zuccon and Ericson 2010) indicate that they belong in the species account for H. leucophrys, change the Notes to: Muscicapidae. Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with extralimital species H. anachoreta Bangs, Change Luscinia cyane to Larvivora cyane and 1899 [Hermit Wood-Wren], but separated on the basis of Luscinia sibilans to Larvivora sibilans, place the accounts genetic, morphological, and behavioral differences, includ- for these species, in this sequence, under the heading and ing asymmetrical response to playback, between these citation for Larvivora, and insert the following as new Notes parapatric species (Caro et al. 2013, Burbridge et al. 2015, or at the beginning of the existing Notes: Formerly placed in Cadena et al. 2015). Luscinia. See comments under Larvivora.

22. [p. 489] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and After the species account for Larvivora sibilans, insert mitochondrial DNA sequences (Alstrom¨ et al. 2006, the following new heading and citation: 2011; Irestedt et al. 2011) have shown that the genus Genus CYANECULA Brehm Cettia is not monophyletic. These findings result in the following changes: Cyanecula C. L. Brehm, 1828, Isis von Oken 21:1280. Type, by monotypy, Motacilla svecica Linnaeus. After the heading Family CETTIIDAE: Bush-Warblers, remove the heading and citation for Cettia, and insert the Change Luscinia svecica to Cyanecula svecica, place following new heading: the account for this species under the heading and citation Genus HORORNIS Hodgson for Cyanecula, and insert the following Notes: Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Luscinia. Horornis Hodgson, 1845, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 31. See comments under Larvivora. Types H. fortipes and H. flaviventris;restrictedtoH. fortipes (Seebohm, 1881, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 5: 133). After the species account for Cyanecula svecica, insert the following new heading and citation: Change Cettia diphone to Horornis diphone, place the Genus CALLIOPE Gould account for this species under the heading and citation for Horornis, and insert the following at the beginning of the Calliope Gould, 1836, Birds Europe, pt. 2, pl. 118, text. existing Notes: Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Type, by monotypy, Calliope Lathamii Gould ¼ Cettia, but genetic data (Alstrom¨ et al. 2006, 2011; Irestedt Motacilla calliope Pallas.

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Change Luscinia calliope to Calliope calliope, place Ammospiza maritima the account for this species under the heading and citation Ammospiza nelsoni for Calliope, and insert the following Notes: Ammospiza caudacuta Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in Luscinia. See comments under Larvivora. In the Notes under species accounts for Ammospiza leconteii, A. maritima, A. nelsoni, and A. caudacuta, 24. [pp. 615–622] Analyses of nuclear and mitochon- replace the second sentence with: Formerly (AOU 1983, drial DNA (Klicka and Spellman 2007, DaCosta et al. 2009, 1998) placed in Ammodramus. See comments under Klicka et al. 2014, Barker et al. 2015, Bryson et al. 2016) Centronyx. have shown that the genus Ammodramus is polyphyletic. These findings result in the following changes: 25. [p. 642] Change the English name of Leistes militaris to Red-breasted Meadowlark, following Remsen et al. After the species account for Ammodramus savanna- (2018). Add the following sentence at the beginning of the rum, insert the following new heading: Notes: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1998) known as Red-breasted Blackbird. Genus CENTRONYX Baird 26. [p. 559–560] Playback experiments (Freeman and Remove the citations for Centronyx and Nemospiza Montgomery 2017) and mitochondrial DNA sequence from the synonymy of Ammodramus and place them data (Escalante et al. 2009) indicate that the subspecies under the heading for Centronyx. Add the following Notes Geothlypis aequinoctialis chiriquensis is more closely at the end of the synonymy: related to G. semiflava than to G. aequinoctialis. Notes.—Centronyx and Ammospiza were formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered congeneric with Ammo- Remove the species account for G. aequinoctialis and dramus, but genetic data (Klicka and Spellman 2007, change the distributional statement and Notes for G. DaCosta et al. 2009, Klicka et al. 2014, Barker et al. 2015, semiflava to: Bryson et al. 2016) indicate that Ammodramus as Distribution.—Resident [bairdi group] in Middle previously constituted was polyphyletic and that these America from northeastern Honduras (R´ıo Segovia [¼ species are not true Ammodramus. Coco]) south in the Caribbean lowlands of Nicaragua and CostaRica(locallyalsoonthePacificslopeintheArenal Change Ammodramus bairdii to Centronyx bairdii region) to western Panama (Bocas del Toro; [chiriquensis and Ammodramus henslowii to Centronyx henslowii, group] in southwestern Costa Rica (Canas˜ Gordas district and place the accounts for these species, in this sequence, in the southwest) and western Panama (Volca´nde under the heading and Notes for Centronyx, and delete the Chiriqu´ı, in western Chiriqu´ı); and [semiflava group] in existing Notes under Centronyx henslowii. South America in western Colombia and western Ecuador. After the species account for Centronyx henslowii, insert Notes. the following new heading and Notes: —Groups: G. bairdi Ridgway, 1884 [Baird’s Yellowthroat], G. chiriquensis Salvin, 1872 [Chiriqui Genus AMMOSPIZA Oberholser Yellowthroat], and G. semiflava [Choco Yellowthroat]. Subspecies chiriquensis, formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) Remove the citation for Ammospiza from the synonymy included in G. aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1789) [Masked of Ammodramus and place it under the heading for Yellowthroat], is now placed in G. semiflava on the basis of Ammospiza. Remove the citations for Passerherbulus and response to playback (Freeman and Montgomery 2017) Thryospiza from the synonymy of Ammodramus and place and close genetic similarity (Escalante et al. 2009). in the synonymy of Ammospiza. Add the following Notes at the end of the synonymy: 27. [pp. 580–581] Ramphocelus costaricensis is treated Notes.—See comments under Centronyx. as a subspecies of R. passerinii, following Freeman and Montgomery (2017). Remove the species account for R. Change the generic names of Ammodramus leconteii costaricensis, change the English name for R. passerinii and A. nelsoni to Ammospiza, change Ammodramus back (e.g., AOU 1983) to Scarlet-rumped Tanager, and maritimus to Ammospiza maritima and Ammodramus modify the distributional statement in the account for R. caudacutus to Ammospiza caudacuta, add parentheses passerinii as follows: change ‘‘on Pacific slope in Costa Rica around the authority for A. nelsoni, and place the accounts for these species under the heading and Notes for (central Guanacaste, northern Puntarenas)’’ to ‘‘on Pacific Ammospiza, in the following sequence: slope in Costa Rica (central Guanacaste south) and Panama (Chiriqu´ı and [formerly?] western Veraguas).’’ Ammospiza leconteii Replace the existing Notes with the following:

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Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1998) treated as two species R. After the account for S. torqueola, insert the following passerinii [Passerini’s Tanager] and R. costaricensis Cherrie, new species account: 1891 [Cherrie’s Tanager], but merged again (as in AOU 1983) based on similarities in song, plumage, and response Sporophila morelleti (Bonaparte). Morelet’s Seedeater. to playback experiments (Freeman and Montgomery Spermophila morelleti Bonaparte, 1850, Consp. Gen. 2017), and a better understanding of the significance of Avium 1(2): 497. (Guatemala; type from Peten,´ differences in mitochondrial DNA, which had provided the Guatemala, fide Salvin and Godman, 1885, Biol. rationale for the split. Centr.-Amer., Aves 1: 353.)

28. [pp. 594–596] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and Habitat.—Second-growth Scrub, Arid Lowland Scrub, mitochondrial DNA (Burns et al. 2014) have shown that Arid Montane Scrub, Riparian Thickets (0–2000 m; Loxigilla is polyphyletic. These findings result in the Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). following changes: Distribution.—[same as distribution for morelleti Move the heading Genus MELOPYRRHA Bonaparte, its group] Notes. citation, and Notes to follow the species account for —The scientific name honors the collector of the type specimen, P. M. A. Morelet (Salvin and Godman Euneornis campestris; change Loxigilla portoricensis to 1885), but Bonaparte misspelled his name in the species Melopyrrha portoricensis and Loxigilla violacea to description, an error perpetuated in the English name Melopyrrha violacea; place the species accounts for M. ‘‘Morellet’s Seedeater’’ by AOU (1886), Ridgway (1901), and portoricensis, M. nigra, and M. violacea, in this sequence, others. See comments under S. torqueola. under the heading and citation for Melopyrrha; and insert the following Notes in the account for M. portoricensis: 30. [p. 690] Delete the account for Tadorna tadorna Notes.—Formerly, with M. violacea, placed in Loxigilla from the Appendix. (AOU 1983, 1998), but genetic data (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that Loxigilla is polyphyletic and that these species 31. [p. 524] Move Gracula religiosa from the main list to are not true Loxigilla. Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, 1850 (type Appendix 1, following the account for Acridotheres species noctis), is an objective junior synonym for Loxigilla javanicus, for reasons outlined below, and change its andisunavailableasagenusnameforthegroup circumscription to follow most global references, begin- containing portoricensis, nigra, and violacea (contra Burns ning with Feare and Craig (1998) and Clements (2000), in et al. 2016). considering G. indica to be a separate species from G. religiosa. In the Appendix, change the species account for Insert the following Notes in the account for M. G. religiosa to the following: violacea: Notes.—See comments under M. portoricensis. Gracula religiosa Linnaeus. Common Hill-Myna.

Move the heading Genus LOXIPASSER Bryant, its Gracula religiosa Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: citation and Notes, and its included species account to 108. (in Asia ¼ Java.) follow the account for M. violacea, and move the heading This species, previously considered conspecific with G. Genus LOXIGILLA Lesson, its citation and Notes, and its indica (Cuvier, 1829) [Southern Hill-Myna], is resident included species accounts to follow the account for from India (except southern peninsular), southeastern Loxipasser anoxanthus. Asia, extreme southern China, and Hainan south to the 29. [p. 592] Sporophila morelleti is treated as a species Andaman and Nicobar islands and Indonesia. It was separate from S. torqueola, following Mason et al. (2018). included on the main list in AOU (1998) as introduced and In the species account for S. torqueola, change the English established in Puerto Rico, but it is now extremely rare in name to Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater, restrict the distri- Puerto Rico and has probably not bred there for decades butional statement to that for the torqueola group and the (Oberle 2010; M. Oberle and S. Colon,´ in litt.). Escapes paragraph concerning escapes from California and Arizo- have also been recorded in Hawaii and Florida, where it is na, and replace the existing Notes with the following: listed as a non-established exotic and is unlikely to become Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- established (Greenlaw et al. 2014, Pyle and Pyle 2017). specific with S. morelleti, but separated on the basis of 32. [pp. 705 ff.] Make the following changes to the list of polyphyly in mtDNA, distinctness of nuclear DNA French names of North American birds: consistent with this, and differences in song and plumage commensurate with those in other closely related species Insert the following names in the proper position as of Sporophila (Mason et al. 2018). indicated by the text of this supplement:

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Tadorna tadorna Tadorne de Belon in APPENDIX (Part 1) Caprimulgus jotaka Engoulevent jotaka Gracula religiosa Mainate religieux OCEANITIDAE Pseudobulweria rostrata Petrel´ de Tahiti Delete the following names: Chondrohierax uncinatus Bec-en-croc de Temminck Caprimulgus indicus Engoulevent jotaka Leptodon cayanensis Bec-en-croc de Cayenne Pterodroma rostrata Petrel´ de Tahiti Elanoides forficatus Naucler a` queue fourchue Leptodon cayanensis Milan de Cayenne Harpagus bidentatus Harpage bidente´ Chondrohierax uncinatus Milan bec-en-croc ` ˆ Busarellus nigricollis Buse atete blanche Elanoides forficatus Milan a` queue fourchue Dryobates pubescens Pic mineur Harpagus bidentatus Milan bidente´ Dryobates nuttallii Pic de Nuttall Busarellus nigricollis Busarelle at` eteˆ blanche Dryobates scalaris Pic arlequin Picoides scalaris Pic arlequin Dryobates borealis Pic a` face blanche Picoides nuttallii Pic de Nuttall Dryobates villosus Pic chevelu Picoides pubescens Pic mineur Dryobates albolarvatus Pic at` eteˆ blanche Picoides fumigatus Pic enfume´ Dryobates fumigatus Pic enfume´ Picoides villosus Pic chevelu Dryobates arizonae Pic d’Arizona Picoides arizonae Pic d’Arizona Dryobates stricklandi Pic de Strickland Picoides stricklandi Pic de Strickland Dryobates kirkii Pic a` croupion rouge Picoides borealis Pic a` face blanche Automolus exsertus Anabate du Chiriqui Picoides albolarvatus Pic at` eteˆ blanche ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE Veniliornis kirkii Pic a` croupion rouge Onychorhynchus coronatus Porte-eventail´ roi Phaeomyias murina Tyranneau souris Terenotriccus erythrurus Barbichon rougequeue Myiopagis cotta El´ enie´ de la Jama¨ıque Myiobius villosus Barbichon heriss´ e´ Sublegatus arenarum Tyranneau des paletuviers´ Myiobius sulphureipygius Barbichon a` croupion jaune Oncostoma cinereigulare Tyranneau a` bec courbe Myiobius atricaudus Barbichon a` queue noire Oncostoma olivaceum Tyranneau de Lawrence Oncostoma cinereigulare Bec-en-arc cendre´ Cnipodectes subbrunneus Platyrhynque brun Oncostoma olivaceum Bec-en-arc de Lawrence Rhynchocyclus brevirostris Platyrhynque a` bec court Cnipodectes subbrunneus Tyranneau brun Rhynchocyclus olivaceus Platyrhynque olivatreˆ Rhynchocyclus brevirostris Tyranneau a` bec court Tolmomyias sulphurescens Platyrhynque jaune-olive Rhynchocyclus olivaceus Tyranneau olivatreˆ Tolmomyias assimilis Platyrhynque a` miroir Tolmomyias sulphurescens Tyranneau jaune-olive Tolmomyias flaviventris Platyrhynque a` poitrine jaune Tolmomyias assimilis Tyranneau a` miroir Onychorhynchus coronatus Moucherolle royal Tolmomyias flaviventris Tyranneau a` poitrine jaune Terenotriccus erythrurus Moucherolle rougequeue Nesotriccus murinus Tyranneau souris Myiobius villosus Moucherolle heriss´ e´ Myiopagis cotta El´ enie´ de Jama¨ıque Myiobius sulphureipygius Moucherolle a` croupion jaune Machetornis rixosa Tyran querelleur Myiobius atricaudus Moucherolle a` queue noire Contopus pallidus Moucherolle de Jama¨ıque Contopus pallidus Moucherolle de la Jama¨ıque Sublegatus arenarum Moucherolle des paletuviers´ Machetornis rixosa Moucherolle querelleur Horornis diphone Bouscarle chanteuse Cettia diphone Bouscarle chanteuse Larvivora cyane Rossignol bleu Luscinia sibilans Rossignol siffleur Larvivora sibilans Rossignol siffleur Luscinia calliope Rossignol calliope Cyanecula svecica Gorgebleue a` miroir Luscinia svecica Gorgebleue a` miroir Calliope calliope Rossignol calliope Luscinia cyane Rossignol bleu Centronyx bairdii Bruant de Baird Gracula religiosa Mainate religieux Centronyx henslowii Bruant de Henslow Ammodramus bairdii Bruant de Baird Ammospiza leconteii Bruant de LeConte Ammodramus henslowii Bruant de Henslow Ammospiza maritima Bruant maritime Ammodramus leconteii Bruant de LeConte Ammospiza nelsoni Bruant de Nelson Ammodramus nelsoni Bruant de Nelson Ammospiza caudacuta Bruant a` queue aigue¨ Ammodramus caudacutus Bruant a` queue aigue¨ Melopyrrha portoricensis Sporophile de Porto Rico Ammodramus maritimus Bruant maritime Melopyrrha violacea Sporophile petit-coq Geothlypis aequinoctialis Paruline equatoriale´ Sporophila morelleti Sporophile de Morelet Ramphocelus costaricensis Tangara du Costa Rica

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Loxigilla portoricensis Sporophile de Porto Rico Toxostoma arenicola from LeConte’s Thrasher T. lecon- Loxigilla violacea Sporophile petit-coq tei, separation of Melozone occipitalis from White-eared Ground-Sparrow M. leucotis, and separation of Yellow in APPENDIX (Part 1) Warbler Setophaga petechia into two species. Tadorna tadorna Tadorne de Belon Recognize new family OCEANITIDAE and move the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS genera Oceanites, Pelagodroma, and Fregetta to this family Normand David serves as the Committee’s advisor for as indicated by the text of this supplement. Move family classical languages in relation to scientific names, and Michel HYDROBATIDAE and its included species to follow Gosselin is the authority for French names. We thank R. C. family OCEANITIDAE. Banks, S. M. Billerman, D. M. Bird, M. R. Browning, T. M. Burg, S. A. Colon,´ D. Dyer, B. G. Freeman, K. L. Garrett, D. D. Recognize new family ONYCHORHYNCHIDAE and Gibson, M. G. Harvey, P. Hess, M. J. Iliff, R. A. Jimenez,´ J. A. move the genera Onychorhynchus, Terenotriccus,and Jobling, P. E. Lehman, D. Lepage, N. A. Mason, J. Morlan, D. Myiobius to this family as indicated by the text of this R. Norris, M. W. Oberle, K. A. Otter, A. P. Peterson, H. D. supplement. Pratt, L. Sandoval, T. S. Schulenberg, D. Strickland, and E. A. VanderWerf for assistance, suggestions, and comments. We Adopt the classification and linear sequence for families dedicate this supplement to our colleague Jim Rising, who from TYRANNIDAE to OXYRUNCIDAE as indicated by passed away on March 13, 2018. the text of this supplement.

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Volume XX, 2019, pp. 1–23 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz042 RESEARCH ARTICLE Sixtieth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds

R. Terry Chesser,1,2* Kevin J. Burns,3 Carla Cicero,4 Jon L. Dunn,5 Andrew W. Kratter,6 Irby J. Lovette,7 Pamela Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 C. Rasmussen,8 J. V. Remsen Jr.,9 Douglas F. Stotz,10 and Kevin Winker11

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA 2 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 3 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 4 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 5 24 Idaho Street, Bishop, California, USA 6 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 7 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 8 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 9 Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 10 Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 11 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected]; Chairman of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithological Society (formerly American Ornithologists’ Union). All authors are members of the Committee, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. Published 24 June 2019

This is the 19th supplement since publication of the is removed from the main list and placed in the Appendix; 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (8) the distributional statements and circumscription of 2 (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It species (Vireo crassirostris and V. pallens) are changed due summarizes decisions made between 15 April 2018 and to transfer of a subspecies from one species to the other; (9) 15 April 2019 by the American Ornithological Society’s 9 genera (Pternistis, Paraclaravis, Nesophlox, Leiothlypis, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North Cyanoloxia, Ixothraupis, Poecilostreptus, Stilpnia, and and Middle America. The Committee has continued to Phonipara) are added due to splits from other genera, operate in the manner outlined in the 42nd supplement resulting in changes to 17 scientific names (Pternistis (Banks et al. 2000). erckelii, Paraclaravis mondetoura, Nesophlox evelynae, Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) 8 N. lyrura, Leiothlypis peregrina, L. celata, L. crissalis, L. species (Coccycua pumila, Coccyzus lansbergi, Arundinax luciae, L. ruficapilla, L. virginiae, Cyanoloxia cyanoides, aedon, Locustella fluviatilis, Erithacus rubecula, Oenanthe Ixothraupis guttata, Poecilostreptus palmeri, P. cabanisi, pleschanka, Turdus viscivorus, and Carpodacus roseus) Stilpnia larvata, S. cucullata, and Phonipara canora); are added to the main list, including 2 species transferred (10) 2 genera (Oceanodroma and Pselliophorus) are lost from the Appendix, on the basis of new distributional in- by merger with other genera already on the list, resulting formation; (2) 3 species (Megascops centralis, Psittacara in changes to 16 scientific names (Hydrobates furcatus, brevipes, and Polioptila albiventris) are added to the main H. hornbyi, H. monorhis, H. leucorhous, H. socorroensis, list because of splits from species already on the list; (3) 2 H. cheimomnestes, H. homochroa, H. castro, H. tethys, H. species (Melanitta deglandi and M. stejnegeri) are added melania, H. macrodactylus, H. markhami, H. tristrami, to the main list because of splits from a species already on H. microsoma, Atlapetes tibialis, and A. luteoviridis) and the list, and the English name of that species (M. fusca) changes to English names of 2 of these species (Atlapetes is transferred to 1 of the new species (M. deglandi); (4) tibialis and A. luteoviridis); (11) the scientific name of 1 2 species names are changed (to Amazilia hoffmanni species (Melanospiza bicolor) is changed due to transfer and Pterodroma gouldi) because of splits from extralim- between genera already on the list; (12) the English names ital species; (5) the distributional statements of 2 species of 2 species (Lampornis amethystinus and L. clemenciae) (Hydrobates castro and Cyanoloxia cyanoides) are changed are changed; (13) hyphens are removed from the English because of splits from an extralimital species; (6) 1 species names of 5 species (Columbina passerina, C. minuta, C. (Trogon aurantiiventris) is lost by merger with a species talpacoti, Claravis pretiosa, and Paraclaravis mondetoura) already on the list; (7) 1 species (Melopsittacus undulatus) (14) 3 new species (Apus nipalensis, Spodiopsar cineraceus,

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and Montifringilla nivalis) are added to the Appendix; Hydrobates melania Black Storm-Petrel. and (15) 5 species (Anser brachyrhynchus, Hydrobates †Hydrobates macrodactylus Guadalupe Storm-Petrel. pelagicus, Sula granti, Buteogallus urubitinga, and Icterus Hydrobates markhami Markham’s Storm-Petrel. (A) abeillei) are added to the list of species known to occur in Hydrobates tristrami Tristram’s Storm-Petrel. the United States. Hydrobates microsoma Least Storm-Petrel. A new family of babblers (Leiothrichidae) is added and Pterodroma gouldi Gray-faced Petrel. (A) a corresponding family (Timaliidae) deleted, and new Megascops guatemalae Middle American Screech-Owl. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 linear sequences are adopted for subfamilies in the family Megascops centralis Choco Screech-Owl. Cuculidae, species in the genus Charadrius, and species in Psittacara brevipes Socorro Parakeet. the families Fregatidae, Hirundinidae, and Passerellidae, all Polioptila albiventris Yucatan Gnatcatcher. due to new phylogenetic data. LEIOTHRICHIDAE Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Arundinax aedon Thick-billed Warbler. (A) decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Locustella fluviatilis River Warbler. (A) citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th edi- Erithacus rubecula European Robin. (A) tion (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Oenanthe pleschanka Pied Wheatear. (A) the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area can Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush. (A) be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa, and proposals Carpodacus roseus Pallas’s Rosefinch. (A) that form the basis for this supplement can be found at Atlapetes tibialis Yellow-thighed Brushfinch. http://checklist.aou.org/nacc/proposals/2019.html. Atlapetes luteoviridis Yellow-green Brushfinch. The following changes to the 7th edition (page num- Leiothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler. bers refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Leiothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler. Committee’s actions: Leiothlypis crissalis Colima Warbler. Leiothlypis luciae Lucy’s Warbler. pp. xvii–liv. Increase the number in the title of the list of Leiothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler. species to 2,154. Insert the following names in the proper Leiothlypis virginiae Virginia’s Warbler. position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Cyanoloxia cyanoides Blue-black Grosbeak. Ixothraupis guttata Speckled Tanager. Melanitta fusca Velvet Scoter. (A) Poecilostreptus palmeri Gray-and-gold Tanager. Melanitta deglandi White-winged Scoter. Poecilostreptus cabanisi Azure-rumped Tanager. Melanitta stejnegeri Stejneger’s Scoter. (N) Stilpnia larvata Golden-hooded Tanager. Pternistis erckelii Erckel’s Francolin. (H, I) Stilpnia cucullata Lesser Antillean Tanager. Columbina passerina Common Ground Dove. Phonipara canora Cuban Grassquit. Columbina minuta Plain-breasted Ground Dove. Melanospiza bicolor Black-faced Grassquit. Columbina talpacoti Ruddy Ground Dove. Claravis pretiosa Blue Ground Dove. Delete the following names: Paraclaravis mondetoura Maroon-chested Ground Dove. Coccycua pumila Dwarf Cuckoo. (A) Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter. Coccyzus lansbergi Gray-capped Cuckoo. (N) Francolinus erckelii Erckel’s Francolin. (H, I) Lampornis amethystinus Amethyst-throated Mountain- Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove. gem. Columbina minuta Plain-breasted Ground-Dove. Lampornis clemenciae Blue-throated Mountain- Columbina talpacoti Ruddy Ground-Dove. gem. Claravis pretiosa Blue Ground-Dove. Nesophlox evelynae Bahama Woodstar. Claravis mondetoura Maroon-chested Ground-Dove. Nesophlox lyrura Inagua Woodstar. Lampornis amethystinus Amethyst-throated Amazilia hoffmanni Blue-vented Hummingbird. Hummingbird. Hydrobates furcatus Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. Lampornis clemenciae Blue-throated Hummingbird. Hydrobates hornbyi Ringed Storm-Petrel. (A) Calliphlox evelynae Bahama Woodstar. Hydrobates monorhis Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel. (A) Calliphlox lyrura Inagua Woodstar. Hydrobates leucorhous Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Amazilia saucerottei Steely-vented Hummingbird. Hydrobates socorroensis Townsend’s Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma furcata Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. Hydrobates cheimomnestes Ainley’s Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma hornbyi Ringed Storm-Petrel. (A) Hydrobates homochroa Ashy Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel. (A) Hydrobates castro Band-rumped Storm-Petrel. (N) Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Hydrobates tethys Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel. (N) Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend’s Storm-Petrel.

Oceanodroma cheimomnestes Ainley’s Storm-Petrel. Coccyzus Oceanodroma homochroa Ashy Storm-Petrel. Oceanodroma castro Band-rumped Storm-Petrel. (N) Adopt the following linear sequence for species in the Oceanodroma tethys Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel. (N) genus Charadrius: Oceanodroma melania Black Storm-Petrel. Charadrius morinellus †Oceanodroma macrodactyla Guadalupe Storm-Petrel. Charadrius vociferus Oceanodroma markhami Markham’s Storm-Petrel. (A) Charadrius hiaticula Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Oceanodroma tristrami Tristram’s Storm-Petrel. Charadrius semipalmatus Oceanodroma microsoma Least Storm-Petrel. Charadrius melodus Pterodroma macroptera Great-winged Petrel. (A) Charadrius dubius Megascops guatemalae Vermiculated Screech-Owl. Charadrius mongolus Trogon aurantiiventris Orange-bellied Trogon. Charadrius leschenaultii Loriinae Charadrius veredus Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar. (I) Charadrius wilsonia TIMALIIDAE Charadrius collaris Pselliophorus tibialis Yellow-thighed Finch. Charadrius montanus Pselliophorus luteoviridis Yellow-green Finch. Charadrius nivosus Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler. Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler. Adopt the following linear sequence for species in the Oreothlypis crissalis Colima Warbler. family Fregatidae: Oreothlypis luciae Lucy’s Warbler. Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler. Fregata ariel Oreothlypis virginiae Virginia’s Warbler. Fregata magnificens Cyanocompsa cyanoides Blue-black Grosbeak. Fregata minor Gray-and-gold Tanager. Tangara palmeri Adopt the following linear sequence for species in the Azure-rumped Tanager. Tangara cabanisi family Hirundinidae: Tangara cucullata Lesser Antillean Tanager. Tangara larvata Golden-hooded Tanager. Riparia riparia Tangara guttata Speckled Tanager. Tachycineta bicolor Tiaris canorus Cuban Grassquit. Tachycineta cyaneoviridis Tiaris bicolor Black-faced Grassquit. Tachycineta thalassina Tachycineta euchrysea Recognize new family LEIOTHRICHIDAE, delete Tachycineta albilinea family TIMALIIDAE, and move the following species Atticora pileata from Timaliidae to the new family: Atticora tibialis Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Garrulax pectoralis Stelgidopteryx serripennis Garrulax canorus Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Leiothrix lutea Progne sinaloae Progne tapera Adopt the following linear sequence for subfamilies in Progne dominicensis the family Cuculidae: Progne subis Crotophaginae Progne cryptoleuca Crotophaga Progne chalybea Neomorphinae Progne elegans Tapera Hirundo rustica Dromococcyx Delichon urbicum Morococcyx Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Geococcyx Petrochelidon fulva Neomorphus Adopt the following linear sequence for species in the Cuculinae family Passerellidae: Cuculus Coccycua Chlorospingus flavigularis Piaya Chlorospingus canigularis The Auk: Ornithological Advances XX:1–23, © 2019 American Ornithological Society 4 Check-list supplement R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al.

Chlorospingus pileatus Passerculus sandwichensis Chlorospingus flavopectus Xenospiza baileyi Chlorospingus tacarcunae Melospiza melodia Chlorospingus inornatus Melospiza lincolnii Peucaea carpalis Melospiza georgiana Peucaea sumichrasti Pezopetes capitalis Peucaea ruficauda Torreornis inexpectata Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Peucaea humeralis Melozone kieneri Peucaea mystacalis Melozone fusca Peucaea botterii Melozone albicollis Peucaea cassinii Melozone aberti Peucaea aestivalis Melozone crissalis Ammodramus savannarum Melozone leucotis Arremonops rufivirgatus Melozone biarcuata Arremonops chloronotus Melozone cabanisi Arremonops conirostris Aimophila rufescens Amphispiza quinquestriata Aimophila ruficeps Amphispiza bilineata Aimophila notosticta Chondestes grammacus Pipilo chlorurus Calamospiza melanocorys Pipilo maculatus Spizella passerina Pipilo erythrophthalmus Spizella pallida Pipilo ocai Spizella atrogularis Atlapetes pileatus Spizella pusilla Atlapetes albinucha Spizella breweri Atlapetes tibialis Spizella wortheni Atlapetes luteoviridis Arremon costaricensis Arremon atricapillus Remove the asterisks before the 6 species of Arremon aurantiirostris Chlorospingus. Arremon virenticeps Arremon brunneinucha Note: The entries below follow the current linear sequence Arremon crassirostris as established in this and previous supplements, although Passerella iliaca entries continue to be cross-referenced to page numbers in Spizelloides arborea AOU (1998). Junco vulcani Junco insularis 1. [p. 57] Records of Anser brachyrhynchus in the United Junco hyemalis States are treated as pertaining to wild birds. Delete “; Junco phaeonotus reports from New York and Massachusetts are doubtful” Junco bairdi from the end of the distributional statement and add the Zonotrichia capensis following sentence to the end of the statement: Zonotrichia leucophrys Casual in New England and in the mid-Atlantic states Zonotrichia atricapilla south to Maryland and Delaware; reports from Colorado, Zonotrichia querula Washington, and British Columbia may also pertain to Zonotrichia albicollis wild birds. Artemisiospiza nevadensis Artemisiospiza belli 2. [p. 80] Melanitta deglandi and M. stejnegeri are Oriturus superciliosus treated as species separate from M. fusca. In the account Pooecetes gramineus for M. fusca, change the English name to Velvet Scoter, Ammospiza leconteii replace “prairie” in the habitat statement with “taiga”, and Ammospiza maritima replace the existing distributional statement and Notes Ammospiza nelsoni with: Ammospiza caudacuta Distribution.—Breeds from Fennoscandia east Centronyx bairdii across northern Siberia to the Yenisei, south to northern Centronyx henslowii Kazakhstan; disjunctly on some lakes in the Caucasus and The Auk: Ornithological Advances XX:1–23, © 2019 American Ornithological Society R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Check-list supplement 5

vicinity, from northeastern Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia Florida), in Greenland, and in northwestern Europe (most to Turkmenistan. records from Iceland, the Faeroes, and Denmark). Winters primarily in the Baltic Sea with fewer to the Notes.—See Notes under M. fusca. North Sea and British Isles; uncommon to rare elsewhere on the Atlantic Coast south to Spain, and locally in the After the account for M. deglandi, insert the following northern Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas, and on new species account: a few lakes in Central Europe. Melanitta stejnegeri (Ridgway). Stejneger’s Scoter. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Casual in Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, Bear Island, the Azores, northwestern Africa, Israel, and Oidemia stejnegeri Ridgway, 1887, Manual of North Afghanistan. American Birds, p. 112. (Kamchatka to Japan = Bering Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered con- Island, Commander Islands.) specific with M. deglandi and M. stejnegeri, but separated on the basis of color and pattern differences, including Habitat.—Lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams in taiga bill structure; tracheal differences (Miller 1926); a lack of and tundra; in winter, mostly shallow marine littoral areas, known hybridization in areas of parapatry and co-occur- bays, and estuaries, less commonly on large lakes and rivers. rence; and a lack of rationale for the original merger by Distribution.—Breeds in Asia from central and eastern Hartert (1920). This species and M. deglandi had been Siberia just east of the Yenesei River east to Anadyrland, previously considered distinct (AOU 1895 through AOU Koryakland, and Kamchatka, north to the limits of taiga 1957). and south to the Russian Altai, northwestern Mongolia, Tuva, Lake Baikal, Amurland, Sakhalin, and the Kuril After the account for M. fusca, insert the following new Islands. Western distributional limit and possible zone of species account: overlap with M. fusca not well established (Reeber 2015). Winters in Asia from the Kuril Islands south to northern Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte). White-winged Scoter. Japan; smaller numbers in the coastal eastern Russian Far East south to eastern China, Korea, and southern Japan. Oedemia deglandi Bonaparte, 1850, Revue critique de Casual in late spring in the Bering Sea in northwestern l’ornithologie Européenne Degland, p. 108. (North Alaska (Dunn et al. 2012), and in Europe, including Iceland. America.) Notes.—Also known as Siberian Scoter. See Notes Habitat.—Lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams in tundra, under M. fusca. taiga, and prairie; in winter, mostly shallow marine littoral areas, bays, and estuaries, less commonly on large lakes. 3. [p. 115] Phylogenetic analyses have shown that the Distribution.—Breeds in North America from genus Francolinus is not monophyletic. After the species northern Alaska, northern Yukon, northwestern and account for Francolinus francolinus, insert the following southern Mackenzie, southern Keewatin, and northern heading, citation, and Notes: Manitoba south to central Alaska, southern Yukon, interior British Columbia, southeastern Alberta, Genus PTERNISTIS Wagler southern Saskatchewan, northern North Dakota (for- Pternistis Wagler, 1823, Isis von Oken, col. 1229. Type, by merly), southern Manitoba, northern Ontario, and subsequent designation, Tetrao caenesis Gmelin = Tetrao western Quebec, occurring in summer to northeastern afer P. L. S. Müller. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, 1841, Mackenzie and from Hudson Bay east to Labrador and p. 79.) Newfoundland. Winters in North America on the Pacific coast from the Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula south to central California, part of Francolinus, but now treated as separate based on less commonly south to northern Baja California, on the data on morphology, sexual signaling, vocalizations, and Great Lakes, and on the Atlantic coast from the Gulf of genetics (Crowe et al. 1992, 2006a, 2006b, Kimball et al. St. Lawrence and Newfoundland south to New Jersey, less 2011, Mandiwana-Neudani et al. 2011, 2014, 2018), which commonly south to North Carolina and rarely south to indicate that Francolinus as previously constituted was Florida. not monophyletic and that species of Pternistis are not Migrates regularly through Utah, North Dakota, the Francolinus sensu stricto. Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Casual on Melville Island, through the interior of Change Francolinus erckelii to Pternistis erckelii and North America south to Baja California, Arizona, Sonora, place the account for this species under the heading and New Mexico, southern Texas, and the Gulf coast (east to Notes for Pternistis. Replace the existing Notes with the

following: Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) included in Crotophaginae Francolinus. See comments under Pternistis. Crotophaga Neomorphinae After the heading and citation for Genus FRANCO- Tapera LINUS Stephens, add the following Notes: Dromococcyx Notes.—See comments under Pternistis. Morococcyx Geococcyx [pp. 225–227] The hyphen is removed from the Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 4. Neomorphus English name of 5 species of ground dove (Columbina Cuculinae passerina, C. minuta, C. talpacoti, Claravis pretiosa, Cuculus and Paraclaravis [see below] mondetoura) and from the Coccycua Notes of C. passerina and C. talpacoti, to conform to our Piaya guidelines for English names, because the species named Coccyzus “Ground Dove” do not form a monophyletic group (Sweet and Johnson 2015, Sweet et al. 2017). 7. [p. 248] After the species account for Coccycua minuta, insert the following new species account: 5. [p. 227] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that Claravis is Coccycua pumila (Strickland). Dwarf Cuckoo. not monophyletic. After the species account for Claravis pretiosa, insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: Coccyzus pumilus Strickland, 1852, in Jardine’s Contributions to Ornithology, p. 28, pl. [83]. (Trinidad, Genus Sangster et al. PARACLARAVIS error = Venezuela.) Paraclaravis Sangster, Sweet, and Johnson, 2018, Zootaxa 4461: 136. Type, by original designation, Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Gallery Forest, Peristera mondetoura Bonaparte. Secondary Forest, and Arid Lowland Scrub (0–1000 m, locally to 2600 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical Zones). Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered Distribution.—Resident in Colombia, Venezuela, and part of Claravis but treated as separate on the basis of ge- extreme northwestern Ecuador. netic data (Sweet and Johnson 2015, Sweet et al. 2017), Accidental in eastern Panama (north of Yaviza, Darién, which indicate that Claravis as previously constituted was 1 February 2016; photos; van Dort and Komar 2018; and not monophyletic and that species of Paraclaravis are not Rio Torti, eastern Panamá, 28–29 March 2017; photos; Claravis sensu stricto. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S35506003 and https:// ebird.org/view/checklist/S39110072); sight report from Change to Claravis mondetoura Paraclaravis Tocumen Marsh, eastern Panamá, 9 January 1979 (Braun and place the account for this species mondetoura and Wolf 1987). under the heading and Notes for Paraclaravis. Replace the existing Notes with the following: Formerly placed in Replace the first sentence of the Notes under the heading Claravis. See comments under Paraclaravis. Genus COCCYCUA Lesson with: Includes C. pumila and After the heading and citation for Genus CLARAVIS extralimital species C. cinerea, both formerly (e.g., Payne Oberholser, add the following Notes: 1997) placed in Coccyzus and C. minuta, formerly (e.g., Notes.—See comments under Paraclaravis. AOU 1998) placed in Piaya.

6. [pp. 246–252] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and 8. [p. 248] After the species account for Coccyzus mitochondrial DNA sequences (Sorenson and Payne 2005, erythropthalmus, insert the following new species account: Hackett et al. 2008, Burleigh et al. 2015) have shown that our current linear sequence of subfamilies in the family Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte. Gray-capped Cuckoo. Cuculidae does not reflect their evolutionary relationships. Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850, Conspectus After the heading Family CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos, re- Generum Avium 1, p. 112. (Santa Fé de Bogotá.) place the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Linear sequence of subfamilies and genera Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Gallery Forest, follows Sorenson and Payne (2005). Secondary Forest (0–900 m; Tropical Zone). Distribution.—Reported from Venezuela and Colombia Rearrange the sequence of subfamilies and genera in the south through Ecuador and northern Peru west of the Cuculidae to: Andes; breeding confirmed in Ecuador and suspected in

Peru, but possibly only a nonbreeding visitor in northern Change Calliphlox evelynae to Nesophlox evelynae portions of range. and Calliphlox lyrura to Nesophlox lyrura, and move Casual in eastern Panama (Aruza Arriba, Darién, 6 and the accounts for these species to follow the heading, cita- 12 August 2015; photos; van Dort and Komar 2017; Finca tion, and Notes for Nesophlox. Change the first sentence Bayano [La Jagua marsh], Panamá, 19–21 August 2017; of the existing Notes for Nesophlox evelynae to “Formerly photos; https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S38719088; and placed in Calliphlox.” and insert the following at the end Finca Aguilar Gil, Coclé, Panamá, 11 July 2018; photos; of the existing Notes at the end of the species account: See https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47159779); sight reports comments under Nesophlox. Change the last sentence of Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 from Tocumen Marsh, eastern Panamá, and Cana, Darién the Notes for Nesophlox lyrura to “See comments under (Braun and Wolf 1987). Sound recording from Vista Alegre Nesophlox and N. evelynae.” Emberá, Darién, 29 July 2012 (http://ebird.org/view/ checklist/S19187794). 11. [p. 299] Amazilia hoffmanni is treated as a species separate from A. saucerottei. Delete the first sentence of 9. [pp. 303–304] Change the English names of Lampornis the Notes under Amazilia cyanura. Remove the species ac- amethystinus and L. clemenciae to Amethyst-throated count for A. saucerottei and replace it with the following Mountain-gem and Blue-throated Mountain-gem, respec- new account: tively. These changes standardize the English group name Amazilia hoffmanni (Cabanis and Heine). Blue-vented of all species of Lampornis to Mountain-gem and reduce Hummingbird. the prevalence of the English group name “hummingbird” across the family, thereby strengthening the associ- Hemithylaca Hoffmanni Cabanis and Heine, 1860, ation of these species with other species of Lampornis and Museum Heineanum, Th. 3, p. 38. (Costa Rica.) emphasizing their distinctness relative to other species in the Trochilidae. Add the following sentence to the begin- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, ning of the Notes for L. amethystinus: Formerly (e.g., AOU Gallery Forest, Secondary Forest, Second-growth Scrub 1983, 1998) known as Amethyst-throated Hummingbird. (0–1800 m; Tropical and Subtropical zones). Add the following to the end of the species account for L. Distribution.—Resident in Middle America from clemenciae: western and southern Nicaragua south to southern Costa Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) known as Rica (primarily on the Pacific slope and in the central Blue-throated Hummingbird. plateau). Recently photographed in southern Honduras (records on eBird), but status and distribution there 10. [p. 307] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- uncertain. chondrial DNA sequences (McGuire et al. 2014, Licona- Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered Vera and Ornelas 2017) have shown that Calliphlox is conspecific with A. saucerottei (Delattre and Bourcier, polyphyletic. This finding results in the following changes: 1846) [Steely-vented Hummingbird], but separated based on differences in vocalizations and behavior (Stiles and After the heading Genus CALLIPHLOX Boie, insert the Skutch 1989), and phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mi- following Notes: tochondrial DNA sequences (McGuire et al. 2014, Jiménez Notes.—See comments under Nesophlox. and Ornelas 2016) that indicate that A. saucerottei as pre- After the species account for Mellisuga helenae, insert viously constituted was a polyphyletic species. the following heading, citation, and Notes: 12. [pp. 144–149] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Dos Remedios et al. 2015) Genus NESOPHLOX Ridgway have shown that our current linear sequence of species in Nesophlox Ridgway, 1910, Proceedings of the Biological the genus Charadrius does not reflect their evolutionary Society of Washington 23: 55. Type, by original desig- relationships. nation, Trochilus evelynae Bourcier. After the heading and citations for Charadrius, insert Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) included the following: in Calliphlox, but genetic data (McGuire et al. 2014, Notes.—Linear sequence of species follows Dos Licona-Vera and Ornelas 2017) indicate that Calliphlox Remedios et al. (2015). as previously constituted was polyphyletic and that spe- Rearrange the sequence of species in Charadrius to: cies of Nesophlox are not closely related to Calliphlox sensu stricto. Charadrius morinellus

Charadrius vociferus place the accounts for these species in the existing linear Charadrius hiaticula sequence to follow the species account for H. pelagicus. Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius melodus For all species formerly in Oceanodroma, except H. Charadrius dubius castro, H. melania, and H. microsoma, insert the following Charadrius mongolus as new Notes or add to the end of the existing Notes: Charadrius leschenaultii Formerly placed in Oceanodroma. See comments under Charadrius veredus Hydrobates. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Charadrius wilsonia Replace the Notes for H. melania with the following: Charadrius collaris Notes.—Formerly placed in Oceanodroma or Charadrius montanus Loomelania (e.g., AOU 1957). See comments under Charadrius nivosus Hydrobates. 13. [p. 23] Records of Hydrobates pelagicus in the United Replace the Notes for H. microsoma with the following: States are recognized. Replace the second paragraph of Notes.—Formerly placed in Oceanodroma or the distributional statement with the following: Very rare Halocyptena (e.g., AOU 1957). See comments under off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina, primarily in late Hydrobates. spring (Patteson et al. 2009, Howell 2012); one record from Florida (Kratter 2018). Accidental in Nova Scotia (Sable 15. [p. 25] Extralimital species Hydrobates monteiroi Island, 10 August 1970; McNeil and Burton 1971); an old is separated from H. castro. In the species account for H. specimen (USNM) from “Bay of Fundy” lacks further data. castro, change “(probably)” in the first sentence of the dis- 14. [pp. 23–26] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mi- tributional statement to “(cool-season breeders only)” and tochondrial DNA sequences (Penhallurick and Wink 2004, insert the following at the beginning of the existing Notes: Robertson et al. 2011, Wallace et al. 2017) have shown that Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with H. Oceanodroma is paraphyletic with respect to Hydrobates. monteiroi (Bolton, 2008) [Monteiro’s Storm-Petrel], but The name Hydrobates has priority over Oceanodroma, and separated based on differences in vocalizations and re- phylogenetic and taxonomic issues in Oceanodroma pre- sponse to playback (Bolton et al. 2007, 2008), genetics clude dividing the genus at this time; therefore, all species (Friesen et al. 2007, Smith et al. 2007, Silva et al. 2016, of Oceanodroma are transferred to Hydrobates. Wallace et al. 2017), molt (Bolton et al. 2008), and lack of mixing between hot- and cool-season breeding populations Delete the heading Genus OCEANODROMA (Smith et al. 2007, Bolton et al. 2008, Silva et al. 2016). Reichenbach, remove the citations from the synonymy Formerly placed in Oceanodroma. See comments under of Oceanodroma and place them under the heading for Hydrobates. Hydrobates, and insert the following Notes at the end of the synonymy of Hydrobates: 16. [p. 13] Pterodroma gouldi is treated as a species sepa- Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) included only the rate from P. macroptera. Remove the species account for P. single species H. pelagicus, but genetic data (Penhallurick macroptera and replace it with the following new account. and Wink 2004, Robertson et al. 2011, Wallace et al. 2017) indicate that Oceanodroma as previously constituted was Pterodroma gouldi (Hutton). Gray-faced Petrel. paraphyletic with respect to Hydrobates, resulting in the Aestrelata gouldi Hutton, 1869, Ibis, p. 351. (New transfer of all species of Oceanodroma to Hydrobates, as in Zealand seas.) Dickinson and Remsen (2013). Habitat.—Pelagic waters; nests on islands in burrows, Change the generic names of Oceanodroma hornbyi, O. scrapes, or crevices of rocks, under vegetation. monorhis, O. socorroensis, O. cheimomnestes, O. homochroa, Distribution.—Breeds on offshore islets and headlands O. castro, O. tethys, O. melania, O. markhami, O. tristrami, of North Island, New Zealand. and O. microsoma to Hydrobates, change Oceanodroma Ranges at sea in the subtropical and temperate south- furcata to Hydrobates furcatus, Oceanodroma western Pacific, including the Tasman Sea. leucorhoa to Hydrobates leucorhous, and Oceanodroma Accidental off central California (Cordell Bank, off macrodactyla to Hydrobates macrodactylus, add Marin County, 21 July and 24 August 1996; video and parentheses around the authorities for H. macrodactylus photos [Roberson et al. 1997, Rottenborn and Morlan and H. tristrami, make the appropriate changes in generic 2000]; others photographed at Monterey Bay, 18 October names or abbreviations within the existing Notes, and 1998 [North Amer. Birds 53: 99, cover, 1999; Rogers and

Jaramillo 2002]); off Santa Cruz County, 18 September After the account for M. guatemalae, insert the fol- 2010 [N. Am. Birds 65: 197] and 26 August 2011 [Nelson et lowing new species account: al. 2013]; and off San Diego County, 18 December 2012 [N. Am. Birds 67: 368]). Megascops centralis Hekstra. Choco Screech-Owl. Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with P. Megascops guatemalae centralis Hekstra, 1982, Bulletin macroptera (Smith, 1840) [Great-winged Petrel], but Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 9 separated based on differences in vocalizations, genetics,

(7): 57. (Cerro Mali, Darien, Panama.) Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 and life history, following Wood et al. (2017). Habitat.—Montane Evergreen Forest and Secondary 17. [pp. 35–36] Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial Forest (0–1100 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical Zone). DNA (Kennedy and Spencer 2004) has shown that our Distribution.—Central Panama (and perhaps north to current linear sequence of species in the family Fregatidae southwestern Costa Rica) through western Colombia and does not reflect their evolutionary relationships. southwestern Ecuador. After the heading Family FREGATIDAE: Frigatebirds, Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with M. insert the following: guatemalae but separated on the basis of differences Notes.—Linear sequence of species follows Kennedy in vocalizations (Krabbe 2017), following Remsen et al. and Spencer (2004). (2019). 21. [pp. 316–317] Trogon aurantiiventris is treated as a Rearrange the sequence of species in the Fregatidae to: subspecies of T. collaris. Remove the species account for Fregata ariel T. aurantiiventris. In the distributional statement for T. Fregata magnificens collaris, insert the following after the distribution of the Fregata minor puella group: “[aurantiiventris group] in the mountains of Costa Rica and western and central Panama (east to 18. [p. 28] Records of Sula granti in the United States are western Panamá province);”. Change the Notes under T. recognized. Add the following new paragraph to the end of collaris to: the distributional statement: Notes.—Groups: T. puella Gould, 1845 [Xalapa Casual off California, where apparently increasing Trogon], T. aurantiiventris Gould, 1856 [Orange-bellied (McCaskie et al. 2018), and Hawaii. Accidental in Alaska Trogon], and T. collaris [Collared Trogon]. Subspecies (off East Amatuli Island, Barren Islands, 30 August 2017; aurantiiventris formerly considered a separate species but photos; Gibson et al. 2018). merged with T. collaris based on similarities in plumage 19. [p. 98] Records of Buteogallus urubitinga in the (Salvin and Godman 1896, Wetmore 1968, Ridgely 1976, United States are recognized. Add the following new para- Stiles and Skutch 1989) and vocalizations (Stiles and graph to the end of the distributional statement: Skutch 1989), and genetic data (DaCosta and Klicka 2008) Accidental in Texas (South Padre Island, Cameron that indicate that Central American collaris is more closely County, 24 April 2018; photos; Pyle et al. 2018) and in related to aurantiiventris than to South American collaris. Maine (same bird as Texas record, identified by compar- Some (e.g., Ridgely 1976, Stiles and Skutch 1989, Collar ison of feathers in photos [Pyle et al. 2018], at Biddeford 2019) have suggested that aurantiiventris is a local color and at Portland, 7–9 August 2018 and 29 October 2018–20 morph of collaris and not a valid taxon. January 2019; photos, Pyle et al. 2018). The bird died in a rehabilitation center on 31 January 2019 and is being pre- 22. [p. 234] Psittacara brevipes is treated as a species served as a mount at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. separate from P. holochlorus. Replace the existing Notes for P. holochlorus with: 20. [p. 256] Megascops centralis is treated as a species sep- Notes.—Groups: P. holochlorus [Green Parakeet] and arate from M. guatemalae. In the account for M. guatemalae, P. rubritorquis (Sclater, 1887) [Red-throated Parakeet]. change the English name to Middle American Screech-Owl, Howell and Webb (1995) treated the 2 groups as separate change the distributional statement of the vermiculatus group species. Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspe- to “[vermiculatus group] from northeastern Costa Rica (and cific with P. brevipes, but separated based on vocal (Howell probably more widely within Costa Rica) to the northwestern and Webb 1995), morphological (Martínez-Gomez et al. Caribbean coast of Panama”, and change the second sentence 2017), and genetic (Schweizer et al. 2014, Urantowka et al. of the Notes to: See comments under M. centralis. 2014, Martínez-Gomez et al. 2017) differences.

After the account for P. holochlorus, insert the following V. semiflavus Salvin, 1863 [Maya Vireo]. Considered by new species account: Hellmayr (1935) to be conspecific with V. griseus. See comments under V. griseus and V. crassirostris. Psittacara brevipes (Lawrence). Socorro Parakeet. 25. [pp. 454–463] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear Conurus holochlorus var. brevipes “Baird MS.” Lawrence and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Sheldon et al. 2005) 1871, Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New have shown that our linear sequence of species in the

York, 10: 14. (Socorro Island.) family Hirundinidae does not reflect their evolutionary Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 relationships. These findings result in the following Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest (0–1000 m). changes: Distribution.—Socorro Island, in the Revillagigedos. Notes.—See comments under P. holochlorus. Add the following notes under the heading Family HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows: 23. [pp. 232, 694] Melopsittacus undulatus has become Notes.—Linear sequence of species follows Sheldon et extirpated in North America (Pranty 2015), more than 50 y al. (2005). after establishment of an introduced population in central Florida. Remove the heading Subfamily LORIINAE: Lories Rearrange the sequence of species in the Hirundinidae and Allies, the heading and citation for Melopsittacus, and to: the species account from the main list, and add an account for this species in the Appendix (part 1), after the account Riparia riparia for Amazona amazonica, as follows: Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta cyaneoviridis Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw). Budgerigar. Tachycineta thalassina Tachycineta euchrysea Psittacus undulatus Shaw, 1805, in Shaw and Nodder, Tachycineta albilinea Naturalists’ Miscellany 16: pl. 673. (New Holland = Atticora pileata New South Wales, Australia.) Atticora tibialis A population of this Australian species was introduced Pygochelidon cyanoleuca and seemingly well-established along the Gulf Coast of Stelgidopteryx serripennis central Florida by the late 1950s, but was extirpated as of Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 2014 (Pranty 2015). Recent reports from Florida and else- Progne sinaloae where likely represent birds escaped from captivity. Progne tapera Progne dominicensis 24. [p. 431] Vocal data (Bond 1950, 1961, Barlow Progne subis 1990) indicate that the subspecies Vireo crassirostris Progne cryptoleuca approximans is more closely related to V. pallens than to Progne chalybea V. crassirostris. Change the distributional statement and Progne elegans Notes of V. crassirostris to: Hirundo rustica Distribution.—Resident in the Bahamas (virtually Delichon urbicum throughout, even small islands), northern cays off Cuban Petrochelidon pyrrhonota mainland, including Cayo Coco and Cayo Paredón Grande, Petrochelidon fulva Cayman Islands, and Tortue Island (off Hispaniola). Casual in southern Florida (north to Indian River 26. [p. 493] Polioptila albiventris is treated as species County; a sight report for Pinellas County). separate from P. albiloris. Replace the existing Notes for P. Notes.—Formerly included subspecies approximans, albiloris with: now placed in V. pallens on the basis of vocalizations (Bond Notes.— Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered 1950, 1961, Barlow 1990), which indicate a close relation- conspecific with P. albiventris, but separated based on ship with V. pallens. differences in vocalizations (Davis 1972) and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Smith et al. 2018) that Insert the distribution for the approximans group into show that P. albiloris is paraphyletic with respect to P. the distributional statement of V. pallens, after the distri- albiventris. bution of the pallens group. Replace the existing Notes with the following: In the account for P. albiloris, delete “also disjunctly on Notes.—Groups: V. pallens [Mangrove Vireo]; V. the Yucatan Peninsula (questionably recorded also from approximans Ridgway, 1884 [Providencia Vireo]; and Cozumel Island)” from the distributional statement.

After the account for P. albiloris, insert the following Habitat.—A variety of habitats with thick shrubbery and new species account: luxuriant undergrowth, largely avoiding wetlands; in migration and in winter, also dense scrub with undergrowth. Polioptila albiventris Lawrence. Yucatan Gnatcatcher. Distribution.—Breeds from western Siberia from the Polioptila albiventris Lawrence, 1885, Annals of the New Ob River basin east through the Russian Far East to the York Academy of Sciences, 3: 273. (Temax, Yucatán, Amur River basin and Ussuriland and south to northern Mongolia and northeastern China.

Mexico.) Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Winters from southern Nepal and southwestern pen- Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest and Arid Lowland insular India; northern and eastern India including the Scrub (0–100 m; Tropical Zone). Andaman and Nicobar Islands through Indochina, rarely Distribution.—Resident on the northern Yucatan to northern Malaya, with small numbers to southern Peninsula (questionably recorded also from Cozumel Yunnan, rarely to coastal southern China. Island). Migrates through Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and Notes.—See comments under P. albiloris. coastal China. Casual in Korea, Japan, and Western Europe, including 27. [pp. 513–514] The family Leiothrichidae is Fennoscandia and Great Britain. Accidental in Sinai recognized. All species previously placed in the Timaliidae Peninsula, Egypt. are transferred to this new family, resulting in the following Accidental in western Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence changes: Island, 8–13 September 2017; photos; Rosenberg et al. 2018).

Remove the heading Family TIMALIIDAE: Babblers, 29. [p. 489] After the account for Locustella ochotensis, and the Notes under this heading, and insert the following insert the following new species account: new heading and Notes: Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf). River Warbler. Family LEIOTHRICHIDAE: Laughingthrushes Sylvia fluviatilis Wolf, 1810, in B. Meyer and Wolf, Notes.—Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) included in Taschenbuch Deutschen Vögelkunde, p. 229. (Danube, the family Timaliidae, but genetic data (Gelang et al. Austria.) 2009, Moyle et al. 2012, Cai et al. 2019) indicate that the Timaliidae consists of three deeply divergent clades, now Habitat.—Moist, low vegetation along streams and river generally recognized at the family level, following Fregin floodplains, and in wooded swamps; in migration and et al. (2012). winter, in dense undergrowth. Distribution.—Breeds from southern Sweden, central Insert the following sentence at the end of the existing Germany, eastern Austria, and northern Romania east Notes for Garrulax pectoralis, G. canorus, and Leiothrix to western Siberia east to the Irtyish River and south to lutea: See comments under Leiothrichidae. western Kazakhstan. Winters in East Africa from southeastern Kenya to 28. [p. 490] After the heading and Notes for Family northeastern South Africa. ACROCEPHALIDAE: Reed Warblers, insert the fol- Migrates through the Middle East and northeastern lowing new heading and citation: Africa, rarely west to the eastern Mediterranean. Rare or casual in Western Europe, including the British Isles. Genus ARUNDINAX Blyth Casual to Iceland and northwestern Africa. Accidental in western Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Arundinax Blyth, 1845, Journal of the Asiatic Society Island, 7 October 2017; photos; Lehman 2018). of Bengal 14: 595. Type, by monotypy, Ar[undinax] olivaceus = Muscicapa Aëdon Pallas. 30. [p. 497] After the account for Copsychus malabaricus, insert the following new heading and citation: After the heading and citation for Genus ARUNDINAX Blyth, insert the following new species account: Genus ERITHACUS Cuvier Arundinax aedon (Pallas). Thick-billed Warbler. Erithacus Cuvier, 1800, Leçons d’anatomie comparée, 1, tab. 2. Type, by monotypy, Motacilla Rubecula Linnaeus. Muscicapa Aëdon Pallas, 1776, Reise Verschiedene Provinzen Russischen Reichs 3, p. 695. (Dauria = After the heading and citation for Genus ERITHACUS southeastern Transbaikalia, eastern Siberia.) Cuvier, insert the following new species account:

Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus). European Robin. Accidental in western Alaska (Cape Nome, Seward Peninsula, 4 July–4 August 2017; Gibson et al. 2018). Motacilla Rubecula Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Notes.—Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1884) [Cyprus ed. 10, 1, p. 188. (Europe = Sweden, vide Linnaeus, Wheatear], an endemic breeder on Cyprus, was for- 1746, Fauna Svecica, no. 232.) merly treated as a subspecies of O. pleschanka. Oenanthe Habitat.—Mesic woodlands with some dense vegeta- hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758) [Black-eared Wheatear] has also been treated as a subspecies of O. pleschanka. tion and open areas; various types of forest, but also gar- Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 dens and parks. 32. [p. 507] After the heading Genus TURDUS Linnaeus, Distribution.—Breeds from Western Europe east to insert the following new species account: central Siberia in the upper Ob River basin and south to montane North Africa, Greece, Turkey, and northern Iran. Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus. Mistle Thrush. Winters in much of western and southern breeding range; withdraws from Fennoscandia and Russia. Winters Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, ed. south to around Mediterranean basin and to Kazakhstan, 10, p. 168. (Europa; restricted to Essex, England, by Iraq, and Iran. Small numbers winter to Kuwait and the Brit. Orn. Union List Comm., 1948, Ibis, p. 320; fur- northern Sahara, more rarely to Dubai. ther restricted to Berechurch, near Colchester, Essex, Resident in the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. southeastern England, by Clancey, 1950, Ibis, p. 338.) Rare visitor to Iceland (over 1,000 records). Casual to Jordan, Oman, northern Pakistan, northern India (Poonch), Habitat.—Various types of open woodlands, orchards, and Japan. Accidental on Jan Mayen. parks, gardens, forest edge, and, in some parts of range, Accidental in southeastern Pennsylvania (North Wales, almost treeless areas; in winter, to more open areas, in- Bucks County, 21 February–7 March 2015; photos; Pyle cluding fields, pastures, and farmland. et al. 2018). Previous reports (e.g, from New York City) Distribution.—Breeds from the British Isles, south- presumed to pertain to birds escaped from captivity. eastern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and much of western Russia east to eastern Siberia (Yenisei River) and north- 31. [p. 497] After the account for Oenanthe oenanthe, western China, and south to Portugal, Spain, North Africa, insert the following new species account: southern Italy and Sicily, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northern Oenanthe pleschanka (Lepechin). Pied Wheatear. India to central Nepal. Winters in much of western, southern, and Himalayan Motacilla pleschanka Lepechin, 1770, Novi Commentarii breeding range; withdraws from Poland, the Baltics, Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, 14: Fennoscandia, and Russia. Winters south to North Africa 503, pl. 14, fig. 2. (Saratov, lower Volga.) and central Israel. Habitat.—Desolate stony terrain with scattered Rare in Iceland. Casual in the Azores, Saudi Arabia, and boulders, barren mountain slopes and cliffs; sometimes Japan. also railway embankments, even settlements; also grazed Accidental in New Brunswick (Miramichi, 9 December fields and bare areas, especially in migration and winter. 2017–24 March 2018; photos; Pyle et al. 2018). Distribution.—Breeds from the Black Sea region from 33. [p. 661] After the account for Carpodacus erythrinus, eastern Romania, eastern Bulgaria, and southern Ukraine insert the following new species account: east discontinuously to Transbaikalia, southern Siberia, and eastern Mongolia, and south to eastern Turkey, northern Carpodacus roseus (Pallas). Pallas’s Rosefinch. Iran, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and northern China. Historical breeding records for the former Fringilla rosea Pallas, 1776, Reise Verschiedene Yugoslavia and Greece. Provinzen Russischen Reichs 3, p. 699. (Uda and Winters in South Yemen and northeastern Africa Selenga Rivers, Transbaikalia.) (Ethiopia and Eritrea) south to eastern Uganda, Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania. A few overwinter in Egypt. Habitat.—Northern taiga zone in conifer, birch, and Migrates through northern Pakistan and the Middle cedar forest, and alpine meadows, up to ca. 3000 m; in East, mainly east of Jordan, rarely west to Israel. winter, in deciduous woods or thickets, often around Casual in Europe (nearly annual in Great Britain), Libya, farmlands, and aspens near water. Malta, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Distribution.—Breeds from south-central Siberia from Japan. the Yenisei basin and the southeastern Altai northeast

through the Lena and Yana Rivers to about 68 degrees Delete the first sentence of the Notes under Pezopetes, north, and east to the Kolyma River and to the Sea of and delete the second sentence of the Notes under Okhotsk, south through the Sayan ranges to the Tamu-Ola Zonotrichia. Mountains, and northern Mongolia, northwest through the Stanov range, northern Hopeh, China (possibly), Rearrange the sequence of species in the Passerellidae northern Amurland, and Sakhalin. to: Winters in the southern part of the breeding range and south to northern China (to about the Yangtze River), Chlorospingus flavigularis Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 southeastern Mongolia, and central Honshu, Japan. Rare Chlorospingus canigularis west to the Tomsk region of Russia and south to north- Chlorospingus pileatus eastern Kazakhstan. Chlorospingus flavopectus Casual in the western Palearctic. Accepted records in- Chlorospingus tacarcunae clude European Russia, Ukraine, and Hungary; numerous Chlorospingus inornatus other records from northwestern Europe are treated as sus- Peucaea carpalis pect on origin (Haas et al. 2013). A record from Hong Kong Peucaea sumichrasti has also been questioned on origin (Carey et al. 2001). Peucaea ruficauda Accidental in western Alaska (St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Peucaea humeralis 20–24 September 2015; immature male; photo; Pranty et Peucaea mystacalis al. 2016, Tobish 2017, Gibson et al. 2018). Peucaea botterii Peucaea cassinii 34. [p. 600] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mito- Peucaea aestivalis chondrial DNA sequences (Klicka et al. 2014) have shown Ammodramus savannarum that Atlapetes is paraphyletic with respect to Pselliophorus. Arremonops rufivirgatus These findings result in the following changes: Arremonops chloronotus Arremonops conirostris Delete the heading Genus Ridgway PSELLIOPHORUS Amphispiza quinquestriata and the Notes under this heading, and move the citation Amphispiza bilineata for Pselliophorus into the synonymy of Atlapetes. Chondestes grammacus Calamospiza melanocorys Change Pselliophorus tibialis to Atlapetes tibialis and Spizella passerina Pselliophorus luteoviridis to Atlapetes luteoviridis, add parentheses around the authority for A. luteoviridis, make Spizella pallida the appropriate changes in generic names or abbreviations Spizella atrogularis within the existing Notes of A. luteoviridis, change the Spizella pusilla English name of A. tibialis to Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Spizella breweri and the English name of A. luteoviridis to Yellow-green Spizella wortheni Brushfinch, and change the second and third sentences Arremon costaricensis of the Notes under Atlapetes to “See comments under Arremon atricapillus Buarremon and A. tibialis.” Replace the existing Notes for Arremon aurantiirostris A. tibialis with the following: Arremon virenticeps Arremon brunneinucha Notes.—Formerly, with A. luteoviridis, included in Pselliophorus, but genetic data (Klicka et al. 2014) indi- Arremon crassirostris cate that Atlapetes as previously constituted was paraphy- Passerella iliaca letic with respect to Pselliophorus. See comments under Spizelloides arborea Atlapetes. Junco vulcani Junco insularis 35. [pp. 570–571, 600–626] Phylogenetic analyses of nu- Junco hyemalis clear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Klicka et al. 2014) Junco phaeonotus have shown that our current linear sequence of species in Junco bairdi the family Passerellidae does not reflect their evolutionary Zonotrichia capensis relationships. These findings result in the following changes: Zonotrichia leucophrys Zonotrichia atricapilla Add the following sentence to the end of the Notes under Zonotrichia querula the heading Family PASSERELLIDAE: New World Sparrows: Zonotrichia albicollis Linear sequence of species follows Klicka et al. (2014). Artemisiospiza nevadensis

Artemisiospiza belli also rejected based on uncertain origin (California Bird Oriturus superciliosus Records Committee 2007). Pooecetes gramineus Ammospiza leconteii 37. [pp. 534–537] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and Ammospiza maritima mitochondrial DNA sequences (Lovette et al. 2010) have Ammospiza nelsoni shown that species currently placed in Oreothlypis form 2 Ammospiza caudacuta deeply divergent clades consistent with long-recognized Centronyx bairdii phenotypic differences. Their findings result in the fol- Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Centronyx henslowii lowing changes: Passerculus sandwichensis After the species account for Oreothlypis gutturalis, in- Xenospiza baileyi sert the following heading, citation, and Notes: Melospiza melodia Melospiza lincolnii Melospiza georgiana Genus LEIOTHLYPIS Sangster Pezopetes capitalis Torreornis inexpectata Leiothlypis Sangster, 2008, Bulletin of the British Melozone kieneri Ornithologists’ Club 128: 210. Type, by original desig- Melozone fusca nation, Sylvia peregrina Wilson. Melozone albicollis Notes.—Formerly considered part of Vermivora (e.g., Melozone aberti AOU 1983, 1998) or Oreothlypis (Chesser et al. 2009), but Melozone crissalis treated as separate (e.g., as in Remsen et al. 2019) on the Melozone leucotis basis of genetic data (Lovette et al. 2010) that indicate that Melozone biarcuata species in Oreothlypis form two deeply divergent clades Melozone cabanisi consistent with long-recognized phenotypic differences, Aimophila rufescens and that species in Leiothlypis are not closely related to Aimophila ruficeps Vermivora sensu stricto. Linear sequence of species follows Aimophila notosticta Lovette et al. (2010). Pipilo chlorurus Pipilo maculatus Change the generic names of Oreothlypis peregrina, O. Pipilo erythrophthalmus celata, O. crissalis, O. luciae, O. ruficapilla, and O. virginiae Pipilo ocai to Leiothlypis; make the appropriate changes in generic Atlapetes pileatus names or abbreviations within the existing Notes; and place Atlapetes albinucha the accounts for these species under the heading and Notes Atlapetes tibialis for Leiothlypis. In the Notes under each species, change Atlapetes luteoviridis “Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) placed in the genus Vermivora; see comments under Oreothlypis” to “Formerly placed in 36. [p. 655] Records of Icterus abeillei in the United States Vermivora (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) or in Oreothlypis (Chesser are treated as likely pertaining to a naturally occurring va- et al. 2009); see comments under Leiothlypis”. grant. Add the following new paragraph to the end of the distributional statement: Change the Notes under the heading Genus Accidental in Pennsylvania (adult male at Reading, OREOTHLYPIS Ridgway to: Berks County, 26 January–10 April 2017; photos; Slater Notes.—Molecular studies (Avise et al. 1980, Lovette 2018), Massachusetts (Sutton, Worcester County, 7–8 and Bermingham 2002, Klein et al. 2004, Lovette and May 2017; photos; likely the same bird fide Pyle et al. Hochachka 2006, Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that 2018), and Connecticut (Stamford, Fairfield County, 14 gutturalis and superciliosa are not closely related to the May 2017; Pyle et al. 2018). This bird was accepted by 2 species, Setophaga americana and S. pitiayumi, with the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee and which they were formerly grouped in the genus Parula. See the ABA Checklist Committee (Pyle et al. 2018), but the comments under Leiothlypis. Massachusetts Avian Records Committee rejected their record on grounds of provenance (Williams and Trimble Change the Notes under the heading Genus 2018). Previous reports from southern California were VERMIVORA Swainson to:

Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) included six 40. [pp. 586–588, 594–595] Phylogenetic analyses of species (peregrina, celata, ruficapilla, virginiae, crissalis, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Burns et al. and luciae) now placed in Leiothlypis. See comments under 2014) have shown that generic limits in the Thraupidae Leiothlypis. do not accurately reflect their evolutionary relationships. These findings result in the following changes: 38. [p. 636] Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences (Bryson et al. 2014) have After the species account for Paroaria capitata, insert shown that Cyanocompsa is paraphyletic with respect to the following heading, citation, and Notes: Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Cyanoloxia. After the species account for Amaurospiza concolor, insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: Genus IXOTHRAUPIS Bonaparte Ixothraupis Bonaparte, 1851, Revue et magasin de Genus CYANOLOXIA Bonaparte zoologie pure et appliquée, p. 143. Type, by sub- Cyanoloxia Bonaparte, 1850, Conspectus Generum sequent designation (G. R. Gray 1855), Tanagra Avium 1, p. 502. Type, by subsequent designation punctata Linnaeus. (Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. Zool. Ser., Notes.—Formerly synonymized with Tangara, but ge- 13, pt. 11, p. 105), Pyrrhula glauco-caerulea d’Orbigny netic data (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that Tangara as and Lafresnaye. previously constituted was paraphyletic with respect to Thraupis, and that species placed in Ixothraupis are not Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered part of Cyanocompsa, but now treated as separate on the Tangara sensu stricto. basis of genetic data (Bryson et al. 2014) that indicate that Cyanocompsa as previously constituted was not monophy- Change Tangara guttata to Ixothraupis guttata, place letic and that species of Cyanoloxia are not Cyanocompsa the account for this species under the heading and Notes sensu stricto. for Ixothraupis, and change the second sentence of the existing Notes to: See comments under Chlorothraupis Change Cyanocompsa cyanoides to Cyanoloxia olivacea and Ixothraupis. cyanoides and place the account for this species under the heading and Notes for Cyanoloxia. After the species account for Ixothraupis guttata, insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: After the heading and citation for Genus CYANOCOMPSA Cabanis, change the Notes to: Notes.—Species in Cyanocompsa and Cyanoloxia are Genus POECILOSTREPTUS Burns et al. sometimes placed in Passerina (Phillips et al. 1964, Paynter Poecilostreptus Burns, Unitt, and Mason, 2016, Zootaxa and Storer 1970). See comments under Cyanoloxia. 4088: 343. Type, by original designation, Calospiza 39. [p. 636] Extralimital species Cyanoloxia rothschildii palmeri Hellmayr. is separated from C. cyanoides. In the species account Notes.—Species in Poecilostreptus were formerly placed for C. cyanoides, change the distributional statement and in Tangara, but genetic data (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that Notes to: Tangara as previously constituted was paraphyletic with Distribution.—Resident from southern Veracruz, respect to Thraupis, and that Poecilostreptus palmeri is northern Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, southern Campeche, not closely related to Tangara sensu stricto. Poecilostreptus and southern Quintana Roo south on the Gulf-Caribbean cabanisi was not included in Burns et al. (2014) but is slope of Central America to Nicaragua, on both slopes of presumed to be sister to P. palmeri based on similarities in Costa Rica (except the dry northwest) and Panama, and in plumage, habitat, and voice (Isler and Isler 1999). South America, west of the Andes, from northern Venezuela and northern Colombia south to extreme northwestern Peru. Change Tangara palmeri to Poecilostreptus palmeri Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with C. and Tangara cabanisi to Poecilostreptus cabanisi, rothschildii (Bartlett, 1890) [Amazonian Grosbeak] but place the accounts for these species in this sequence separated based on differences in plumage, morphomet- under the heading and Notes for Poecilostreptus, and rics, vocalizations, and genetics (Bryson et al. 2014, García insert the following Notes at the end of the species ac- et al. 2016), following Remsen et al. (2019). Formerly (e.g., count for P. palmeri and at the end of the existing Notes AOU 1983, 1998) included in Cyanocompsa. See comments for P. cabanisi: under Cyanocompsa. Notes.—See comments under Poecilostreptus.

After the species account for Thraupis palmarum, insert Chaetocercus, transfer Hoploxypterus cayanus to Vanellus, the following heading, citation, and Notes: change the English name of Pterodroma defilippiana to Masatierra Petrel, transfer Parus varius to Sittiparus and Genus STILPNIA Burns et al. add parentheses around the authority for this species, Stilpnia Burns, Unitt, and Mason, 2016, Zootaxa 4088: change Garrulax caerulatus to Ianthocincla caerulata, 343. Type, by original designation, Aglaia cyanoptera and change the English name of Acridotheres javanicus to Javan Myna.

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Notes.—Species in Stilpnia were formerly placed in 42. [p. 688] Delete the account for Phalacrocorax Tangara, but genetic data (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that kenyoni, which is a junior synonym of P. pelagicus (Rohwer Tangara is paraphyletic with respect to Thraupis, and et al. 2000), from the Appendix. that these species are not closely related to Tangara sensu 43. [p. 690] Delete the account for Circus aeruginosus stricto. from the Appendix. This species was moved to the main Change Tangara larvata to Stilpnia larvata and list in Banks et al. (2005) but had not been removed from Tangara cucullata to Stilpnia cucullata, place the the Appendix. accounts for these species in this sequence under the heading and Notes for Stilpnia, delete “; they constitute a 44. [p. 694] Delete the accounts for Coccyzus pumilus superspecies (Storer 1969)” from the existing Notes for S. and Coccyzus lansbergi from the Appendix. larvata, and add the following to the end of the existing 45. [p. 694] Before the account for Phaethornis yaruqui Notes for both species: See comments under Stilpnia. in the Appendix (part 1), insert the following new account:

At the end of the Notes under Genus TANGARA Apus nipalensis (Hodgson). House Swift. Brisson, add the following sentence: See Notes under Ixothraupis, Poecilostreptus, and Stilpnia. Cypselus Nipalensis Hodgson, 1836, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 780. (Central region of Nepal.) After the species account for Loxipasser anoxanthus, insert the following heading, citation, and Notes: A partially desiccated carcass of this largely resident Asian species was found at the Global Container Terminal Genus PHONIPARA Bonaparte at Deltaport, Ladner, British Columbia, on 18 May 2012 Phonipara Bonaparte, 1850, Comptes rendus de (Szabo et al. 2017). The origin of this individual is question- l’Académie des Sciences [Paris] 31(12): 424. Type, by able, and it may well have died on a trans-Pacific container subsequent designation, Loxia canora Gmelin. ship before entering North American waters (Hentze 2018, Pyle et al. 2018). Notes.—See comments under Phonipara canora. 46. [p. 697] Before the account for Acridotheres Change Tiaris canorus to Phonipara canora, place the cristatellus in the Appendix (part 1), insert the following account for this species under the heading and Notes for new account: Phonipara, and insert the following at the beginning of the Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck). White-cheeked existing Notes for this species: Starling. Notes.—Formerly placed in Tiaris, but genetic data (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that P. canora is more closely Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, 1835, Nouveau recueil de related to a clade consisting largely of a variety of finches, planches coloriées, livr. 94, pl. 556. (Japan.) including Darwin’s finches, than to Tiaris sensu stricto. An individual of this migratory Asian species was pre- Change Tiaris bicolor to Melanospiza bicolor, move sent at Tofino, British Columbia, 27–29 April 2016 (Hentze the account for this species to follow the heading and ci- 2018, Pyle et al. 2018). Photographs of the bird seem to tation for Genus MELANOSPIZA Ridgway, and insert the show that it was missing a right hind toe, suggesting that following Notes at the end of the species account: the bird had been in captivity (Pyle et al. 2018). Another Notes.—Formerly placed in Tiaris, but genetic data individual of this species, believed to have arrived on a ship (Burns et al. 2014) indicate that it is sister to Melanospiza from Japan, was present at Homer Spit, Alaska, 1–6 June richardsoni. 1998 (Pyle et al. 2018).

41. [pp. 685–698] Update the scientific and English 47. [p. 698] After the account for Lagonosticta names of species in the Appendix to conform to current rubricata in the Appendix (part 1), insert the following general usage, as follows: transfer Acestrura heliodor to new account: The Auk: Ornithological Advances XX:1–23, © 2019 American Ornithological Society R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Check-list supplement 17

Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus). White-winged Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus). Demoiselle Crane. Snowfinch. Grus monacha Temminck. Hooded Crane. Vanellus cayanus (Latham). Pied Lapwing. Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus, 1766, Systema Naturae, ed. Charadrius pecuarius Temminck. Kittlitz’s Plover. 12, p. 321. (Switzerland.) Gallinago media (Latham). Great Snipe. An individual of this Eurasian species was trapped west Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte. Chilean Skua. Cepphus carbo Pallas. Spectacled Guillemot. of Havana, Cuba, on 12 February 2014, and kept alive for 2 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 months until it died (Castaneda et al. 2017). The individual Chroicocephalus genei Brème. Slender-billed Gull. was stated to be in “prebasic plumage” when trapped, but Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Stevens. Silver Gull. had molted into “definite basic plumage” by the time it had Sterna sumatrana Raffles. Black-naped Tern. died; photos were included in the publication. Although Sterna trudeaui Audubon. Snowy-crowned Tern. Castaneda et al. (2017) considered the bird to have arrived Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall. Galapagos Penguin. in Cuba through natural vagrancy, Cuba abounds with birds Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster). Gray-headed in captivity and it seems much more likely that an indi- Albatross. vidual of this high-elevation Eurasian species escaped from Oceanites gracilis (Elliot). Elliot’s Storm-Petrel. captivity. Moreover, the molt pattern and timing seem in- Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot). White-bellied Storm-Petrel. consistent with those of a wild passerine of the north tem- Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin). Southern Giant-Petrel. perate zone. Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith). Southern Fulmar. Daption capense (Linnaeus). Cape Petrel. 48. [pp. 698–700] Add English names for 3 species in the Pterodroma alba (Gmelin). Phoenix Petrel. Appendix (part 2), following Audubon (1838) and Hume Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli and Salvadori). (2017): Masatierra Petrel. Procellaria cinerea Gmelin. Gray Petrel. Anas breweri Audubon. Brewer’s Duck. Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus). White Stork. Lophortyx leucoprosopon Reichenow. Reichenow’s Quail. Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas. Pallas’s Cormorant. Thaumatias lerdi d’Oca. Lerdo’s Hummingbird. Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson). Guanay Cormorant. 49. [pp. 685–703] Change the linear sequence of species Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson and Garnot). Red- in the Appendix to conform to the linear sequence of non- legged Cormorant. passerine orders adopted for the main list in Chesser et al. Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham). Sacred Ibis. (2016), and to the current linear sequences within orders, Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin). Booted Eagle. as follows: Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus). Eurasian Sparrowhawk. Part 1. Species reported from the A.O.S. Check-list Geranoaetus polyosoma (Quoy and Gaimard). Variable area with insufficient evidence for placement on the Hawk. main list. Buteo buteo (Linnaeus). Common Buzzard. Ramphastos brevis Meyer de Schauensee. Choco Toucan. Anser indicus Latham. Bar-headed Goose. Forpus xanthopterygius (Spix). Blue-winged Parrotlet. Branta ruficollis (Pallas). Red-breasted Goose. Brotogeris chiriri (Vieillot). Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. Aix galericulata (Linnaeus). Mandarin Duck. Amazona amazonica (Linnaeus). Orange-winged Parrot. Netta rufina (Pallas). Red-crested Pochard. Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw). Budgerigar. Aythya baeri (Radde). Baer’s Pochard. Thamnophilus multistriatus Lafresnaye. Bar-crested Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt). Ferruginous Duck. Antshrike. Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina. Chilean Flamingo. Urocissa erythrorhyncha (Boddaert). Red-billed Apus nipalensis (Hodgson). House Swift. Blue-Magpie. Phaethornis yaruqui (Bourcier). White-whiskered Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus). Calandra Lark. Hermit. Tachycineta albiventer (Boddaert). White-winged Swallow. Anthracothorax viridigula (Boddaert). Green- throated Parus major Linnaeus. Great Tit. Mango. Sittiparus varius (Temminck and Schlegel). Varied Tit. Chaetocercus heliodor (Bourcier). Gorgeted Woodstar. Ianthocincla caerulata (Hodgson). Gray-sided Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus). Blue-tailed Laughingthrush. Emerald. Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus). Oriental Magpie-Robin. Amazilia brevirostris (Lesson). White-chested Emerald. Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus). Blue Rock Thrush. Amazilia tobaci (Gmelin). Copper-rumped Hummingbird. Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus). Whinchat.

Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck). White-cheeked Vermivora lawrencii (Herrick). Lawrence’s Warbler. Starling. Vermivora leucobronchialis (Brewster). Brewster’s Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus). Crested Myna. Warbler. Acridotheres javanicus Cabanis. Javan Myna. Helminthophaga cincinnatiensis Langdon. Cincinnati Gracula religiosa Linnaeus. Common Hill-Myna. Warbler. Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein). African Firefinch. Dendroica potomac Haller. Sutton’s Warbler. Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus). White-winged Sylvia carbonata Audubon. Carbonated Warbler. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Snowfinch. Sylvia montana Wilson. Blue Mountain Warbler. Euphonia mesochrysa Salvadori. Bronze-green Euphonia. Sylvania microcephala Ridgway. Small-headed Chloris chloris (Linnaeus). European Greenfinch. Flycatcher. Spinus magellanicus (Vieillot). Hooded Siskin. Emberiza townsendii Audubon. Townsend’s Bunting. Icterus nigrogularis (Hahn). Yellow Oriole. [pp. 705 ff.] Make the following changes to the list of Piranga rubriceps Gray. Red-hooded Tanager. 50. French names of North American birds: Sporophila angolensis (Linnaeus). Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch. Insert the following names in the proper position as in- Sporophila bouvronides (Lesson). Lesson’s Seedeater. dicated by the text of this supplement: Melanitta deglandi Macreuse à ailes blanches Part 2. Forms of doubtful status or of hybrid origin that Melanitta stejnegeri Macreuse de Sibérie have been given a formal scientific name. Pternistis erckelii Francolin d’Erckel Paraclaravis mondetoura Colombe mondétour Anas breweri Audubon. Brewer’s Duck. Coccycua pumila Piaye nain Lophortyx leucoprosopon Reichenow. Reichenow’s Quail. Coccyzus lansbergi Coulicou à tête grise Oenoenas chiriquensis Ridgway. Chiriqui Pigeon. Nesophlox evelynae Colibri des Bahamas Zenaida plumbea Gosse. Plumbeous Dove. Nesophlox lyrura Colibri d’Inagua Phasmornis mystica Oberholser. Chisos Hummingbird. Amazilia hoffmanni Ariane de Hoffmann Trochilus violajugulum Jeffries. Violet-throated Hydrobates furcatus Océanite à queue fourchue Hummingbird. Hydrobates hornbyi Océanite de Hornby Selasphorus floresii Gould. Floresi’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates monorhis Océanite de Swinhoe Cyanomyia salvini Brewster. Salvin’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates leucorhous Océanite cul-blanc Amazilia bangsi Ridgway. Bangs’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates socorroensis Océanite de Townsend Amazilia alfaroana Underwood. Alfaro’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates cheimomnestes Océanite d’Ainley Amazilia ocai Gould. d’Oca’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates homochroa Océanite cendré Thaumatias lerdi d’Oca. Lerdo’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates castro Océanite de Castro Saucerottia florenceae van Rossem and Hachisuka. Hydrobates tethys Océanite téthys Florence’s Hummingbird. Hydrobates melania Océanite noir Calidris paramelanotos Parker. Cox’s Sandpiper. Hydrobates macrodactylus Océanite de Guadalupe Tringa cooperi Baird. Cooper’s Sandpiper. Hydrobates markhami Océanite de Markham Larus nelsoni Henshaw. Nelson’s Gull. Hydrobates tristrami Océanite de Tristram Celeus immaculatus Berlepsch. Immaculate Woodpecker. Hydrobates microsoma Océanite minute Conurus labati Rothschild. Guadeloupe Parakeet. Pterodroma gouldi Pétrel à face grise Anodorhynchus martinicus Rothschild. Martinique Megascops centralis Petit-duc du Choco Macaw. Psittacara brevipes Conure de Socorro Anodorhynchus purpurascens Rothschild. Guadeloupe Polioptila albiventris Gobemoucheron du Yucatan Violet Macaw. LEIOTHRICHIDAE Ara atwoodi Clark. Dominican Macaw. Arundinax aedon Rousserolle à gros bec Ara erythrocephalus Rothschild. Red-headed Green Locustella fluviatilis Locustelle fluviatile Macaw. Erithacus rubecula Rougegorge familier Ara erythrurus Rothschild. Red-tailed Macaw. Oenanthe pleschanka Traquet pie Ara gossei Rothschild. Yellow-headed Macaw. Turdus viscivorus Grive draine Ara guadeloupensis Clark. Guadeloupe Macaw. Carpodacus roseus Roselin rose Vireosylva propinqua Baird. Vera Paz Vireo. Atlapetes tibialis Tohi à cuisses jaunes Regulus cuvieri Audubon. Cuvier’s Kinglet. Atlapetes luteoviridis Tohi jaune-vert Aegiothus brewsterii Ridgway. Brewster’s Linnet. Leiothlypis peregrina Paruline obscure

Leiothlypis celata Paruline verdâtre Oreothlypis crissalis Paruline de Colima Leiothlypis crissalis Paruline de Colima Oreothlypis luciae Paruline de Lucy Leiothlypis luciae Paruline de Lucy Oreothlypis ruficapilla Paruline à joues grises Leiothlypis ruficapilla Paruline à joues grises Oreothlypis virginiae Paruline de Virginia Leiothlypis virginiae Paruline de Virginia Cyanocompsa cyanoides Évêque bleu-noir Cyanoloxia cyanoides Évêque bleu-noir Tangara palmeri Calliste or-gris Ixothraupis guttata Calliste tiqueté Tangara cabanisi Calliste azuré Poecilostreptus palmeri Calliste or-gris Tangara cucullata Calliste dos-bleu Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz042/5522257 by guest on 22 July 2019 Poecilostreptus cabanisi Calliste azuré Tangara larvata Calliste à coiffe d’or Stilpnia larvata Calliste à coiffe d’or Tangara guttata Calliste tiqueté Stilpnia cucullata Calliste dos-bleu Tiaris canorus Sporophile petit-chanteur Phonipara canora Sporophile petit-chanteur Tiaris bicolor Sporophile cici Melanospiza bicolor Cici verdinère in APPENDIX (Part 1) in APPENDIX (Part 1) Coccyzus pumilus Coulicou nain Apus nipalensis Martinet malais Coccyzus lansbergi Coulicou à tête grise Chaetocercus heliodor Colibri d’Héliodore Acestrura heliodor Colibri héliodore Vanellus cayanus Vanneau de Cayenne Hoploxypterus cayanus Vanneau de Cayenne Stercorarius chilensis Labbe du Chili Catharacta chilensis Labbe du Chili Melopsittacus undulatus Perruche ondulée Phalacrocorax kenyoni Cormoran de Kenyon Sittiparus varius Mésange variée Parus varius Mésange variée Ianthocincla caerulata Garrulaxe à flancs gris Garrulax caerulatus Garrulaxe à flancs gris Spodiopsar cineraceus Étourneau gris Acridotheres javanicus Martin à ventre blanc Acridotheres javanicus Martin de Java Montifringilla nivalis Niverolle alpine Correct the spelling of Phylloscopus examinandus Pouillot du Kamchatka to Pouillot du Kamtchatka. Delete the following names: Change the sequence of species in the families Francolinus erckelii Francolin d’Erckel CUCULIDAE, CHARADRIIDAE, FREGATIDAE, Claravis mondetoura Colombe mondétour HIRUNDINIDAE, and PASSERELLIDAE as indicated by Calliphlox evelynae Colibri des Bahamas the text of this supplement. Calliphlox lyrura Colibri d’Inagua Amazilia saucerottei Ariane de Sophie Change the sequence of species in APPENDIX (Part 1 Oceanodroma furcata Océanite à queue fourchue and Part 2) as indicated by the text of this supplement. Oceanodroma hornbyi Océanite de Hornby Proposals considered but not accepted by the Oceanodroma monorhis Océanite de Swinhoe Committee included transfer of Orinoco Goose Neochen Oceanodroma leucorhoa Océanite cul-blanc jubata to Oressochen, transfer of subspecies cabanidis Oceanodroma socorroensis Océanite de Townsend from Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus to Mexican Oceanodroma cheimomnestes Océanite d’Ainley Violetear C. thalassinus, deletion of the hyphen in the Oceanodroma homochroa Océanite cendré English group name Mountain-gem, separation of Oceanodroma castro Océanite de Castro Fulmarus rodgersii from Northern Fulmar F. glacialis, Oceanodroma tethys Océanite téthys separation of Buteo harlani from Red-tailed Hawk B. Oceanodroma melania Océanite noir jamaicensis, separation of Megascops vermiculatus from Oceanodroma macrodactyla Océanite de Guadalupe Middle American Screech-Owl M. guatemalae, separa- Oceanodroma markhami Océanite de Markham tion of Pharomachrus costaricensis from Resplendent Oceanodroma tristrami Océanite de Tristram Quetzal P. mocinno, change of the scientific name of sub- Oceanodroma microsoma Océanite minute species cafer of Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus, sep- Pterodroma macroptera Pétrel noir aration of Garrulax taewanus from Hwamei G. canorus, Trogon aurantiiventris Trogon à ventre orange change of the English name of McCown’s Longspur Melopsittacus undulatus Perruche ondulée Rhynchophanes mccownii, change of the English name TIMALIIDAE of Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta, merger Pselliophorus tibialis Tohi à cuisses jaunes of Melozone into Aimophila, transfer of Blue Bunting Pselliophorus luteoviridis Tohi jaune-vert Cyanocompsa parellina to Passerina, and discontinua- Oreothlypis peregrina Paruline obscure tion of use of the possessive in patronymic English bird Oreothlypis celata Paruline verdâtre names.

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