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“Keep your taxonomy out of my field guide” – revisited

April 30, 2017 by Jochen 18 Comments
Way back in the days when blog posts still got a lot of comments, I wrote a piece on...
Birding

Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

September 23, 2015 by Duncan 1 Comment
All the way back in 2011 I wrote about the confusing taxanomic enigma that is the Collared Kingfisher, a...
Hoary Redpoll cc-by Ron Knight
Birding

Enjoy your redpoll ticks while they last

June 14, 2015 by David 2 Comments
All the world’s redpolls probably represent a single species, and redpolls probably look different in different places more because...
Birding

NYC mystery warbler: Odd Blackpoll, hybrid, or Carbonated Warbler?

May 17, 2015 by David 3 Comments
It was birdy this morning on the banks of the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. I’d seen nine warbler...
Birding

Are Redpolls Just One Species?

March 30, 2015 by Corey 6 Comments
It sure looks like it! Gustave Axelson has a nice breakdown of a recent genetic analysis of redpolls on...
Birding

The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus

January 25, 2015 by David 6 Comments
A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification...
Birding

Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

December 28, 2014 by David 5 Comments
The colorful Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New...
Birding

Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

December 21, 2014 by David 8 Comments
The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of...
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