The 50th supplement to the AOU Check-list was recently published, and
here's my understanding of the changes affecting the Minnesota field
checklists and the new 2009 MOURC checklist:
COMMON NAME
- change Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow to Nelson's Sparrow
CHECKLIST SEQUENCE
- move Northern Bobwhite (and the Family Odontophoridae) before Gray
Partridge (and the Family Phasianidae)
- move the three tanagers before Northern Cardinal at beginning of the
Family Cardinalidae; there are now no Minnesota species in the Family
Thraupidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME CHANGES
- Boreal Chickadee becomes Poecile hudsonicus
- Common Redpoll becomes Acanthis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll becomes Acanthis hornemanni
- Pine Siskin becomes Spinus pinus
- American Goldfinch becomes Spinus tristis
Please be sure to comment on mou-net if anyone has any corrections or
additions to this summary.
Kim Eckert
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