All Birds Wiki :News

May 11
Fringillidae: Hooded Siskin, Sporagra magellanica, has been split into Lowland Hooded Siskin, Sporagra magellanica and Andean Hooded Siskin, Sporagra capitalis.

Fringillidae: Redpoll has been merged into one species, the Holarctic Redpoll, Acanthis flammea.

May 10
Meliphagidae: The English names of some of the Foulehaio honeyeaters are changed, based on IOC.
 * Viti Levu Honeyeater, Foulehaio procerior, becomes Kikau Honeyeater
 * Vanua Levu Honeyeater, Foulehaio taviunensis, becomes Lesser Wattled-Honeyeater
 * Polynesian Honeyeater, Foulehaio carunculatus, becomes Greater Wattled-Honeyeater

May 8

 * Rhynchocyclidae: The Tepui Flycatcher, Pipromorpha roraimae has been split from McConnell's Flycatcher, Pipromorpha macconnelli (Hilty and Ascanio, 2014), bringing the Taxonomy in Flux list to 10765.

April 17

 * Paridae: African Blue Tit, Cyanistes teneriffae, is split into Palma Blue Tit, Cyanistes palmensis, Libyan Blue Tit, Cyanistes cyrenaicae, Canary Blue Tit, Cyanistes teneriffae, and Ultramarine Tit, Cyanistes ultramarinus (Stervander et al., 2015), bringing the TiF list to 10764.