2016 splits and lumps

Splits and discoveries

 * 1) Middendorf's Bean-Goose, Anser middendorffii
 * 2) Sula Cuckoo-Dove, Turacoena sulaensis
 * 3) Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia doreya
 * 4) Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia macassariensis
 * 5) Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia timorlaoensis
 * 6) Enggano Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia cinnamomea
 * 7) Barusan Cuckoo-Dove, Macropygia modiglianii
 * 8) Rufous-naped Wood-Rail / White-bellied Wood-Rail, Aramides albiventris
 * 9) Grey-faced Petrel, Pterodroma gouldi
 * 10) Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker / Baird's Woodpecker, Campephilus bairdii
 * 11) Sooty Woodpecker / Southern Sooty-Woodpecker,Mulleripicus funebris
 * 12) Coopman's Elaenia, Elaenia brachyptera
 * 13) Northern Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet, Nesotriccus incomtus
 * 14) Ayacucho Thistletail, Asthenes ayacuchensis
 * 15) Tan-capped Catbird, Ailuroedus geislerorum
 * 16) Ochre-breasted Catbird, Ailuroedus stonii
 * 17) Spotted Catbird, Ailuroedus maculosus
 * 18) Huon Catbird, Ailuroedus astigmaticus
 * 19) Black-capped Catbird, Ailuroedus melanocephalus
 * 20) Arfak Catbird, Ailuroedus arfakianus
 * 21) Northern Catbird, Ailuroedus jobiensis
 * 22) Pilbara Grasswren, Amytornis whitei
 * 23) Sandhill Grasswren, Amytornis oweni
 * 24) Rusty Grasswren, Amytornis rowleyi
 * 25) Admiralty Islands Cicadabird, Edolisoma admiralitatis
 * 26) Chestnut-throated Flycatcher, Myiagra castaneigularis
 * 27) White-cheeked Monarch, Symposiachrus malaitae
 * 28) North Island Robin, Petroica longipes
 * 29) Pacific Robin, Petroica pusilla
 * 30) Darod Lark, Calandrella daaroodensis
 * 31) Northern Red-capped Lark, Calandrella williamsi
 * 32) Sykes's Short-toed Lark, Calandrella dukhunensis
 * 33) Highland Rush Warbler, Bradypterus centralis
 * 34) Tarim Babbler, Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris
 * 35) Dark-eyed White-eye, Zosterops tetiparius
 * 36) Grey-brown White-eye, Zosterops ponapensis
 * 37) Chinese Blue-Flycatcher, Cyornis glaucicomans
 * 38) Chinese Rubythroat, Calliope tschebaiewi
 * 39) Himalayan Thrush, Zoothera salimalii
 * 40) Sichuan Thrush, Zoothera griseiceps
 * 41) Campina Thrush, Turdus arthuri
 * 42) Amazonian Thrush, Turdus debilis
 * 43) Merida Brushfinch, Atlapetes meridae
 * 44) Black-fronted Brushfinch, Atlapetes nigrifrons
 * 45) Blood-red Tanager, Piranga haemalea

Lumps

 * 1) Four-colored Bushshrike, Telophorus quadricolor

Cited text

 * 1) Ruokonen, M., and T. Aarvak  (2011), Typology revisited: historical taxa of the bean goose—pink-footed goose complex, Ardea 99, 103-112.