Taxonomy
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
Taxonomy
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.
Taxonomy
Libyan orpheans get description
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
Taxonomy
Rooks, ravens and relations
A comprehensive genetic analysis of all the recognised species and many subspecies of the cosmopolitan crow genus Corvus has been performed...
14/06/2012
Taxonomy
Shades of Grey Hawk
Grey and Grey-lined Hawks, originally described as separate species, have been confirmed as deeply differentiated and accepted as full...
14/06/2012
Taxonomy
Confusing cuckoos
A new book about Common Cuckoo suggests that birds which parasitise Common Redstart in northern Scandinavia may be a separate species.
15/05/2012
Taxonomy
Species deleted
The IOC has published amendments to its World List, including several deletions.
11/04/2012
Taxonomy
More murrelets
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
Ornithology
New genus of antwren
Genetics have revealed further divisions in the South American avifauna, this time in the antwrens.
28/02/2012
Taxonomy
An increase in racquet-tails
The genetics of an endemic Wallacean parrot genus have revealed another potential species as well as their evolutionary history.
08/02/2012
Taxonomy
Rock solid new wheatear subspecies is named
The intriguing 'Basalt' form of Mourning Wheatear is more than just a morph, says new research.
06/02/2012
Taxonomy
Fringillid benefits
A taxonomic re-ordering of the true finches has taken place, with some surprising outcomes.
30/01/2012
Taxonomy
Weavers' tangled web
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
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