Recent Changes to ABC Review List - Aug 2008

 

The Arizona Bird Committee met on 16 August 2008 and approved the following changes to the Sketch Details and Review Lists for Arizona:

 

Note 1: In the previous list, several species were qualified by date, sex or location.  The committee removed all such qualifications.  Either the species is on the list or it is not.  No species were removed entirely from the lists. 

 

Note 2: In general, Review Species are those species with fewer than 40 records for the state.  Species with more than 40 records may be removed from the Review List if they have averaged more than about 3 records per year in the last 5 years. 

 

Greater Scaup - Sketch Details everywhere in the state (formerly only away from Colorado River Valley).

 

Buff-collared Nightjar - Added to Review List (omitted in error from previous list)

 

Berylline Hummingbird - Changed from Review to Sketch Details since it has become more regular in the state recently.

 

Rose-thorated Becard - Added to Review List due to recent decrease in sightings

 

"Eastern" Winter Wren - (Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis complex) - added to the Review List as a subspecies since there is evidence that this is a separate species and is a likely future split.  There is at least one possible photograph of this form from the state.  "Pacific" Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes pacificus complex), the regular form in Arizona, remains on the Sketch Details list.

 

Gray Catbird - Sketch Details throughout the state.  (formerly Review only away from White Mountains).

 

Black-throated Blue Warbler - Sketch Details Species (formerly Review for females only).

 

Kentucky Warbler - Reveiw Species (formerly for spring records only).  Records have declined in recent years. 

 

Bobolink - added to Review List as records have declined. 

 

"Red" Fox Sparrow - added to review list.  To avoid confusion, all Fox Sparrows except for the expected Slate-colored form are now on the Review List.

 

McCown's Longspur - Sketch Detail species.  (formerly Review away from SE Arizona)   

 

 

 

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