NAMES >> Index

1. The buttonquails(Turnicidae) belong in the Charadriiformes, not the Gruiformes (Hackett et al. 2008)
2. CHANGE: English name of Turnix hottentatus from Black-rumped Buttonquail to Hottentot Buttonquail with split of H.nanus
3. The widespread H.nanus is split from T. hottentatus now restricted to South Africa; English name of Black-rumped Buttonquail transfers to H.nanus
4. Relationships of Quail-plover uncertain; possibly related to coursers
5. Burhinus indicus is split from Burhinus oedicnemus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
6. Correct species name of Beach Stone-curlew from neglectus to magnirostris (Dickinson 2003, Christides and Boles 2008)
7. The Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus) is most closely related to the sheathbills (Chionidae) (REF), but is treated as a monotypic family by the SACC.
8. Haematopus chathamensis is split from H.unicolor (Turbott 1990); recognized by BLI
9. Himantopus melanurus is split from H. mexicanus (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); SACC awaits more study
10. The Pluvialis plovers are not members of the traditional plover family Charadriidae (Baker et al. 2007)
11. Kentish Plover is specifically distinct from Snowy Plover, and more closely related to the White-fronted Plover (Küpper et al. 2009)
12. SACC reverted to Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Aug 2009)
13. MOVE: Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus) from the Glareolidae to its own family tentatively named "Pluvianidae". It is a separate lineage that is the outgroup to plovers and their allies (Hackett et al. 2008)
14. Rostratula australis is split from R. benghalensis (Lane & Rogers 2000; Christidis and Bolles 2008).
15. Coenocorypha iredalei is split from C. aucklandica (Checklist Committee of OSNZ); recently extinct (1960's)
16. Coenocorypha heugli is split from C. aucklandica (Checklist Committee of OSNZ)
17. CHANGE English name of Coenocorypha aucklandica to Subantarctic Snipe with above splits of C. huegeli and C. iredalei
18. MOVE: Tattlers from Heteroscelus to Tringa (Pereira & Baker 2005, NACC); note gender agreement
19. MOVE: Willet from Catoptrophorus to Tringa (Pereira & Baker 2005, NACC); note gender agreement
20. The skimmers Rynchops and terns are embedded among the gulls in a monophyletic clade; separation of the families Rynchopidae and Sternidae would render the gull family Laridae paraphyletic relative to these other two groups (Baker et al. 2008).
21. CHANGE: English name of Anous tenuirostris from suggested Sooty Noddy back to established Lesser Noddy to follow BLI
22. CHANGE: English name of Gygis alba from suggested Angel Tern back to White Tern. DNA analysis suggest that Gygis is a noddy (Baker, ref) and could correctly assume the name "White Noddy". BLI recognizes subspecies microrhyncha as a full species.
23. CHANGE: English name of Larus ridibundus reverts to Black-headed Gull with adoption of Pallas's Gull for Larus ichthyaetus
24. CHANGE: English name of Larus ichthyaetus from Great Black-headed Gull to Pallas's Gull
25. CHANGE: English name of Larus belcheri from Band-tailed Gull to Belcher's Gull to follow changes by AOU (NACC, SACC)
26. CHANGE: English name of Larus argentatus to European Herring Gull with split of L.smithonianus (Sangster et al 2005)
27. Larus smithsonianus is split from L. argentatus (Sangster et al. 2005); Recognized by BOU, but not by AOU
28. CHANGE: English name of Larus cachinnans from Yellow-legged Gull to Caspian Gull with split of Larus michahellis
29. Larus michahellis is split from L.cachinnans (Sangster et al 2005, AOU 2007); recognized by BOU, AOU. This species retains the English name Yellow-legged Gull of the former, unsplit species. .
30. New World Cabot's Tern including Cayenne Tern T. eurygnatha is sister to Elegant Tern, not Sandwich Tern of Europe (AOU, Efe et al. 2009); acuflavida (Cabot 1847) has priority over </i>eurygnatha</i> (Sanders 1876)
31. CHANGE: English name of Stercorarius antarcticus from Subantarctic Skua to Brown Skua to follow SACC
32. Stercorarius pomarinus is more closely related to the large skuas than to the traditional jaegers
33. Many prefer "skua" to German "jaeger" for Stercorarius parasiticus and S. longicaudus