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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...

Birding, Conservation

New Zealand Storm-petrels; Back from the Dead

September 28, 2011 by Duncan 3 Comments

There are few stories in ornithology I enjoy more than those of a Lazarus taxon, a species thought to be extinct being found alive...

Birds

Latest high-level bird taxonomy summarized in recent paper

July 14, 2011 by David 4 Comments

And so it’s July, which for this North American birder means a couple of things: 1. southern Australia’s cool winter weather and wonderful birds...

Birds

Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

March 12, 2011 by David 7 Comments

There I was (I’ve been reading Thurber) on board a boat off Baja California, reveling in cormorants (three species!), Brown Pelicans, and the northernmost...

Birds

2010’s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics

December 12, 2010 by David 8 Comments

Year-end lists! Woo! What follows is my attempt to highlight 10 significant changes in world bird taxonomy proposed or formalized in 2010. As you...

Birds, Blogging

What is a babbler?

November 12, 2010 by David 8 Comments

Hi, folks! This is the first of what will be my monthly posts on bird taxonomy and systematics. But don’t worry, I’ll do my...

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