New wren from Colombia
A new species of wren has been named from north-western Colombia, which had remained undiscovered despite being present in a fairly popular...
20/06/2012
Analysis of avian DNA, biometrics and vocalisations add to our understanding of bird species all the time. We cover all the 'splits', lumps and discoveries.
A new species of wren has been named from north-western Colombia, which had remained undiscovered despite being present in a fairly popular...
20/06/2012
An isolated population of Western Orphean Warbler in Libya has been described as a new subspecies, and new criteria for separating the...
15/06/2012
A comprehensive genetic analysis of all the recognised species and many subspecies of the cosmopolitan crow genus Corvus has been performed...
14/06/2012
Grey and Grey-lined Hawks, originally described as separate species, have been confirmed as deeply differentiated and accepted as full...
14/06/2012
A new book about Common Cuckoo suggests that birds which parasitise Common Redstart in northern Scandinavia may be a separate species.
15/05/2012
The IOC has published amendments to its World List, including several deletions.
11/04/2012
Genetics have confirmed another case of long-suspected split within Xantu's Murrelet, a small auk from the southern west coast of North...
30/03/2012
Genetics have revealed further divisions in the South American avifauna, this time in the antwrens.
28/02/2012
The genetics of an endemic Wallacean parrot genus have revealed another potential species as well as their evolutionary history.
08/02/2012
The intriguing 'Basalt' form of Mourning Wheatear is more than just a morph, says new research.
06/02/2012
A taxonomic re-ordering of the true finches has taken place, with some surprising outcomes.
30/01/2012
Two species of a radiation of finch-like weavers on the Indian Ocean islands have been found to be still hybridising, while the remaining...
27/01/2012