Re: [SBB] FW: [MBB] Break-Up of Old World Warblers

["Alvaro Jaramillo" <[[email protected]]>]

Folks

  Lots of stuff happening with the organization of "higher order" (in other
words family level etc.) taxonomy of birds. A lot of this is based on
molecular work, with some great stuff being published left right and center.
I just wanted to note the one direct effect this break up of the Old World
Warblers has on California. The Wrentit will become part of a family that
includes some of the Babblers, the Parrotbills, and the Sylvia warblers! If
this change is made the name of the family becomes problematic and you can
refer to Don's page on the warbler split for more details. 
	So the Wrentit becomes the single New World member of an Old World
family, as has been thought in the past. The details of its closest
relatives are now much clearer though, and include some Sylvia warblers that
sort of look like a Wrentit...if you squint hard. 

Regards

Al

Alvaro Jaramillo
[[email protected]]
Half Moon Bay, CA

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-
> [[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Kris Olson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 11:18 PM
> To: 'South Bay Birders'; Peninsula-Birding
> Subject: [SBB] FW: [MBB] Break-Up of Old World Warblers
> 
> Thought this may be of interest to local birders.
> 
> Kris Olson
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [[email protected]] [mailto:[[email protected]]] On
> Behalf Of Don Roberson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:02 PM
> To: Calbirds; MBB
> Subject: [MBB] Break-Up of Old World Warblers
> 
> This is of only tangential interest to most readers of these discussion
> groups, but for those among you interested in systematics or taxonomy on
> a world scale, the Break-Up of the Old World Warblers ["Syvliidae"] has
> begun this year with the publication of Alstrom et al. (2006) and
> Jonsson & Fjeldsa (2006). For world birders this has major implications
> about bird families. It even applies (barely) to California birders: the
> "Old World Warblers" that have reached California actually belong to two
> different families: the Phylloscopidae (Dusky Warbler, Arctic Warbler)
> and the Megaluridae (Lanceolated Warbler). If you have any interest in
> this, please see a three-page web discussion that has just been posted,
> beginning at
> http://montereybay.com/creagrus/sylvid-intro.html
> 
> 
> and a rather new look at the Bird Families of the World at
> http://montereybay.com/creagrus/list.html
> 
> 
> More details of other updates are at
> http://montereybay.com/creagrus/new.html
> 
> 
> Don Roberson
> "I'm not a ornithologist, but I play one on the internet"  ; - )
> 
> 
> 
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