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The Auk 126(3):705−714, 2009 The American Ornithologists’ Union, 2009. Printed in USA. FIFTIETH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERIcan BIRDS R. TE rr Y CHESSE R ,1,12,13 RI C HA R D C. BANKS ,1 F. KEI T H BA R KE R ,2 CA R LA CI C E R O ,3 JON L. DUNN ,4 AND R EW W. KR A tt E R ,5 Irb Y J. LOVE tt E ,6 PAMELA C. RASMUSSEN ,7 J. V. REMSEN , JR.,8 JAMES D. RISING ,9 DOUGLAS F. ST O T Z ,10 AND KEVIN WINKE 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, 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; (7) the citation for one genus (Dives) is changed; edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American (8) three English names are changed (Vireo caribaeus becomes San Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions Andres [rather than Saint Andrew] Vireo, Ammodramus nelsoni made between 1 January and 31 December 2008 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 (9) one species is added to the Appendix (Cir- the manner outlined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). 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 2008. hollandiae [rather than Larus genei and L. novaehollandiae]); this change, based on a committee decision from 2007, was overlooked Changes in this Supplement include the following: (1) seven in the Supplement published in 2008 (Banks et al. 2008). 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; (2) 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; (3) 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); (4) 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; (5) 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 200 miles [320 km] to conform to tific name of one species Turdus( lherminieri) is thereby changed; international convention. Finally, a system of regional consultants (6) 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. 126, Number 3, pages 705−714. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254. 2009 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: 10.1525/auk.2009.8709 — 705 — 27_Supplement_8709.indd 705 7/21/09 10:03:57 AM 706 — CHESSE R E T 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 200 nautical miles (370 km). This change brings the Check-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 200 nautical miles off- shore 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 2,055. 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