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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..... — 726 — JULY 2010 — FIFTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENT — 727 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 — CHESSER ET AL. — AUK,VOL. 127 Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren FALCONIFORMES Sylviinae FALCONIDAE Polioptilinae Vermivora pinus Blue-winged Warbler Other than the elevation of Pandioninae
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