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| Caribbean Flamingo | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | Changed from Caribbean Flamingo to American Flamingo because of new distributional info. | ||||||
| Sooty Grouse |
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The Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to North America's Pacific Coast Ranges. It is so closely related to the Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, that until recently there was some debate whether...
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Blue Grouse | Forty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | Blue Grouse split into Sooty and Dusky Grouse on the basis of evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence data that supports the previous separation based on behavior, plumage, and vocalizations | |||
| Dusky Grouse |
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The Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to North America's Rocky Mountains. It is so closely related to the Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, that until recently there was some debate whether they...
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Blue Grouse | Forty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | Blue Grouse split into Sooty and Dusky Grouse on the basis of evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence data that supports the previous separation based on behavior, plumage, and vocalizations | |||
| Tiaga Bean-Goose | Bean Goose | Forty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | ||||||
| Tundra Bean Goose | Forty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | Added | ||||||
| Cuban Black-Hawk |
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The Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures.
It is endemic to the island of Cuba, where restricted to coastal areas. It has traditionally...
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Forty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | Added | ||||
| Spizaetus |
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Spizaetus is the typical hawk-eagle birds of prey genus found in the tropics of the Americas. It was however used to indicate a group of medium-large tropical eagles that included species occurring in southern and southeastern Asia and one...
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Spizastur | Spizastur | Genus | Forty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds | ||
| Spotted Towhee |
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The Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Eastern Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee. An archaic...
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Rufous-sided Towhee | Rufous-sided Towhee split into Eastern and Spotted Towhee | ||||
| Eastern Towhee |
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The Eastern Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Spotted Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee....
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Rufous-sided Towhee | Rufous-sided Towhee split into Eastern and Spotted Towhee | ||||
| Lagocephalus |
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Lagocephalus is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae).
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| Sooty-faced Finch |
The Sooty-faced Finch (Arremon crassirostris) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Until recently, it was placed in the genus...
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Lysurus crassirostris | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch |
The Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Arremon brunneinucha, is a passerine bird which breeds in highlands from central Mexico to southeastern Peru. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also...
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Buarremon brunneinucha | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Green-striped Brush-finch |
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The Green-striped Brush-finch (Arremon virenticeps) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Buarremon.
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Buarremon virenticeps | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||
| Brown Violetear |
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The Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America (primarily the Andes and the Tepuis) with isolated populations on Trinidad...
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Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | Hyhen removed from English name | ||||
| Stripe-headed Brush-finch |
The Stripe-headed Brush-finch (Arremon torquatus) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
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Buarremon torquatus | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Green Violetear |
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The Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is an attractive hummingbird that is a resident breeder in highlands from south-central Mexico, (the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt), to western Panama and in the Andes from northern Venezuela to Bolivia. It...
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Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | Hyhen removed from English name | ||||
| Pirre Hummingbird | Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||||
| Sooty Thrush |
Turdus nigrescens renamed from Sooty Robin in 49th AOU supplement.
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Sooty Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Brownish Flycatcher |
The Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), also known as the Brownish Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae. It was the only member of the genus Cnipodectes until the description of Cnipodectes superrufus in 2007.
It is found in...
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Brownish Twistwing | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Black Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||||
| Mountain Thrush | Mountain Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||||
| White-throated Thrush |
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The White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. Its natural habitats...
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White-throated Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||
| Bare-eyed Thrush |
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The Bare-eyed Thrush or Yellow-eyed Thrush, Turdus nudigenis, is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil. In Trinidad and Tobago, this thrush is also known as...
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Bare-eyed Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||
| Clay-colored Thrush | Clay-colored Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||||
| Venezuelan Troupial | Troupial | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||||
| Carmioli Tanager | Olive Tanager | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | ||||||
| Bean Goose |
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The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It has been split into two species by the AOU (2007), however it is still regarded as a single species by the BOU - see below. It is migratory and winters further south...
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| Swallow-tailed Gull |
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The Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) is an equatorial seabird in the gull family Laridae. It is the only species in the genus Creagrus, which derives from the Latin Creagra and the Greek kreourgos which means butcher, also from kreas, meat;...
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| Plumbeous Pigeon |
The Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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| Brown Hawk Owl |
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The Brown Hawk Owl, Ninox scutulata, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China.
This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae,...
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| Brown Violetear |
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The Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America (primarily the Andes and the Tepuis) with isolated populations on Trinidad...
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| Green Violetear |
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The Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is an attractive hummingbird that is a resident breeder in highlands from south-central Mexico, (the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt), to western Panama and in the Andes from northern Venezuela to Bolivia. It...
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| Brownish Flycatcher |
The Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), also known as the Brownish Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae. It was the only member of the genus Cnipodectes until the description of Cnipodectes superrufus in 2007.
It is found in...
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| Yellow-breasted Flycatcher |
The Yellow-breasted Flatbill or Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Tolmomyias flaviventris, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and on...
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| Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher | ||||||||
| San Andres Vireo | ||||||||
| Pallas's Leaf-Warbler | ||||||||
| Song Thrush |
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The Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies....
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| Sooty Thrush |
Turdus nigrescens renamed from Sooty Robin in 49th AOU supplement.
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| Mountain Thrush | ||||||||
| Clay-colored Thrush | ||||||||
| Bare-eyed Thrush |
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The Bare-eyed Thrush or Yellow-eyed Thrush, Turdus nudigenis, is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil. In Trinidad and Tobago, this thrush is also known as...
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| White-throated Thrush |
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The White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. Its natural habitats...
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| Saltmarsh Sparrow | ||||||||
| Yellow-browed Bunting |
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The Yellow-Browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys, is a passerine bird in the bunting family (Emberizidae), a group now separated by most modern taxonomists from the finches (Fringillidae).
It breeds in eastern Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in...
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| Carmioli Tanager | ||||||||
| Venezuelan Troupial | ||||||||
| Red-footed Falcon |
The Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), formerly Western Red-footed Falcon, is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Falconidae, the falcons. This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia although its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to...
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| Black Thrush |
The Black Thrush (Turdus infuscatus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It was formerly known as the Black Robin. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
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| Sedge Warbler |
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The Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara...
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| Black Thrush |
The Black Thrush (Turdus infuscatus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It was formerly known as the Black Robin. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
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Black Robin | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | |||||
| Eastern Spot-Billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha | Subspecies | Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union check-list of North American birds | Split from Indian Spot-billed duck because of sympatric breeding at Hong Kong. | ||||
| Nelson's Sparrow | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | |||||||
