Species lump for the Western Flycatcher; species status for the goshawk of North America; and species splits in several Caribbean birds among 2023 Check-list changes

6 July 2023; 11:25 a.m. — Revised to correct the link to the article in Ornithology. The 64th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published today in Ornithology, includes numerous updates to the classification of North American bird species.  A few highlights from this year’s supplement, detailed below, include …

Comments 2018-C

2018-C-1: Adopt (a) a revised linear sequence and (b) a subfamily classification for the Accipitridae 2018-C-2: Split Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) into two species 2018-C-3: Revise the classification and linear sequence of the Tyrannoidea 2018-C-4: Split Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) into two species 2018-C-5: Split Puffinus boydi from Audubon’s Shearwater P. lherminieri 2018-C-6: (a) Split extralimital Gracula indica from Hill …

Comments 2016-A

2016-A-1: Elevate Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii to species rank 2016-A-2: Adopt “Whitestart” as the English surname of species of the genus Myioborus 2016-A-3: Lump Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea and Hoary Redpoll A. hornemanni into a single species 2016-A-4: Revise generic assignments of woodpeckers in the genus Picoides 2016-A-5: Split Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra into two species 2016-A-6: Split Rufous-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris from Grey-necked Wood-Rail A. cajaneus 2016-A-7: Move …