Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American Birds

!e Auk 127(3):726 744, 2010 !e American Ornithologists’ Union, 2010. Printed in USA.

FIFTY-FIRST 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

!is is the th supplement since publication of the seventh (T. troglodytes) and from each other; () 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] ). It summarizes decisions made questriata) are transferred to currently recognized genera; () five between  January  and  March  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. !e Committee has continued to operate in the man- changes to  scientific names; () a new scientific name (Vermi- ner outlined in the nd Supplement (AOU ). !ere were no vora cyanoptera) is adopted for one species because of a nomencla- changes to committee membership in . tural problem with the previous scientific name (V. pinus); () the citation for one species (Dendroica pinus) is changed; () the end- Changes in this supplement include the following: () 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; () 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; () 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 () two species (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus extralimital species; () three species are changed (to Melanitta and !ryothorus 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; () 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; () 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

12!e 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]

!e Auk, Vol. , Number , pages  . ISSN -, electronic ISSN -.  by !e 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.....

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orders, and  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 !reskiornithidae) 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. !e 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 !e 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 !e 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 ,. 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) 728 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

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 JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 729

Move Cettia diphone to follow the newly inserted Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe). Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel. CETTIIDAE. !alassidroma monorhis Swinhoe, , Ibis, p. . (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  August  (O’Brien et al. ) and on  June  (Howell Rearrange the species remaining in Pipilo to the following and Patteson , Patteson et al. ). Another was seen off Or- sequence: egon Inlet, North Carolina, on  August  (Brinkley ). Pipilo ocai Video of a “dark-rumped” storm-petrel thought to be this species Pipilo chlorurus was obtained off Kodiak, Alaska, on  August ; 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 ) on Rearrange the species remaining in Aimophila to the follow- the basis of the  record. Clarification of the status of this ing sequence: species in the eastern North Atlantic (Flood ) and the ex- Aimophila rufescens cellent photographic documentation of the  individual Aimophila ruficeps warrant adding the species to the main list; see also Pranty et al. Aimophila notosticta (). !e relationship of O. monorhis to other “dark-rumped” storm-petrels is uncertain (Dawson ). Palmer () treated Change the sequence of genera from Atlapetes to Aimophila it as a subspecies of O. leucorhoa, whereas Sibley and Monroe to: () 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 ), although Mayr and Short Melozone () 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. . 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. . 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 a, Sibley and Monroe (Kennedy and Spencer , Ericson et al. , Hackett et al. , Carboneras , Dudley et al. ). Change Notes to read: ). Formerly known as Greater Shearwater (e.g., AOU , ), 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. . Before the account for Oceanodroma leucorhoa, insert heading from pp. – to a position following this newly in- the following new account: serted order. 730 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

p. . Change the heading Order PELECANIFORMES: To- been treated as a separate species (Marchant and Higgins b). 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. . Change the head- p. . 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. – to a position following the Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, . Syst. Nat. (ed. ), :. newly changed suborder. Move the headings Suborder ARDEAE: (“in Oriente”; restricted to France by Stresemann, , Avifauna Herons, Bitterns, and Allies, and Family ARDEIDAE: Herons, Macedonica, p. .) Bitterns, and Allies, and the genera and species accounts included under these headings, from pp. – 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. – 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. , Ericson et al. , Casual in the Lesser Antilles (Barbados;  November Hackett et al. ). Families Balaenicipitidae, Scopidae (both – April , photograph;  December – January outside of the AOU area), Ardeidae, and !reskiornithidae, all tra- , photograph; ca. – September , sight report; Buck- ditionally placed in the Ciconiiformes, are more closely related to ley et al. ). the Pelecanidae than are other groups traditionally placed in the Pelecaniformes. p. . Before the account for Platalea ajaja, known as Ajaia ajaja until the rd Supplement (Banks et al. ), insert the fol- p. . 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, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ), Ardea minuta Linnaeus, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ), :. (“Hel- p. ; based on “!e Spoonbill” of Albin, , Nat. Hist. Birds vetia, Aleppo”; restricted to Switzerland by Vaurie, , Birds Pal. :, pl. . (Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, , Fauna Fauna, Non-Pass., p. .) Svecica, ed. , p. .)

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; – December Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, Japan, and southeastern Asia. , photograph; Buckley et al. ). Casual in the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbados). Notes.—!e isolated subspecies in Australia (dubius) dif- Accidental in western Greenland (specimen,  October ; fers vocally from the European and African subspecies (Rasmus- Boertmann ). sen and Anderton ) and may be a separate species. !e New Notes.—Also known by the English names European Spoon- Zealand subspecies, novaezelandiae, now considered extinct, has bill, White Spoonbill, Common Spoonbill, and Spoonbill. JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 731

p. . 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. , Ericson et al. , Hackett et al. ). 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. , Griffiths et al. , Hackett et al. ). Some morpho- Change the Notes under the new heading to: See comments under logical data (Jollie –) 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. . 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. – and – Order SULIFORMES: Frigatebirds, Boobies,  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. , and delete the heading Suborder sisting of the Pelecanidae and several families traditionally placed FALCONES: Caracaras and Falcons from p. . in the Ciconiiformes (Van Tuinen et al. , Ericson et al. , Hackett et al. ). pp. –. 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. – to a position following the newly inserted dae (AOU ), the Osprey is returned to family status because of order. its genetic and morphological distinctiveness (Helbig et al. , Lerner and Mindell , Ericson et al. , Griffiths et al. , After the account for Fregata ariel, insert the heading Subor- Hackett et al. ). 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. – to a position following the account for Sarcoram- and the included genera and species from pp. – and – to phus papa. a position following the newly inserted suborder. pp. –. After the account for Falco mexicanus, insert the p. . 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, , in Swainson and Rich- previously considered part of the Gruiformes, form a relatively ardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana,  ():. (Hudson Bay.) ancient lineage not closely related to any other group of extant birds (Fain and Houde , Ericson et al. , Hackett et al. Change the Distribution by removing the term “[americana ). Morphological data (Livezey and Zusi ) 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, ) [Black Scoter] of Eurasia, but separated on the basis of courtship Move the heading Family EURYPYGIDAE: Sunbitterns and the calls (Sangster ) 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. ).  to a position following the newly inserted order.

p. . Before the heading FALCONIFORMES, insert the p. . Before the account for Glareola maldivarum, insert heading: the following new account: 732 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus). Collared Pratincole. Reports from northwestern California, northwestern Mon- tana, and central Colorado may represent this species but require Hirundo Pratincola Linnaeus, , Syst. Nat., (ed. ) :. confirmation. (Shores of southern Europe and in Austria; restricted to Austria, Notes.—See comments under C. vociferus. B.O.U. .) p. . 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. ). 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, , Proc. Zool. Soc. Migratory Eurasian populations winter mainly in Africa London (), p. . (Lion Hill, Canal Zone, Panama.) north of the Equator. Rare or casual in central and northern Europe, including the Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest (–, 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;  November the Eastern Andes) and Ecuador west of the Andes. – June , photograph; Buckley et al. ). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with T. viridis Lin- naeus,  [Green-backed Trogon] but considered a separate p. . 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 ) 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 ). winter in mixed and evergreen forests and woodland (Tropical to Temperate zones). Distribution is as for vociferus group, except: pp. –. 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. ). 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. , Cink ) and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Han et al. ); the Trogon caligatus Gould, , Monogr. Trogonidae, pt. , pl. two species also differ in morphology (Phillips et al. , Cink [] and text [ pl.  of volume]. (No type locality, but plate agrees ) and egg pigmentation (Phillips et al. ). 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 (–, m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae Brewster, , Bull. Nuttall Distribution.—Resident in Mexico from San Luis Potosí, Orn. Club :. (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 (,–, m; northwestern Peru. locally to  m in winter; Subtropical and Temperate zones). Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with T. violaceus Distribution.—Breeds in the mountains of southern Cali- Gmelin,  [Violaceous Trogon] but separated on the basis of fornia (probably in San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and differences in vocalizations (Ridgely and Greenfield ) 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 ). Mexico, and extreme western Texas south through the highlands of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador to Honduras, also (probably) p. . !e 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. ). 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 JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 733

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.  [Ecuadorian Trogon] of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru but separated on the basis of differences in vocalizations p. . A record of the Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Empidono- (Ridgely and Greenfield ) 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 ). (). !is species was added to the list in the th supplement (Chesser et al. ). After the paragraph detailing the Panama p. . 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.  to replace the heading eron Parish,  June ; Conover and Myers ). Subfamily RAMPHASTINAE: Toucans. Change the Notes under this heading to read: See comments under Semnornithidae. pp. –. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and Change the heading Subfamily CAPITONINAE: New World Bar- nuclear DNA sequences (Ohlson et al. ) 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 genus Lipaugus, previously considered ing Family SEMNORNITHIDAE: Toucan-Barbets, insert the incertae sedis, is a member of the Cotingidae. !eir phylogenetic following: conclusions result in a new sequence of genera, as follows: Notes.—Genetic data (Barker and Lanyon , Moyle ) 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. . After the account for Elaenia flavogaster, insert the the following: following new account: Notes.—Sequence of genera follows Ohlson et al. ().

Elaenia albiceps (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye). White-crested p. . !roughout the account for Vireo gilvus, change the Elaenia. spelling of swainsonii to swainsoni. !is follows the ﬁnding of David et al. () that the latter is the correct spelling under M[uscipeta] albiceps d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, , Mag. Article .. of the Code (International Commission on Zoologi- Zool. [Paris], , cl. , p. . (part, Yungas, Bolivia; types from Yun- cal Nomenclature ). gas, Bolivia, ﬁde Hellmayr, , Novit. Zool. :.) pp. –. !e genus Psilorhinus, 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 (–, 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, , Mus. Senckenb. ():. 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 ; AOU , ), but now treated as separate on the basis of to Ecuador, a few to Amazonia and eastern Brazil, possibly eastern genetic (Saunders and Edwards , Bonaccorso and Peterson Colombia; chilensis group is highly migratory. ) and morphological (Sutton and Gilbert ) 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 (– February ; photos, spectrograms of calls; PSILORHINUS Rüppell and its citation and Notes. Reid and Jones ). Notes.—Vocalizations indicate that multiple species are pp. –. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nu- likely involved, as do the genetic data of Rheindt et al. (), who clear DNA sequences (Bonaccorso and Peterson ) has shown 734 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

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. !eir 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, , Syst. Nat. ():. Cyanocorax Based on the “Sandwich Fly-catcher” Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds Gymnorhinus ():. (in insulis Sandwich Hawaii.) Cyanocitta Turdus sandwichensis Gmelin, , Syst. Nat. ():. Based Aphelocoma on the “Sandwich !rush” Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds ():. Sub- jective synonym of Muscicapa sandwichensis Gmelin, ; see Under the heading Family CORVIDAE: Crows and Jays on Olson, , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. :–. p. , insert the following: Notes.—Sequence of New World genera of jays follows Bonaccorso and Peterson (). Habitat.—Lowland and montane wet, mesic, and dry forest, primarily in areas dominated by native vegetation. pp. –. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nu- Distribution.—Resident on the island of Hawaii in the Hawai- clear DNA sequences (Bonaccorso ) 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 ); morphology, ecology, and behavior (Pratt et al. , Conant et al. , VanderWerf ); and Cyanolyca pumilo mtDNA (VanderWerf et al. ). Cyanolyca argentigula Cyanolyca mirabilis p. . Records of the Sinaloa Wren, !ryothorus 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,  Au- Under the heading Genus CYANOLYCA Cabanis, insert the gust  through August , Brown and Baxter , photo; following: near Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, – April  [North Notes.—Sequence of species derived from phylogenetic data American Birds :, photo]). in Bonaccorso (). p. . Troglodytes pacificus and T. hiemalis are separated from pp. –. 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, , Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Troglodytes hyemalis, var. paciﬁcus Baird, , Rev. Amer. :–. (Kauai, Hawaiian Islands.) Birds :. (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, , Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. :– western slope of the central Sierra Nevada), northeastern Oregon, . (Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.) central Idaho, northern Utah, western Montana, and southwest- Chasiempis gayi Wilson, , Proc. Zool. Soc. London, ern Alberta. Reports of singing birds in northern Arizona, northern pp. –. 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 JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 735

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.  to follow this newly inserted Accidental in northern Alaska (Point Barrow). family. Notes.—Formerly included in T. troglodytes (Linnaeus ) [Eurasian Wren], but here considered specifically distinct on the After the account for Cettia diphone, insert the heading: basis of differences in vocalizations (Kroodsma , Hejl et al. ) and mitochondrial DNA (Drovetski et al. ). Formerly Family PHYLLOSCOPIDAE: Leaf Warblers considered conspecific with T. 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 ). Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae.

Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot. Winter Wren. Move Genus PHYLLOSCOPUS Boie, its citation, and its included species from pp. – to follow this newly inserted family. Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot, , Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., :. (Nova Scotia and New York; restricted to Nova Change the heading Family SYLVIIDAE: Old World War- Scotia by Oberholser, , Auk :.) 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.  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.—!e 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 ). Results of several genetic studies (Cibois , northern Ontario, central Quebec, extreme southern Labrador, Barker , Barker et al. , Alström et al. , Johansson et al. and Newfoundland south to southeastern Manitoba, north- , Fregin et al. , Gelang et al. ) indicated that the former central and northeastern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, central Sylviidae is not a monophyletic group. !e well-sampled phylogeny Michigan, southern Ontario, northeastern Ohio, in the Appala- of Alström et al. () 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.  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.  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 ) in Coahuila), southern Texas, the Gulf coast, and central (perhaps and in the Timaliidae (AOU ); see Alström et al. () for casually southern) Florida. placement in the Sylviidae. Notes.—See comments under T. pacificus. Move the heading Family ZOSTEROPIDAE: White-eyes p. . !e Sylviidae as currently classified is not a monophyl- and the genus and species included under this heading from p.  etic group (Cibois , Barker , Barker et al. , Alström to a position following the account for Chamaea fasciata. et al. , Johansson et al. , Fregin et al. , Gelang et al. ). Below we follow Alström et al. () 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. !ese actions result in the addition of five families Chamaea) from pp. – 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. , 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.  to follow this newly Notes.—See comments under Family Sylviidae. inserted family. 736 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

After the account for Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, insert the Accidental in the United Kingdom and Poland. heading: Casual in western Alaska (Attu Island, western Aleutians,  June , specimen; and St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, – June Family DONACOBIIDAE: Donacobius , photos; DeCicco et al. ). An earlier record from Attu Island on  June  is now deemed acceptable, given the well- Move Genus DONACOBIUS Swainson, its citation, and its in- documented  records (DeCicco et al. ). 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. –, . !e name Vermivora pinus is changed to way ) or Troglodytidae (AOU , ) or considered in- V. cyanoptera, following Olson and Reveal (). !e following certae sedis, this New World endemic forms part of the sylvioid actions result from this information: radiation (Alström et al. , Johansson et al. , Gelang et al. ). We follow Aleixo and Pacheco () and Remsen et al. Modify the citation for Genus VERMIVORA Swainson on () in placing this biogeographically and biologically distinc- p.  to: tive species in the monotypic family Donacobiidae. Vermivora Swainson, , Philos. Mag. (n.s.) :. Type, by After the account for Donacobius atricapilla, insert the monotypy, Sylvia solitaria Wilson Vermivora cyanoptera Olson heading: and Reveal.

Family MEGALURIDAE: Grassbirds pp. –. 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, . Wilson Journ. Move Genus LOCUSTELLA Kaup, its citation, and its included Ornithol. :. (eastern Pennsylvania.) species from p.  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 (), who showed that the  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. !ey 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. – to a position following the account for Warbler, nor is Sylvia solitaria (Wilson) or any other name. !ey Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus. proposed the new name Vermivora cyanoptera for this species. p. . Before the account for Luscinia calliope, insert the following new account: p. . 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, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ) :. Based Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe, , Proc. Zool. Soc. London, largely on “!e Pine Creeper” of Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, p. . (Macao, southeastern China.) Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol. , part , pl. and text . (in America septentrionali South Carolina; see Olson and Reveal Habitat.—Breeds in mesic deciduous and coniferous woods .) with dense undergrowth. Winters in undergrowth of forest and dense secondary growth. pp. –. !e 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 !ailand. Migrates primarily in continental eastern Asia in Mongolia, Oreothlypis Ridgway, , Auk :. Type, by original desig- eastern China, and Korea; rarely to Japan and Taiwan. nation, Compsothlypis gutturalis Cabanis. JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 737

Notes.—Molecular studies (Avise et al. , Lovette and incorrect subsequent spelling (International Commission on Zoo- Bermingham , Klein et al. , Lovette and Hochachka logical Nomenclature , Article .) followed by most subse- ) 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. . Recent mitochondrial genetic data (DaCosta et al. Vermivora (bachmanii, cyanoptera, and chrysoptera), and that the ) 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. , –, and –, 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 , ) 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 , ) Aimophila ruficeps placed in the genus Vermivora; see comments under Oreothlypis. Aimophila notosticta Melozone leucotis Change the Notes for O. gutturalis to: Formerly (AOU , Melozone biarcuata ) placed in the genus Parula; see comments under Oreothly- Melozone kieneri pis. Change the Notes for O. superciliosa to: Formerly (AOU , ) 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.—!e sequence of species from Atlapetes through Melozone is derived from the phylogenetic analysis of DaCosta et pp. –. Two species formerly placed in Seiurus, novebo- al. (). 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. . Transfer four species of Pipilo (fuscus, albicollis, crissalis, and aberti) to the genus Melozone and insert them in the Parkesia Sangster, , Bull. Brit. Orn. Club :. Type, following sequence after the account for Melozone kieneri: by original designation, Motacilla noveboracensis Gmelin. Melozone fusca Notes.—Genetic data (Avise et al. , Lovette and Berming- Melozone albicollis ham , Klein et al. , Lovette and Hochachka ) indicate Melozone crissalis that P. noveboracensis and P. motacilla, formerly (e.g., AOU ) 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. ) 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. !e same study revealed that Melozone kieneri forms a Notes.—Formerly (AOU , ) 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. () suggested that kieneri, fuscus, albicollis, crissa- p. . 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.—!e original spelling of the species name was conspeciﬁc by Hellmayr []), and merged the brown towhees bairdi (Ridgway ). !e spelling bairdii (Paynter ) was an into Melozone. 738 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

Insert the following sentence at the beginning of the Notes for M. Move Aimophila quinquestriata (p. ) to the genus Am- albicollis, M. crissalis, and M. fusca: Formerly (AOU , ) 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 ), but now Notes.—Formerly (AOU , ) placed in the genus Pipilo. separated on the basis of genetic (DaCosta et al. ) and morphological and vocal (e.g., Ridgway , Storer , Wolf ) pp. . Recent mitochondrial genetic data (DaCosta et al. data. Genetic data (DaCosta et al. ) indicate that this species ) have shown that the North American species of the broadly forms a clade with Amphispiza bilineata. defined genus Aimophila belong to four distinct lineages: () notosticta, ruficeps, and rufescens; () aestivalis, cassinii, botterii, hu- pp. –. Return Calcarius mccownii to the monotypic meralis, mystacalis, and ruficauda; () carpalis and sumichrasti; genus Rhynchophanes, delete the Notes under Calcarius and under and () quinquestriata. !is 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 , Storer , Wolf ). to the account for R. mccownii: !e type species of Aimophila is rufescens, so the name Aimo- phila stays with lineage  above. Some analyses of DaCosta et al. Genus RHYNCHOPHANES Baird () placed lineages  and  above as sisters, and the authors suggested that they remain congeneric pending further data. !e Rhynchophanes Baird, , in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, genus name Peucaea has priority for this clade. Genetic data (Da- Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., : xx, xxxviii, . Type, by monotypy, Costa et al. ) indicate that Aimophila quinquestriata forms a Plectrophanes maccowni [sic] Lawrence. clade with Amphispiza bilineata, and DaCosta et al. () proposed that this species be returned to Amphispiza. Notes.—!rough the fifth edition of the check-list, the AOU () recognized the monotypic genus Rhynchophanes !e genus Peucaea is resurrected for the species aestivalis, for Calcarius mccownii. Subsequently (Paynter ; AOU , cassinii, botterii, humeralis, mystacalis, ruficauda, carpalis, and ), 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 ). Klicka et al. (), 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, , Syn. Bds. N. Amer., p. . Type, by of morphological differences among these three groups (Baird subsequent designation (Gray, , List Gen. Bds., p. ), Peucaea ). bachmanii Audubon Fringilla aestivalis Lichtenstein. pp. –, . After the account for Peucedramus taenia- Notes.—Formerly merged with Aimophila (AOU , ), tus on p. , insert the following heading and Notes: but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic (Da- Costa et al. ) and morphological and vocal (e.g., Ridgway Family CALCARIIDAE: Longspurs and Snow Buntings , Storer , Wolf ) data. !e sequence of species in Peu- caea is derived from DaCosta et al. (). Notes.—Analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Yuri Transfer Aimophila aestivalis, cassinii, botterii, humeralis, and Mindell , Klicka et al. , Alström et al. ) have mystacalis, ruficauda, carpalis, and sumichrasti (pp. –) 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 , ). 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. – and  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 , ) 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 JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 739

p. . 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. ). latter two islands; White ). Notes.—See comments under I. dominicensis. p. . 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, ), Vigors, , Zool. Journ. :. (near Havana, Cuba.) Chrysomus Swainson, , Nat. Hist. Classif. Bds. :. Ps.[arocolius] melanopsis Wagler, , Isis von Oken , col. Type, by original designation, Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus. .

Chrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus). Yellow-hooded Blackbird. Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second- ary Forest (–, m; Tropical Zone). Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ), Distribution.—Resident on Cuba, Isla de Pinos, and some :; based on “le Carouge à teste jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson, northern keys (cayos Guillermo, Coco, Paredon Grande). , Ornithologie, :, pl. , ﬁg. . (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, , Syst. Nat. (ed. ) : . corded nearly to border with Panama (also an isolated highland (Based on “Le Carouge de S. Domingue” Brisson, Ornithologie : population near Bogotá), east through Venezuela, the Guianas, , pl. , fig. . (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 (–, 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 , Notes.—Formerly included I. northropi, I. melanopsis, and I. specimen; Feilden ). portoricensis (AOU , ), now treated as separate species Notes.—Formerly placed in the genus Agelaius, but Lanyon because phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences and Omland () 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. , Sturge et al. ); vocalizations also evidently differ American taxa. !e Barbados specimen was correctly reported strongly (Garrido et al. :). by Feilden () but was inexplicably changed to Xanthocepha- lus xanthocephalus by Clark () and subsequent authors. !e 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, , Proc. firmed (Massiah and Frost , Buckley et al. ). Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. :. (Porto Rico.)

In the Casual section for the account of Xanthocephalus xan- Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Edge, Second- thocephalus on p. , remove mention of Barbados. Insert the ary Forest (– m; Tropical Zone). following at the end of this account: Distribution.—Resident in Puerto Rico. Notes.—Formerly considered casual in Barbados (AOU ), Notes.—See comments under I. dominicensis. but the identification of the voucher specimen has been confirmed as Chrysomus icterocephalus (Massiah and Frost , Buckley et p. . Replace the heading Subfamily VIDUINAE: Whydahs al. ). with Family VIDUIDAE: Whydahs, and insert the following under the heading: pp. –. Icterus northropi, I. melanopsis, and I. portori- Notes.—Formerly (AOU ) 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 ). Family status follows their treatment in most recent worldwide lists (e.g., Dickinson ). Icterus northropi Allen. Bahama Oriole. Remove the heading Subfamily ESTRILDINAE: Estrildine Icterus northropi Allen, , Auk :. (Andros Island, Finches from p. . Insert the following under the heading Family Bahamas.) ESTRILDIDAE: Estrildid Finches on p. : 740 — CHESSERETAL. — AUK,VOL. 127

Notes.—See comments under Family Viduidae. Delete the following names: Melanitta nigra Macreuse noire p. . Delete the account for Oceanodroma monorhis from Trogon viridis Trogon à queue blanche the Appendix (AOU ). Trogon violaceus Trogon violacé Chasiempis sandwichensis Monarque élépaïo p. . Delete the account for Platalea leucorodia from the Troglodytes troglodytes Troglodyte mignon Appendix. Aimophila rufescens Bruant roussâtre Aimophila ruﬁceps Bruant à calotte fauve p. . Delete the account for Luscinia sibilans from the Aimophila notosticta Bruant d’Oaxaca Appendix (Banks et al. ). Calcarius mccownii Bruant de McCown Calcarius lapponicus Bruant lapon pp.  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 ): 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 ]) 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 JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 741

ANHINGIDAE Scrub-Jay) into three species, division of Toxostoma curvirostre PELECANIDAE (Curve-billed !rasher) 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. LITERATURE CITED

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