Thank you Bill for the notification of the latest AOU changes: including the
re-elevation of our "Moorhen" to a full species again.  I guess what goes
around comes around.  Besides the word "Gallinule" is much more mellifluous
(one of the reasons for the change e.g. its "song" is diffferent from the
Old World species).  Also, I'm glad that they made it "Common Gallinule" (as
much as I find the word not very original or descriptive). However it is
more descriptive than the old name of "Florida Gallinule".

As to the Parulid changes: It will be considered a situation similar to an
earlier  dis*Aster*  [sic Disaster for the botanically challenged when they
realized that the genus *Aster *was dissed or sunk].
In any case, get ready for a flood of new checklists and field guide
updates.  Birders: 0, Publishers:1

Roger Troutman

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The 52nd Supplement to the AOU list of N. American birds is available
> on-line now at  http://www.aou.org/auk/**content/128/3/0600-0613.pdf<http://www.aou.org/auk/content/128/3/0600-0613.pdf> .
> The many changes are outlined in the first paragraph. They include new
> species, additions to the US list, splits and lumps, and a lot of
> taxonomic changes, including dozens of changes in warblers commonly seen
> here.
>       The revised full Check-list is at
> http://www.aou.org/checklist/**north/full.php<http://www.aou.org/checklist/north/full.php> .
> Bill Whan
> Columbus
>
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