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

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This supplement is the 12th since publication of the seventh edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made between 15 April and 1May 2012 by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America. Changes in this supplement include the following: 1) one newly described species (Puffinus bryani) is added to the main list; 2) three species (Puffinus subalaris, Synthliboramphus scrippsi, and Buteo plagiatus) are added to the main list due to splits from species already on the list; 3) two species (Arremon costaricensis and A. atricapillus) are added by being split both from an extralimital taxon (A. torquatus) and from each other; 4) the notes for one species (Basileuterus culicivorus) are changed because of a merger with an extralimital species; 5) 12 genera (Cryptoleucopteryx, Morphnarchus, Pseudastur, Antrostomus, Hydropsalis, Dendroplex, Lepidothrix, Pheugopedius, Thryophilus, Cantorchilus, Artemisiospiza, and Haemorhous) are added as a result of splits from other genera, resulting in changes to 36 scientific names; 6) two genera (Harpyhaliaetus and Stellula) are lost by merger (into Buteogallus and Selasphorus, respectively), and the scientific names of two species (Buteogallus solitarius and Selasphorus calliope) are thereby changed; 7) one scientific name is changed (to Picoides fumigatus) by transfer from one genus to another; 8) minor corrections are made to the citations for six species (Podilymbus podiceps, Anser anser, Melanitta perspicillata, Anthracothorax mango, Seiurus aurocapilla, and Icterus spurius); 9) the endings of the specific names of two taxa (Aramides cajaneus and Porphyrio martinicus) are corrected; 10) the English names of nine largely extralimital species, three on the main list (Pavo cristatus, Accipiter soloensis, and Serinus canaria) and six in the Appendix (Pterodroma solandri, Macronectes giganteus, Oceanites gracilis, Sterna trudeaui, Copsychus saularis, and Lagonosticta rubricata), are changed to conform to global usage, and the English names of two other species (Buteo nitidus and Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) are changed as a result of taxonomic changes; and 11) one species (Pluvialis apricaria) is added to the list of species known to occur in the United States. New linear sequences are adopted for species in the genera Buteogallus, Antrostomus, Pheugopedius, Thryophilus, Cantorchilus, and Haemorhous, and for genera in the families Trochilidae, Furnariidae, and Troglodytidae. A new subfamily is adopted in the Trochilidae, and the linear position of the genus Pyrrhula is changed. The linear sequence of orders is changed such that Falconiformes and Psittaciformes are moved to a position immediately preceding Passeriformes, reflecting the close relationship among these orders. The family placement of one genus (Paroaria) is changed on the basis of new information on its phylogenetic relationships. The spelling of one family name (Pteroclidae) is modified.

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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. 2012. Fifty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk. 129(3):573–588