Fifty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds

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This supplement is the 13th since publication of the seventh edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made between 1 May 2012 and 15 May 2013 by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America. Changes in this supplement include the following: 1) six species (Pterodroma solandri, P. feae, Gallinula chloropus, Agapornis roseicollis, Nandayus nenday, and Leucosticte arctoa) are added to the main list on the basis of new distributional information (including three species transferred from the Appendix); 2) one species (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) is added to the main list because of a split from a species already on the list; 3) two species names are changed (to Puffinus baroli and Myrmeciza zeledoni) because of splits from extralimital species; 4) two species (Schiffornis veraepacis and S. stenorhyncha) are added by being split both from an extralimital taxon (S. turdina) and from each other; 5) one species (Thalurania fannyi) is lost because of a merger with another species already on the list (T. colombica); 6) one species name is changed (to Loxops mana) by transfer from one genus to another; 7) the distributional statements or notes of three species (Automolus rubiginosus, Dendrocincla fuliginosa, and Troglodytes aedon) are changed because of splits of extralimital species; 8) one scientific name (Chlorospingus flavopectus) is corrected in accordance with the rules of priority; 9) one genus (Psiloscops) is added as a result of a split from another genus, resulting in a change to one scientific name (P. flammeolus); 10) five genera (Aphriza, Eurynorhynchus, Limicola, Tryngites, and Philomachus) are lost by merger (into Calidris) and the scientific names of five species (C. virgata, C. pygmea, C. falcinellus, C. subruficollis, and C. pugnax) are thereby changed, and one other genus (Chloropipo) is lost by merger (into Xenopipo) and the scientific name of one species (Xenopipo holochlora) is thereby changed; 11) two genera (Terenura and Pipra) are lost by being split, three genera (Euchrepomis, Dixiphia, and Ceratopipra) are added as a result of these splits, and the scientific names of four species (Euchrepomis callinota, Dixiphia pipra, Ceratopipra mentalis, and Ceratopipra erythrocephala) are thereby changed; 12) one genus (Margarobyas) is added and one genus (Gymnoglaux) lost because of a nomenclatural problem with the prior name; 13) the spelling of one genus name (Ptiliogonys) is corrected, with a resulting change in two species names (P. cinereus and P. caudatus) and one family name (Ptiliogonatidae); 14) the citation for nine species (Dendragapus obscurus, Limnodromus scolopaceus, Patagioenas fasciata, Tyrannus verticalis, Salpinctes obsoletus, Oreothlypis celata, Chondestes grammacus, Passerina amoena, and Spinus psaltria) is changed; (15) the authorities for two genera (Coragyps and Numida) are changed; 16) the designation of the type species of one genus (Erolia) is corrected; 17) two generic names (Macroramphus and Microptera) are changed in accordance with the rules of priority; 18) the English name of one species (Thamnophilus atrinucha) is changed to better reflect its phylogenetic relationships; 19) the English names of two species (Thalurania colombica and Artemisiospiza belli) are changed as a result of taxonomic changes; and 20) one additional species (Harpagus bidentatus) is added to the list of species known to occur in the United States. One subfamily name (Drepanidinae) is deleted from the main list because of new phylogenetic data, and the species formerly included in this subfamily are moved to a new position within the family Fringillidae. New linear sequences are adopted for families in the order Charadriiformes, genera and species in the families Pipridae and Mimidae, and species in the genera Calidris and Haemorhous, all because of new phylogenetic data. The spelling of the name of one order (Pterocliformes) is corrected as a consequence of a previous correction to a family name.

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SWAP (2/19/2016) citation (with Author punctuation corrected):
Chesser RT, Banks RC, Barker FK, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Lovette IJ, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, et al. 2013. Fifty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk. 130(3):558–572