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Mohouidae, the newest bird family

September 11, 2013 by Duncan 1 Comment

If you’re into family ticks, and into armchair ticks, well, I hope you’ve been to New Zealand, because the island just got another endemic...

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Do The Splits

August 27, 2013 by Felonious Jive No Comments

The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from...

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Why Birders Dig Darwin

February 12, 2013 by Mike 9 Comments

February 12 is Darwin Day, the birthday of the brilliant author of On The Origin of Species. This year marks the 200th anniversary of...

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AOU 53rd supplement: Highlights and near misses

July 26, 2012 by David 4 Comments

The American Ornithologists’ Union published the 53rd supplement (PDF) to its North American list last week, making official many long-speculated changes and rejecting others,...

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What is a Catbird?

April 8, 2012 by Corey 10 Comments

We can start first with what catbirds are not. Catbirds are not the unfortunate result of unwise experiments with radioactivity. Catbirds are also not...

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Finding a place for the Piopio

November 9, 2011 by Duncan 1 Comment

One common feature of the relationship between early explorers and colonists and the birds of the New Worlds was the tendency of said explorers to name birds after familiar...

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No Split for Yellow-rumped Warbler

May 21, 2011 by Corey 6 Comments

Lumpers, rejoice! Splitters and armchair tickers, cry into your beer. The Yellow-rumped Warbler will remain the Yellow-rumped Warbler, at least for the foreseeable future,...

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