AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (North & Middle America)
Pending Proposals, 2013
Proposals must receive a 2/3 positive vote by committee members to pass. Proposals and votes may be subject to change pending further data or discussion. Thus, the outcome of proposals is not final until published in the annual supplement to the Check-list of North American Birds (July issue of The Auk).Proposals 2013-A (PDF)
- 2013-A-1: Make seven nomenclatural revisions based on Gregory and Dickinson (2012)
- 2013-A-2: Split Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium cobanense from Northern Pygmy-Owl G. gnoma
- 2013-A-3: Recognize Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus as distinct from Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis
- 2013-A-4: Change the scientific name of the Common Bush-Tanager from Chlorospingus ophthalmicus to C. flavopectus (SACC #521)
- 2013-A-5: Move the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae) to subfamily Carduelinae
- 2013-A-6: Split Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- 2013-A-7: Revise the classification of sandpipers and turnstones
- 2013-A-8: Split Sage Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli into two species
- 2013-A-9: Make changes to generic allocation and linear sequence in family Pipridae
- 2013-A-10: Change the generic placement of Otus flammeolus
- 2013-A-11: Recognize a new generic name for Gymnoglaux lawrencii
- 2013-A-12: Split Melanerpes santacruzi from M. aurifrons
- 2013-A-13: Recognize Hanson’s new species of White-cheeked Geese, Branta spp.
Proposals 2013-B (PDF)
- 2013-B-1: Make changes to the linear sequence in the family Mimidae
- 2013-B-2: Split Nutting's Flycatcher into two species: Myiarchus nuttingi and M. flavidior
- 2013-B-3: Add Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus to the AOU Checklist
- 2013-B-4: Merge all North American rosy-finches into Leucosticte tephrocotis
- 2013-B-5: Change the linear sequence of Haemorhous finches
- 2013-B-6: Change the citations for nine species described by Thomas Say
- 2013-B-7: Transfer Terenura callinota to the genus Euchrepomis (SACC 557)
- 2013-B-8a: Split South American endemic Automolus rufipectus from A. rubiginosus (SACC 394)
- 2013-B-8b: Split South American endemic Dendrocincla turdina from D. fuliginosa (SACC 540)
- 2013-B-8c: Split South American endemic Troglodytes cobbi fromT. aedon (SACC 526)
- 2013-B-9: Change the English name of Thamnophilus atrinucha (SACC 570)
- 2013-B-10a: Split Schiffornis veraepacis from S. turdina (SACC 505, SACC 543)
- 2013-B-10b: Split Schiffornis stenorhyncha s from S. turdina (SACC 505, SACC 543)
- 2013-B-11: Split Myrmeciza zeledoni from M. immaculata (SACC 541)
- 2013-B-12: Treat Thalurania fannyi and Thalurania colombica as conspecific (SACC 558)
Proposals 2013-C (PDF)
- 2013-C-1: Return Hawaii Creeper Oreomystis mana to the genus Loxops
- 2013-C-2: Split White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis into 2, 3, or 4 species
- 2013-C-3: Adopt new English names for Artemisiospiza belli and A. nevadensis
- 2013-C-4: Change the linear sequence of families in the Charadriiformes
- 2013-C-5: Transfer Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri from Appendix to main list
- 2013-C-6: Transfer Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae from Appendix to main list
- 2013-C-7: Add Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus to the U.S. List
- 2013-C-8: Add Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis to the main list
- 2013-C-9: Transfer Nandayus nenday from Appendix to main list and change English name to Nanday Parakeet
- 2013-C-10: Add Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa to the main list
- 2013-C-11: Update the classification of siskins and goldfinches