I wrote:
>scientific name changes to (former) Piranga "tanagers", common
names: Scarlet, Summer, Western, and others.<
while:
...it's the family that includes Piranga "tanagers" (such as Scarlet,
Summer, Western, & others) that's been changed, so that those
"tanagers" (keeping their common & scientific names for the moment)
which are moved into the Cardinalidae... which may lead to some
grousing. (that was brought to this list's attention as of 13 July by
Hugh McGuinness. The A.O.U. Supplement PDF file was not; perhaps it
just became available.)
http://www.aou.org/checklist/suppl/AOU_checklist_suppl_50.pdf (small
file / fast download)
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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