Proposals 2026-A (PDF)

2026-A-1: Treat Formicarius destructus as a separate species from Black-headed Antthrush F. nigricapillus

2026-A-2: Treat Turdus ardosiaceus as a separate species from Red-legged Thrush T. plumbeus

2026-A-3: Treat Willet Tringa semipalmata as two species

2026-A-4: Change the linear sequence of species of Sialia (bluebirds)

2026-A-5: Treat Myiopsitta luchsi as a separate species from Monk Parakeet M. monachus

2026-A-6: Treat Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda as three species

2026-A-7: Treat Onychorhynchus swainsoni as a separate species from Royal Flycatcher O. coronatus

2026-A-8a: Treat Great Egret Ardea alba as two or more species: Recognize A. egretta as a separate species from A. alba

2026-A-8b: Treat Great Egret Ardea alba as two or more species: Recognize A. modesta as a separate species from A. alba

2026-A-9: Recognize Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus as two species

2026-A-10: Treat Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister as two species

Proposals 2026-B (PDF)

2026-B-1: Change the group name of Tympanuchus cupido and T. pallidicinctus from Prairie-Chicken to Prairie-Grouse

2026-B-2: Treat Cistothorus paludicola as a separate species from Marsh Wren C. palustris

2026-B-3: Treat Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus as four species

2026-B-4: Treat Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum as six species

2026-B-5: Treat Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps as four species

2026-B-6: Treat Leiothlypis ridgwayi as a separate species from Nashville Warbler L. ruficapilla

2026-B-7: Recognize the genus Nannus for three species of wren

2026-B-8: Treat West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris as two or more species

2026-B-9: Treat Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus as two species

2026-B-10: Treat Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus as two or three species

2026-B-11: Subsume Leiothlypis into Oreothlypis

2026-B-12: Treat Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae as two species

2026-B-13: Treat Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva as two species

2026-B-14: Change the group name of species of Myioborus from Redstart to Whitestart

2026-B-15: Treat Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs as five species