Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s<i>Check-list of North American Birds</i>

Abstract

This is the 22nd supplement since publication of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made between 25 April 2021 and 25 April 2022 by the American Ornithological Society’s (formerly American Ornithologists’ Union) Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Committee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in the 42nd Supplement (Banks et al. 2000). During the past year, Rosa Alicia Jiménez was added to the committee, and Irby J. Lovette left the committee. Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) 4 species (Grus monacha, Macronectes halli, Elaenia parvirostris, and Turdus naumanni) are added to the main list on the basis of new distributional information, including one transferred from the Appendix and one that replaces a species removed from the Appendix; (2) 6 species (Anthracothorax aurulentus, Cynanthus lawrencei, C. doubledayi, Trochilus scitulus, Chondrohierax wilsonii, and Sturnella lilianae) are added to the main list because of splits from species already on the list; (3) 3 species names are changed (to Herpsilochmus frater, Saxicola maurus, and Saltator grandis) because of splits from extralimital species; (4) the distributional statements of 6 species (Haplophaedia aureliae, Leptodon cayanensis, Pyrocephalus rubinus, Sipia laemosticta, Pseudocolaptes lawrencii, and Turdus nudigenis) are changed because of splits from extralimital species; (5) 1 species (Pampa excellens) is lost by merger with a species already on the list; (6) 2 genera (Philohydor and Hafferia) are added due to splits from other genera, resulting in changes to 2 scientific names (Philohydor lictor and Hafferia zeledoni); (7) 1 genus (Ramosomyia) is added for nomenclatural reasons, resulting in the loss of a genus (Leucolia) and changes to 2 scientific names (Ramosomyia viridifrons and R. violiceps); (8) 1 genus (Ciccaba) is lost by merger with a genus already on the list, resulting in changes to two scientific names (Strix virgata and S. nigrolineata); (9) the scientific name of 1 species is changed (to Anthus chii) based on nomenclatural priority; (10) 1 species (Riccordia elegans) is added to the Appendix; and (11) 2 species (Larosterna inca and Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) are added to the list of species known to occur in the United States. A new placement in the linear sequence is adopted for Camptorhynchus labradorius, and a new linear sequence is adopted for genera in the family Troglodytidae, due to new phylogenetic data. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area can be found at http://checklist.americanornithology.org/taxa, and proposals that form the basis for this supplement can be found at https://americanornithology.org/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2022-proposals/. The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee’s actions: pp. xvii–liv. Increase the number in the title of the list of species to 2,178. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Anthracothorax dominicus Hispaniolan Mango. Anthracothorax aurulentus Puerto Rican Mango. Cynanthus lawrencei Tres Marias Hummingbird. Cynanthus doubledayi Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird. Trochilus polytmus Red-billed Streamertail. Trochilus scitulus Black-billed Streamertail. Ramosomyia violiceps Violet-crowned Hummingbird. Ramosomyia viridifrons Green-fronted Hummingbird. Grus monacha Hooded Crane. (A) Macronectes halli Northern Giant-Petrel. (A) Chondrohierax wilsonii Cuban Kite. Strix virgata Mottled Owl. Strix nigrolineata Black-and-white Owl. Elaenia parvirostris Small-billed Elaenia. (A) Philohydor lictor Lesser Kiskadee. Herpsilochmus frater Rusty-winged Antwren. Hafferia zeledoni Zeledon’s Antbird. Turdus naumanni Naumann’s Thrush. (A) Saxicola maurus Asian Stonechat. (A) Anthus chii Yellowish Pipit. Sturnella lilianae Chihuahuan Meadowlark. Saltator grandis Cinnamon-bellied Saltator. Delete the following names: Anthracothorax dominicus Antillean Mango. Pampa excellens Long-tailed Sabrewing. Trochilus polytmus Streamertail. Leucolia violiceps Violet-crowned Hummingbird. Leucolia viridifrons Green-fronted Hummingbird. Ciccaba virgata Mottled Owl. Ciccaba nigrolineata Black-and-white Owl. Pitangus lictor Lesser Kiskadee. Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus Rufous-winged Antwren. Myrmeciza zeledoni Zeledon’s Antbird. Saxicola torquatus Stonechat. (A) Anthus lutescens Yellowish Pipit. Saltator coerulescens Grayish Saltator. Move †Camptorhynchus labradorius to follow Polysticta stelleri in the linear sequence. Adopt the following linear sequence for genera in the family Troglodytidae: Salpinctes Microcerculus Catherpes Hylorchilus Pheugopedius Cantorchilus Henicorhina Cyphorhinus Uropsila Thryophilus Campylorhynchus Thryomanes Thryothorus Troglodytes Ferminia Cistothorus Thryorchilus Note: The entries below follow the current linear sequence as established in this and previous supplements, although entries continue to be cross-referenced to page numbers in AOU (1998). [p. 79] Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genomes (Buckner et al. 2018) has shown that the current placement of Camptorhynchus labradorius in the linear sequence of the Anatidae does not reflect its evolutionary relationships. This finding results in the following changes: Move the heading and citation for genus Camptorhynchus and the species account for Camptorhynchus labradorius to follow the species account for Polysticta stelleri and insert the following Notes at the end of the species account for C. labradorius: Notes.—Placement of C. labradorius in the linear sequence follows Buckner et al. (2018). 2. [p. 288] Anthracothorax aurulentus is treated as a species separate from A. dominicus. In the species account for A. dominicus, change the English name to Hispaniolan Mango, replace the current distributional statement with “Resident on Hispaniola (including Gonâve, Tortue, and Beata islands, and île-à-Vache).”, and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with A. aurulentus, but separated based on differences in plumage commensurate with those between other species in this genus. After the species account for A. dominicus, insert the following new account: Anthracothorax aurulentus (Audebert and Vieillot). Puerto Rican Mango. Trochilus aurulentus Audebert and Vieillot, 1801, Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques 1, p. 34, pl. 12, 13. (Porto Rico.) Habitat.—Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Secondary Forest (0-500 m). Distribution.— Resident in lowlands of Puerto Rico (including Culebra and Culebrita islands and formerly Vieques; Kirwan et al. 2019), and locally in the Virgin Islands (Virgin Gorda, Beef Island, Anegada, and St. John, formerly St. Thomas; Raffaele 1989, Kirwan et al. 2019), where recent reports are few. Notes.—See comments under A. dominicus. 3. [p. 306] Extralimital species Haplophaedia assimilis is treated as a species separate from H. aureliae. In the species account for H. aureliae, replace “northern Bolivia” with “far northern Peru (Alto Mayo region)” in the distributional statement, and insert the following: Notes.—Formerly (e.g., Peters 1945; Meyer de Schauensee 1970; AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with H. assimilis (Elliot, 1876) [Buff-thighed Puffleg], but subsequently separated based on interpretation of plumage characters by Schuchmann et al. (2000); this was followed by Dickinson (2003), Gill and Wright (2006), Dickinson and Remsen (2013), and other classifications. Contra the interpretation of their respective distributions in Schuchmann et al. (2000), plumage turnover between the two taxa occurs in northern Peru (MUSM and LSUMZ specimens; Schulenberg et al. 2010); the two are considered separate species here due to abrupt turnover in plumage where no obvious geographical barriers occur and where they are likely parapatric. See details at https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop923.htm. 4. [p. 293] Cynanthus lawrencei and C. doubledayi are treated as species separate from C. latirostris. In the species account for C. latirostris, replace the distributional statement and existing Notes with the following: Distribution.—Breeds from southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico (Guadalupe Canyon), northwestern Sonora, northeastern Chihuahua, western Texas (Brewster County, casually), and east to Tamaulipas south through northern Mexico to Colima and northern Michoacán in the west and central Veracruz in the east. Winters from central Sonora, Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas south through the breeding range and into northern Guerrero, rarely to Baja California, and in small numbers at feeders in the Tucson region of southeastern Arizona; a few individuals winter occasionally at feeders in southern California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Texas, and southern Louisiana. Casual, mainly in fall and winter, north to northern California, southern Nevada, southern Utah, northern Texas, and east along the Gulf coast from Mississippi to Georgia and Florida. Accidental to Oregon, Idaho, southern Alberta, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Notes.—See comments under C. lawrencei and C. doubledayi. After the species account for C. latirostris, insert the following new accounts: Cynanthus lawrencei (Berlepsch). Tres Marias Hummingbird. Iache lawrencei Berlepsch, 1887, Ibis, p. 292. (Tres Marías Islands.) Habitat.—Tropical Semideciduous Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Arid Lowland Scrub, and coastal dunes (0–400 m; Tropical zone). Distribution.—Tres Marías Islands. Notes.—Formerly, together with C. doubledayi, considered conspecific with C. latirostris, as in most classifications since Peters (1945), who provided no rationale for that taxonomic treatment. Separated from C. latirostris based on plumage differences comparable to those between other species in the genus (Hernández-Baños et al. 2020). Cynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier.) Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird. Trochilus Doubledayi Bourcier, 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, p. 46. (presumably from Rio Negro, error = Guerrero.) Habitat.—Tropical Deciduous Forest, Gallery Forest, Arid Lowland Scrub (0–2100 m; Tropical and lower Subtropical zones). in the lowlands of southern Guerrero, southern and western known as Hummingbird. 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with C. latirostris, but et al. et al. that C. latirostris is with to C. C. and C. See comments under C. Pampa excellens is treated as a of the species account for In the distributional statement for insert the following the of the in southern Veracruz de and and northwestern the Notes under known as Sabrewing. excellens and excellens formerly considered a separate species due to but treated as conspecific with based on to of of and of et al. and et al. 2020). See comments under [p. Trochilus scitulus is treated as a species separate from In the species account for change the English name to Red-billed replace the current distributional statement with “Resident in western and central to the Rio and and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with scitulus, but separated based on the and between et al. of in and and and differences After the species account for insert the following new account: Trochilus scitulus (Brewster and Black-billed Streamertail. scitulus and Proceedings of the New Evergreen Forest, Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest, Secondary Forest m). in to the Rio and Notes.—See comments under The name Leucolia is not for the genus of the two species violiceps and C. viridifrons and the and Notes for with the following: Ramosomyia and by viridifrons in Ramosomyia formerly in (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) and in Leucolia (e.g., et al. et al. but the species of the is Leucolia is not for the genus of violiceps and viridifrons and Leucolia violiceps to Ramosomyia violiceps and Leucolia viridifrons to Ramosomyia the for species to follow the heading and citation for and the changes in names the existing the of the Notes for R. violiceps See comments under the of the Notes for R. viridifrons See comments under Ramosomyia and R. [p. After the account for Grus insert the following new species account: Grus monacha Hooded Crane. Grus monacha de de et de de pl. and in in and along In and winter in and including and Distribution.—Breeds in southeastern from southern the and lower and east to the of southeastern and northwestern and northern northeastern in and breeding in and and northeastern and Winters mainly of at southern southern small numbers winter in southern South and northeastern and in in southeastern and northern Accidental in Nebraska, and et al. et al. and [p. of inca in the United are the at the end of the distributional statement the of North American and Accidental in and and 2021 and and south of 4 et al. in to to the et al. [p. the account for insert the following new genus and species account: Macronectes Proceedings of the Society of by New name for and de by Macronectes halli Northern Giant-Petrel. Macronectes halli The Birds of p. and on the on Distribution.—Breeds on islands north of the from South Georgia to and at and along of southern north of the Accidental in the northern of and in the North and Accidental et al. reports of this species considered include from the of by as reports from and and from Islands and from and not Chondrohierax wilsonii is treated as a species separate from C. In the species account for C. the and distributional statements for the wilsonii and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—See comments under C. Insert the following new species account the account for C. Chondrohierax wilsonii Cuban Kite. 1847, of the of of new 1, p. pl. Evergreen Forest, Gallery Forest, formerly Tropical Deciduous Forest m; Tropical to lower Subtropical zones). in recent to of in and with few in recent and and (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with C. but separated based on differences in and plumage to the of in of C. C. wilsonii a mitochondrial to other of C. et al. See [p. Extralimital species Leptodon is treated as a species separate from In the species account for cayanensis, replace of the to northern and southern at the end of the distributional statement with of the to northern and southern for the range of in northeastern and insert the following: Notes.—Formerly 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with extralimital species but separated based on differences in plumage et al. following Remsen et al. 13. [p. Phylogenetic of et al. shown that Strix is with to This finding results in the following changes: Delete the heading and the Notes under this the citation for Ciccaba into the of and change the Notes under Strix to the following: Notes.—See comments under S. Ciccaba virgata to Strix virgata and Ciccaba nigrolineata to Strix the for species to follow the species account for Strix the name for S. and replace the existing Notes under S. virgata with the following: Notes.—Formerly, together with S. in Ciccaba AOU 1983, et al. but et al. that Strix as was with to the two genera on by (e.g., and et al. Remsen et al. known as Mottled the existing Notes for S. nigrolineata with the following: Notes.—See comments under S. [p. After the account for Elaenia insert the following new species account: Elaenia parvirostris Small-billed Elaenia. parvirostris pp. and from of Zoological p. Scrub, Secondary Forest, Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest Tropical Deciduous Forest, Gallery Tropical and Subtropical Distribution.—Breeds from and south to and northeastern to and Winters in South from breeding range and east of to northern for northeastern and and Accidental in northern April and to 4 et al. and in and coastal Texas Island, [p. Phylogenetic of et al. shown that Pitangus as is This finding results in the following changes: the citation for Philohydor from the of Pitangus and insert the following new and Notes the species account for Philohydor American by lictor species in this was formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) in but et al. that Pitangus as was and that lictor is not to the other species in the is by differences in and in Pitangus lictor to Philohydor the account for this species to follow the and Notes for and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—See comments under Insert the following Notes the heading and citation for Notes.—See comments under Extralimital species Pyrocephalus is treated as a species separate from In the species account for rubinus, the from the distributional statement and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with extralimital species but following Remsen et al. based on differences in and a mitochondrial to of et al. [p. Herpsilochmus frater is treated as a species separate from H. the species account for H. rufimarginatus and replace with the following new account: Herpsilochmus frater and Rusty-winged Antwren. Herpsilochmus frater and 1887, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, p. as in the account for Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus in AOU locally in and and in South west of the from northern to northwestern in of the from to central and in lowlands east of the locally in and from southern and to central from to and in northeastern from Rio to Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with H. rufimarginatus but separated based on differences in following Remsen et al. [p. Extralimital species Sipia is treated as a species separate from S. In the species account for S. laemosticta, and in South from northern east to northwestern from the distributional statement and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with S. but separated based on differences in et al. et al. following Remsen et al. [p. Phylogenetic of and mitochondrial et al. shown that Myrmeciza as is This finding results in the following changes: Insert the following new and Notes the species account for Hafferia and by Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) in but et al. that Myrmeciza as was and that species of Hafferia are not to Myrmeciza Myrmeciza zeledoni to Hafferia the name in the heading for this the account for this species to follow the and Notes for and insert the following at the end of the existing See comments under the existing Notes under Myrmeciza with the following: Notes.—See comments under and [p. Extralimital species Pseudocolaptes is treated as a species separate from In the species account for lawrencii, change the distributional statement to “Resident in the of the central and western western and and replace the existing Notes with the following: Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with extralimital species and but separated based on differences in and to and A of Pygochelidon in the United is Insert the following new at the end of the distributional Accidental in Texas County, et al. Phylogenetic of and mitochondrial shown that the current linear sequence of genera in the family does not reflect their evolutionary relationships. After the heading replace the existing Notes with the following: sequence of genera follows the sequence of genera in the Salpinctes Microcerculus Catherpes Hylorchilus Pheugopedius Cantorchilus Henicorhina Cyphorhinus Uropsila Thryophilus Campylorhynchus Thryomanes Thryothorus Troglodytes Ferminia Cistothorus Thryorchilus [p. After the account for Turdus insert the following new species account: Turdus naumanni Naumann’s Thrush. Turdus naumanni 1, p. and and with and In and winter including and Distribution.—Breeds in and southeastern between the and north to and south to the of the in and 2019), and the range south of and at lower that of but are found in the lower and lower north of the breeding range of Winters from southeastern and North to and south to the small numbers to South and southern west to southeastern through and southeastern to northern and to Accidental to northern and Accidental to St. et al. likely with from the central and western and and et al. Notes.—See comments under Delete the of the existing Notes under [p. Extralimital species Turdus is treated as a species separate from In the species account for the names and and northwestern from the distributional statement and replace the of the existing Notes with the following: considered conspecific with and but separated based on and differences and following Remsen et al. [p. Saxicola maurus is treated as a species separate from extralimital species S. torquatus and S. the species account for S. torquatus and replace with the following new account: Saxicola maurus Asian Stonechat. p. western in with in lowlands and During and winter in in lowlands (e.g., including Distribution.—Breeds from the west of the and east to the northeastern of and south to northern northern northern northern northwestern northern South and central in northeastern Winters from and the to and in winter to the Middle the and to to and northern to western Accidental in fall to and found April but likely the previous and Island, et al. and to Island, and and New Island, 1 1983, known as Stonechat. considered conspecific with S. torquatus and S. but separated due to et al. that of S. torquatus with to S. S. maurus separated from S. based on differences in et al. 2018) and in the and and 2020). S. maurus in (e.g., et al. et al. and et al. the of and are and names [p. Anthus chii has shown to be a of A. as by and to that name and Anthus lutescens to Anthus chii and replace the current citation with the following: Anthus chii Vieillot, à à et à de et p. Insert the following at the end of the existing known as Anthus but chii has that name and Sturnella lilianae is treated as a species separate from S. In the species account for S. from the and of the distributional replace Baja and northwestern to central with and southern Mexico, and south to central the Resident in its and replace the existing Notes with the following: and S. rarely and their are See comments under S. Insert the following new species account the account for S. Sturnella lilianae Chihuahuan Meadowlark. Sturnella lilianae of the of p. pl. and Distribution.—Breeds from northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and western Texas in southeastern south to northern and northern Chihuahua, and from southern and south along the coast to and in the to Michoacán and Winters from central and southern New Mexico through the of the breeding in winter west to the and east to and Notes.—Formerly (e.g., AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with S. due to in and plumage but separated based on that that S. is with to S. and differences in et al. and differences are S. lilianae of lilianae and et al. et al. [p. Saltator grandis is treated as a species separate from extralimital species S. coerulescens and S. the species account for S. coerulescens and replace with the following new account: Saltator grandis Cinnamon-bellied Saltator. grandis in Mexico in in p. 2. from as in the account for S. coerulescens in AOU as for the grandis Notes.—Formerly considered conspecific with S. coerulescens Vieillot, and S. but separated based on differences in and of S. coerulescens with to S. et al. [p. Delete the account for Macronectes from the [p. Delete the account for Grus monacha from the [p. is added to the Check-list as a of Insert the following new species account the account for in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, p. from the a a the and of this the following changes to the list of names of North American Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Anthracothorax aurulentus de Rico Cynanthus lawrencei Marias Cynanthus doubledayi de Trochilus scitulus à Ramosomyia violiceps à Ramosomyia viridifrons à Grus monacha Macronectes halli de Chondrohierax wilsonii de Strix virgata Strix nigrolineata à Elaenia parvirostris à Philohydor lictor Herpsilochmus frater de Hafferia zeledoni de Turdus naumanni de Saxicola maurus de Anthus chii Sturnella lilianae de Saltator grandis Saltator in de the from the following names: de de de de Anthracothorax de de de de de de de de de de de de de Delete the following names: Pampa excellens de Leucolia violiceps à Leucolia viridifrons à Ciccaba virgata Ciccaba nigrolineata à Pitangus lictor Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus à Myrmeciza zeledoni de Saxicola torquatus Anthus lutescens Saltator coerulescens Saltator in Grus monacha Macronectes the sequence of genera in the and as indicated by the text of this considered but not by the Committee include the of from C. of from of from of from of Pampa from of Leucolia from Green-fronted merger of with H. of from to for the of from A. of and as to of from of from of from of Elaenia from Antillean Elaenia of from of as a species; of of Troglodytes into as as species; of Thryothorus from of Turdus from of Turdus from American of Turdus into two species; and merger of with as the Committee’s for in to scientific and is the for and on the for the committee. J. J. J. C. R. S. A. S. J. A. C. A. C. J. A. J. J. S. J. and the for and this supplement to C. of the who on

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