For
more detailed information please refer to the original AOU document:
American
Ornithologists’
www.aou.org/checklist/Suppl47.pdf
The
complete updated AOU check-list can be found at:
www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3
Synopsis of the
47th Supplement to the AOU check-list of North American Birds
July 07, 2006
QUAIL, GROUSE, AND
*Blue Grouse is split into two species
(based on molecular, morphological, and behavioral evidence). Sooty
Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
includes the formerly recognized “coastal” subspecies group of CA, western OR,
and the western quarters of WA, B.C., and AK.
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) includes the
formerly recognized “inland” subspecies group that occurs east of the range of
Dusky Grouse. Sooty follows Dusky in the
species list.
FULMAR, PETRELS, AND SHEARWATERS (PROCELLARIIDAE)
*
STORM-PETRELS (HYDROBATIDAE)
*Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica) is added to the list
(based on a sighting off N.C. in 2004) and follows after European Storm-petrel
(Hydrobates pelagicus) in the species
list.
HAWKS AND EAGLES (ACCIPITRIDAE)
*Gray Hawk is moved from the genus Asturina and is placed in the genus Buteo (based on molecular
evidence). It now follows after
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
in the species list.
SANDPIPERS (SCOLOPACIDAE)
*Willet and Grey-tailed & Wandering Tattlers are moved from the genera Catoptrophorus and Heteroscelus, respectively, and are now placed (based on molecular
evidence) within the “marsh sandpiper” group (i.e., “yellowlegs/shanks”) in the
genus Tringa.
*The list of sandpipers following Wattled
Jacana and preceding Upland Sandpiper is rearranged (based on molecular
evidence). The new order is:
Terek
Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Common
Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Spotted
Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Green
Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Solitary
Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Gray-tailed
Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Wandering
Tattler (Tringa incana)
Spotted
Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Greater
Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Common
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Willet
(Tringa semipalmata)
Lesser
Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Marsh
Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Wood
Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Common
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
*The
Latin species name for Willet is
changed from semipalmatus to semipalmata.
*The
Latin species name for Spotted Sandpiper
is changed from macularia to macularius.
GULLS AND TERNS (LARIDAE)
*The list of tern species is rearranged
(based on molecular and plumage evidence) with some species grouped into five
newly revived genera. The new order is:
Brown
Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Black
Noddy (Anous minutus)
Blue-gray
Noddy (Procelsterna cerulean)
White
Tern (Gygis alba)
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Gray-backed Tern (Onychoprion lunatus)
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)
Large-billed
Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Inca
Tern (Larosterna inca)
Black
Tern (Chlidonias
White-winged
Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whiskered
Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Roseate
Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Common
Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Arctic
Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Forster’s
Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
SKUAS AND JAEGERS (STERCORARIIDAE)
*Skuas
and Jaegers are now elevated from subfamily to the family Stercorariidae (based
on molecular evidence). The family is
now situated after the Gulls and Terns (following Black Skimmer) and before the
Alcids (before Dovekie) in the list.
PIGEONS AN DOVES (COLUMBIFORMES)
*Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia risoria) is replaced with African Collared-Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) (in
recognition of the species name and not the form).
CUCKOOS (CUCULIFORMES)
*Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) is
replaced with Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) (recognizing a
split based on morphological and behavioral evidence).
*The
list of cuckoo species that follow Oriental Cuckoo is rearranged (based on
molecular evidence) with both Little Cuckoo (genus Piaya) and the cuckoos from the
Little Cuckoo (Coccycua
minuta)
Squirrel
Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
Dark-billed
Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Pearly-breasted
Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri)
Mangrove
Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Cocos
Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
Black-billed
Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis)
Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)
Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula)
Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus longirostris)
FLYCATCHERS (TYRANNIDAE)
*Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) remains
unchanged on the list but is now considered to occur in the
WRENS (TROGLODYTIDAE)
*Socorro Wren is moved from the genus Thyomanes and is placed in the genus Troglodytes (based on molecular
evidence). It now follows after House
Wren (Troglodytes aedon) in the
species list.
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS (MUSCICAPIDAE)
*Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is replaced with Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) (recognizing a recent split based on
morphological, behavioral, and molecular evidence).
THRUSHES (TURDIDAE)
*Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus) remains unchanged on
the list but is now considered to occur in the
FINCHES (FRINGILLIDAE)
*
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