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White-breasted Nuthatch is four species, study says

April 12, 2012 by David 13 Comments

Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down tree trunks and upside-down along limbs. The family has...

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A new genus for Calliope Hummingbird, the ‘little star’

February 9, 2012 by David 1 Comment

Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. My friend Erik Johnson and I recently visited the home of Dr....

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When will the Pluvialis tundra plovers get their own family?

January 12, 2012 by David 5 Comments

The air was thick and clammy, and mosquitoes were biting along Louisiana’s Mermentau River last Thursday morning, the final day of the Audubon Christmas...

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It’s time for a new understanding of tanagers

December 8, 2011 by David 4 Comments

The word “tanager” conjures certain images for most of us birder types. Maybe words like “colorful,” “beautiful,” “fruit,” and “tree.” But the tanager brand...

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Tubenose Taxonomy 101

November 10, 2011 by David 9 Comments

Tubenose. No, it’s not part of a Shakespearean insult. Tubenoses are seabirds that belong to an order called Procellariiformes (from a Latin word for...

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Hoatzins invaded South America from Africa … by raft

October 13, 2011 by David 2 Comments

We humans have a very deep and powerful urge to assemble individual data points into some sort of larger construct — to label and...

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

September 8, 2011 by David 7 Comments

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas, noting a need for further research on the subject. The post...

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Will parrots and falcons soon be moved around in your field guide?

August 11, 2011 by David 10 Comments

Here’s a prediction: Parrots, falcons, and seriemas are on their way to new positions in your checklists and, eventually, field guides. Oh yes, change...

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