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Ground-Sparrows and Brush-Finches

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Common birds, you see, tend to have simple names, like House Sparrow, House Finch, or House Wren. A hyphen in a bird’s “first” name can occur pretty much anywhere, which is why the United States has a good supply of birds like White-crowned Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers. But not all hypens are created equal.

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2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

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New World populations of the widely distributed Sandwich Tern ( Thalasseus sandvicensis ) are treated by some authorities (including the British Ornithologists’ Union) as a distinct species: Cabot’s Tern ( T. Proposal 2013-A-3 recommends adopting that split on the basis of a 2009 study (I wrote about it back in the day here ).

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They’ve Got Personality

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The week on the cusp between March and April was the first week in which failed to pick up any FOY species for the year 2022. This following week, in which I did take a longer trip, I again picked up four FOY species.). Extra points to these American Avocets for adopting a different pose for each numbered group.

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Do nine-primaried oscines represent 16 different families?

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For those of us in the Americas, nine-primaried oscines are among our most familiar and beloved birds: finches; sparrows, juncos, and towhees; warblers; blackbirds, meadowlarks, and orioles; cardinals and grosbeaks; and tanagers. Passerellidae : the New World sparrows. Rhodinocichlidae : the Rosy Thrush-tanager. Barker et al.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

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In May 1992 European Union governments adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. This legislation is called the Habitats Directive and complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979. Noudar has recorded 184 different species since 1999.

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

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In my case, I had to format my excel sheet just so, a considerable task because when I dabbled in Birdstack (gone, alas, but not forgotten) I adopted its formatting as well as the more fluid International Ornithological Congress (IOC) taxonomy , both of which were inimical to that of eBird.

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Life Can Be Interesting

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Our church “adopted” them, finding them a place to live, and making sure they would have food, kitchen equipment, winter clothing, and all the other things they would be unlikely to bring. I told Ricardo we might see 50 species or more in one day, which would apparently be extraordinary in his native land.

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