PROPOSAL ROSTER
South American Classification Committee
American
Ornithologists' Union
updated 4 May 2017
Note:
those who have authored a proposal may or may not have recommended a vote in
favor of the proposal. Many proposals are brought before the Committee just to
get an endorsement of status quo on controversial item.
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A.
Proposals that have PASSED:
1. Elevate Rhynchotus
maculicollis to species rank (Remsen. PASSED
2. Change
English name of Oceanodroma tethys
from ÒGalapagos Storm-PetrelÓ to ÒWedge-rumped
Storm-PetrelÓ (Remsen).
PASSED
3. Change
English name of Phalacrocorax brasilianus
from ÒOlivaceous CormorantÓ to ÒNeotropic
CormorantÓ (Remsen).
PASSED
4. Change Forpus
crassirostris to Forpus
xanthopterygius (Schulenberg).
PASSED
5. Use AOU
1998 classification for Ciconiiformes (Remsen). PASSED
6. Use AOU
1998 classification of Falconidae (Remsen). PASSED
8. Change
linear sequence of orders to place Galliformes and Anseriformes after
Tinamiformes: Galloanserae. (Remsen). PASSED
9. Continue to
recognize Otus roboratus etc. (Robbins). PASSED
10. Continue
to treat usta as subspecies of Otus watsonii. (Robbins). PASSED
12. Continue
to recognize broad Otus guatemalae. (Robbins). PASSED
13. Continue
to recognize Strix chacoensis. (Robbins). PASSED
16. Elevate
the taxon Myrmeciza hemimelaena castanea Zimmer, 1932,
to species rank, following Isler et al. (2002). (Remsen). PASSED
17. Change the
name of Xiphorhynchus necopinus to Xiphorhynchus kienerii, following
Aleixo & Whitney (2002). (Remsen).
PASSED
18. Remove taxon
oseryi from genus Psarocolius; transfer (A) to the genus Ocyalus,
or (b) restore monotypic genus Clypicterus for oseryi. (Remsen). PASSED
19. Split Phacellodomus
maculipectus from P. striaticollis.
(Remsen). PASSED
20. Change
English name of Podiceps taczanowskii from ÒPuna GrebeÓ to Junin Grebe. (Manuel
Plenge). PASSED
21. Change
English name of Rollandia microptera to Titicaca Grebe. (Manuel
Plenge). PASSED
22. Add Eudyptula minor to main list
of South American birds (as vagrant). (Jaramillo). PASSED
23. Change
English name of Eudyptula minor from "Little Blue Penguin" to
"Little
Penguin." (Jaramillo).
PASSED
24. Add Piranga
ludoviciana (Western Tanager) to main list based on photos from
Netherlands Antilles. (Jaramillo).
PASSED
25. Move Cape Gannet (Morus
capensis) from Hypothetical List to Main List based on published photo
from Peru. (Remsen). PASSED
26. Elevate Automolus
infuscatus paraensis to species
rank (Remsen). PASSED
29. Place Euphoniinae in
Fringillidae (Remsen). PASSED
30. Change
English name of Poecilotriccus luluae from "Lulu's
Tody-Tyrant" to "Johnson's
Tody-Tyrant" (Remsen).
PASSED
31. Recognize Micrastur mintoni
Whittaker,
2002 (Remsen). PASSED
32. Recognize Glaucidium
mooreorum Silva et al., 2002 (Robbins). PASSED
45. Recognize Myrmotherula
ignota but include in it M. obscura (Stotz). PASSED
47. Place New
World "Columba" pigeons in genus Patagioenas (Dick Banks). PASSED
53. Change
English name of Myrmeciza
castanea to "Zimmer's Antbird" (Schulenberg). PASSED
54. Split Chlorostilbon
mellisugus into three species (Stiles). PASSED
55. Recognize
genus Chlorestes (Stiles). PASSED
56. Continue
to recognize broad genus Amazilia (Stiles). PASSED
58. Place
South American Otus in Megascops (Carla
Cicero). PASSED
59. Elevate Celeus
spectabilis obrieni to species
rank (Zimmer). PASSED
60. Change
English name of Larus belcheri from ÒBand-tailed GullÓ to "Belcher's Gull" (S. N.
G. Howell; Manuel Plenge). PASSED
64. Recognize Myioborus castaneocapillus as a species separate from M.
brunniceps (Remsen). PASSED
65. Change
English name of Myioborus pariae from "Yellow-faced
Redstart" to "Paria Redstart"
(Remsen). PASSED
71. Change
English name of Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea from "Indigo
Grosbeak" to "Glaucous-blue
Grosbeak" (Remsen).
PASSED
74. Recognize Amaurospiza
carrizalensis Lentino & Restall, 2003
(Remsen). PASSED
75. Treat Pterodroma
sandwichensis as a separate species from P. phaeopygia (Dick
Banks). PASSED
76. Change SACC
offshore
limit to 200 nautical miles (Jaramillo). PASSED
77. Re-split Threnetes niger from T.
leucurus (Stotz). PASSED
78. Retain
genus Xanthopsar (Rosendo M.
Fraga). PASSED
81. Add newly
described Henicorhina
negreti (Remsen).
PASSED
83. Split Arremon semitorquatus from A.
taciturnus (Remsen). PASSED
85. Change
English name of Atlapetes
canigenis from ÒSooty Brush-FinchÓ to "Cuzco Brush-Finch"
(Remsen). PASSED
88. Split Hylocharis humboldtii
from
H. grayi (Stiles). PASSED
90. Split Phaeochroa
from Campylopterus (Stiles). PASSED
92. English
name of Amaurospiza carrizalensis (Remsen). PASSED
94. Change
English name of Herpsilochmus
pileatus from ÒPileated AntwrenÓ to "Bahia Antwren" (Mort
Isler). PASSED
95. Split Avocettula from Anthracothorax.
(Stiles). PASSED
97. Change
English name of Amazilia edward to
"Snowy-breasted Hummingbird" (Rich Hoyer). PASSED
98. Delete the
family Coerebidae (Remsen). PASSED
109. Change
English name of Columba livia from ÒRock
DoveÓ to "Rock Pigeon" (Ian Paulsen). PASSED
113. Add Oncostoma
cinereigulare to main list. (Stiles). PASSED
114. Change
linear sequence of genera in Ramphastidae (Remsen). PASSED
115. Change
linear sequence of species in Ramphastos (Remsen and
Jason Weckstein). PASSED
116. Change
linear sequence of genera in Columbidae (Remsen and
Kevin Johnson). PASSED
117. Lump Momotus
aequatorialis into M. momota (Remsen). PASSED
118. Remove Donacobius from
Troglodytidae (Remsen and Keith Barker).
PASSED
119. Change
linear sequence of genera in Troglodytidae (Remsen and
Keith Barker). PASSED
120. Elevate Procellaria
conspicillata to species rank (Jaramillo). PASSED
121. Elevate Piculus
litae to species rank. (Remsen). PASSED
122. Elevate Veniliornis
chocoensis to species
rank (Remsen). PASSED
123. Elevate Melanerpes
pulcher to species
rank (Remsen). PASSED
124. Elevate Notharchus
swainsoni to species rank (Zimmer). PASSED
125. Elevate Notharchus
hyperrhynchus to species rank (Zimmer). PASSED
126. Move Coereba
flaveola and relatives to Incertae Sedis (Remsen). PASSED
127. Elevate Thryothorus
mystacalis to species rank (Remsen). PASSED
129. Change
English name of Cistothorus meridae from ÒParamo
WrenÓ to "Merida Wren" (Remsen).
PASSED
132. Merge
Dendrocolaptidae and Furnariidae (Remsen). PASSED
133. Remove
"Schiffornis
group" from Cotingidae (Remsen). PASSED
134. Reinstate
monotypic family Oxyruncidae (Remsen). PASSED
135. Recognize
genus Agelasticus for three species currently in Chrysomus
(xanthophthalmus, cyanopus, and thilius) (Schulenberg). PASSED
141. Recognize
Urosticte ruficrissa as a separate
species from U. benjamini (Stiles).
PASSED
144. Recognize
Aglaiocercus berlepschi as a separate
species from A. kingi (Stiles).
PASSED
145. Change
English name of Atlapetes
flaviceps from ÒOlive-headed Brush-FinchÓ to "Yellow-headed
Brush-Finch" (Peter Kaestner).
PASSED
148. Change
linear sequence of families in Charadriiformes (Remsen). PASSED
149. Recognize
Pionopsitta aurantiocephala as a valid
new species (Zimmer). PASSED
150. Recognize
Thamnophilus divisorius as a valid
new species (Zimmer). PASSED
151. Merge Baillonius into Pteroglossus
(Remsen). PASSED
155. Split Shy
Albatross Thalassarche cauta
into
two or three species (Jaramillo).
PASSED
156. Change
English Name of Skutchia borbae
from
"Pale-faced Bare-eye" to ÒPale-faced AntbirdÓ (Zimmer). PASSED
157. Change
English name of Notharchus macrorhynchos to
"Guianan Puffbird" (Zimmer).
PASSED
158. Change English
name of Notharchus hyperrhynchus to
"White-necked Puffbird" (Zimmer). PASSED
160. Split
Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) from
Audubon's Shearwater (P. lherminieri) (Jaramillo). PASSED
165. Move Cichlopsis in linear
sequence of Turdidae (Remsen/John Klicka).
PASSED
167. Recognize
subfamilies Oceanitinae
and Hydrobatinae within Hydrobatidae (John Penhallurick). PASSED
168. Lump Amazilia
cupreicauda with A.
viridigaster (Stiles). PASSED
169. Recognize
Caprimulgus heterurus as a separate
species from C. parvulus (John Penhallurick). PASSED (11 Oct. 06)
172. Change
linear sequence of species in Geositta (Remsen). PASSED
175. Change
genera and linear sequence within the terns (Sterninae) (Jaramillo). PASSED
177. Reassign Propyrrhura
to Primolius (John Penhallurick). PASSED
179. Suborders
in Charadriiformes (Remsen). PASSED
181. Split
Pyrrhura griseipectus and P. pfrimeri from P. leucotis
(Pacheco). PASSED (16 Dec. 05)
182. Add Streptopelia
risoria (Ringed Turtle-Dove) to hypothetical list (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (1 Feb. 06)
183. Change
linear sequence of penguins (Spheniscidae) (Jaramillo). PASSED (16 Dec. 05)
185. Recognize Coeligena orina as a species distinct from C. bonapartei (Stiles). PASSED (16 Dec. 05)
187. Change
English name of Neopipo
cinnamomea from ÒCinnamon
Tyrant- ManakinÓ to ÒCinnamon Manakin-TyrantÓ (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (16 Dec. 05)
188. Treat Amazilia rondoniae as a subspecies of A. versicolor (Stiles). PASSED (25 May 06)
193. Recognize
Scytalopus stilesi as a valid
species (Daniel Zimberlin). PASSED
(17 March 06)
195. Recognize
Scytalopus rodriguezi as a valid
species (Daniel Zimberlin). PASSED
(25 May 06)
196. Recognize
Scytalopus pachecoi as a valid
species (Maur’cio Giovanni, Daniel Zimberlin). PASSED (1 June 06)
197. Recognize
Aratinga pintoi as a valid
species (Daniel Zimberlin). PASSED
(5 September 08)
198. Transfer Philydor
dimidiatum to the genus Syndactyla
(Robbins & Zimmer). PASSED (31
July 06)
199. Remove
hyphen in the English name "Violet-ear" (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (31 July 06)
201. Resurrect
genus Helicolestes for Rostrhamus hamatus
(Joe Tobias). PASSED (1 June 06)
203. Recognize
Polioptila clementsi (Daniel
Zimberlin). PASSED (31 July 06)
205. Change
English names of Phaethornis
longirostris and P. superciliosus to "Long-billed
Hermit" and "Long-tailed Hermit" respectively (Stiles). PASSED (1 June 06)
207. Add Falco
tinnunculus to Main List (Pacheco). PASSED (7 June 06)
208. Add Gallinula
angulata to Main List
(Pacheco). PASSED (16 July 06)
212. Split Gypopsitta from Pionopsitta
(Remsen). PASSED (31 July 06)
213. Change
linear sequence in Gypopsitta (Remsen). PASSED (31 July 06)
216. Remove
hyphen from English name "Bamboo-wren" (Psilorhamphus)
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (31 July
06)
217. Remove
hyphen from English name "Crescent-chest" (Melanopareia)
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (31 July
06)
220. Merge Nesomimus into Mimus
(Remsen). PASSED (24 Sep 07)
221. Change
linear sequence in South American Mimus (Remsen). PASSED (22 Aug 06)
223. Change
name of Bahia Spinetail from Synallaxis cinereus to S. whitneyi
(Remsen). PASSED (15 Dec 06)
225. Change to
lower case "s" in English name "Painted-Snipe" (Nycticryphes)
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (18 Dec
06)
227. Merge Catoptrophorus
and Heteroscelus into Tringa (Richard Banks). PASSED (27 Dec 06)
228. Merge Asturina into Buteo
(Richard Banks). PASSED (12 Oct 06)
229. Split Coccycua from Coccyzus
(Remsen). PASSED (24 Sep 07)
230. Change
linear sequence of genera in Trogonidae (Remsen). PASSED (31 Jan 07)
232. Reassign Chordeiles
vielliardi to genus Nyctiprogne
(Zimmer). PASSED (15 Dec 06)
233. Include Oroaetus
and Spizastur in Spizaetus (Robbins). PASSED (27 Dec 06)
234. Transfer
"Amazona" xanthops to the monotypic genus Salvatoria
(E.
S. Tavares). PASSED (27 Dec 06)
235. Change
classification of the Formicariidae (Cadena). PASSED (31 Jan 07)
236. Change
linear sequence of Henicorhina species
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (27 Dec
06)
237. Change
linear sequence of forest Tinamidae genera
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (27 Dec
06)
238. Change
linear sequence of Nothocercus species (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (27 Dec 06)
239. Remove Melanopareia
from
the Rhinocryptidae and create family Melanopareiidae (Cadena). PASSED (31 Jan 07)
240. Recognize
Schistocichla saturata as a species
separate from S. leucostigma (Robbins). PASSED (27 Dec 06)
241. Remove Cathartidae from
Ciconiiformes (Remsen). PASSED (18
Dec 06)
242. Change
English names of three species of mockingbirds in the
Galapagos Islands (David Wiedenfeld).
PASSED (29 Dec 06)
245. Eliminate
Sporophila insulata from the list
of South American bird species (Stiles).
PASSED (27 Dec 06)
246. Eliminate
Kalinowski's Tinamou Nothoprocta kalinowskii from the list
of South American bird species (Schulenberg). PASSED (14 Feb 07)
247. Merge Platycichla into Turdus
(Cadena). PASSED (29 Dec 06)
249. Change
the English name of Celeus obrieni to from
ÒCaatinga WoodpeckerÓ to ÒKaempfer's WoodpeckerÓ (Pacheco et al.). PASSED (29 Dec 06)
250. Revise
genera and linear sequence within the gulls (Larinae)
(Jaramillo). PASSED (26 Sep 07)
251. Split Conopias
parvus from C. albovittatus (Zimmer). PASSED (5 Mar 07)
252. Change
the English name of Caprimulgus heterurus from ÒSanta Marta NightjarÓ to
ÒTodd's
NightjarÓ (Nigel Cleere).
PASSED (18 July 07)
254. Reassign Salvatoria
to Alipiopsitta (Jose Fernando
Pacheco). PASSED (25 May 07)
255. Split Thalassarche
cauta into three species (Jaramillo). PASSED (28 Feb 08)
257. Change
the English name of Melanodera melanodera from ÒBlack-throated FinchÓ to ÒCanary-winged
FinchÓ (Jaramillo).
PASSED (21 May 07)
260. Change
English names of Turdus nudigenis, T. assimilis. T. grayi, and T.
albicollis to "Thrush" (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (18 July 07)
262. Transfer Picoides
mixtus and P. lignarius to Veniliornis (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (25 May 07)
263. Transfer Veniliornis
fumigatus to Picoides
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (22 June
07)
265. Transfer Piculus
rubiginosus and P. rivolii from Piculus to Colaptes
(Dan Lane). PASSED (22 June 07)
266. Macropsalis
forcipata has priority over Macropsalis
creagra (Edward C. Dickinson).
PASSED (8 July 07)
267. Change
linear sequence of genera in the Trochilidae (Stiles). PASSED (8 July 07)
269. Change
spelling of "Cloudforest" to "Cloud-forest"
Screech-Owl (Megascops marshalli) (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (8 July 07)
271. Split Pelecanus
thagus from P. occidentalis (Jaramillo). PASSED (22 June 07)
272.
Subfamilies and linear sequence in the Furnariidae (Remsen). PASSED (8 July 07)
273. Recognize
Leptodon forbesi (Pacheco). PASSED (5 July 07)
274. Recognize
sister relationship between Podicipediformes and Phoenicopteriformes (Remsen). PASSED (29 Aug 07)
275. Recognize
the genus Epinecrophylla (Remsen). PASSED (18 July 07)
276. Transfer Paroaria to Thraupidae
(Remsen). PASSED (4 Sep 07)
278. Transfer
some Sakesphorus species into
Thamnophilus (Robb Brumfield).
PASSED (29 Aug 07)
279. Change
spelling of Phylloscartes paulistus to Phylloscartes
paulista (Normand David). PASSED (18 July 07)
280. Use of Agriornis
albicauda for Agriornis andicola
(Normand David). PASSED (18 July
07)
281.
Classification within Falconidae (Remsen). PASSED (4 Sep 07)
285 B.) Change
linear order of Cracidae genera
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (4 Sep 07)
286. Revive
the genus Dichropogon (Robb Brumfield). PASSED (4 Sep 07)
287. Recognize
four species of Sporophila within the Sporophila americana
superspecies
(Stiles). PASSED (24 Sep 07)
288. Split Icterus
icterus into three species (Rosendo
Fraga). PASSED (18 July 07)
289. Lump the
genera Arremon, Buarremon, and Lysurus in an expanded
genus Arremon (Cadena). PASSED (1 October 07)
290. Recognize
the Cariamidae in their own Order, Cariamiformes (Remsen). PASSED (1 October 07)
291. Change
linear sequence in Tangara (Remsen &
Kevin Burns). PASSED (29 October
07)
292. Change
linear sequence of species in Veniliornis (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (30 October 07)
293. Recognize
Donacobius in its own family, Donacobiidae (Alex Aleixo
& Pacheco). PASSED (6 September
08)
294. Treat Buteogallus
subtilis as a
subspecies of B. anthracinus (Stiles). PASSED (29 October 07)
295. Change
English name of T. nudigenis to something
besides "Bare-eyed" (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (30 October 07)
295x. Change
English name of Turdus nudigenis from
"Bare-eyed Thrush" to "Spectacled Thrush" (Thomas Donegan
and Remsen). PASSED (6 August 08)
296. Change
the English name of Melanodera melanodera from "Canary-winged Finch" to
"White-bridled
Finch" (Mark Pearman, Santiago Imberti, Juan Mazar Barnett,
Alan Henry). PASSED (28 Feb 08)
297. Recognize
Cnipodectes superrufus as a valid
species (Daniel Lebbin). PASSED (24
October 07)
298. Change
English name of Cnipodectes to Twistwing (II) (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (1 October 07)
299. Split Hypocnemis
cantator by elevating H. flavescens, peruviana, subflava,
ochrogyna and striata to species rank (Daniel Lebbin). PASSED (30 October 07)
300. Change
the linear sequence of thamnophilid genera: move Hypocnemis adjacent to Drymophila (Daniel
Lebbin). PASSED (29 October 07)
301. Elevate
subspecies humaythae, brunneiceps, and rufifacies (within Schistocichla
leucostigma) to species rank (Daniel Lebbin). PASSED (30 October 07)
302. Recognize
Eriocnemis isabellae as a species
(Stiles). PASSED (24 October 07)
303. Change
English name of Thalurania colombica (sensu stricto) from
ÒPurple-crowned WoodnymphÓ to "Violet-crowned
Woodnymph" (Stiles). PASSED
(30 October 07)
305. Change
linear sequence of species in Thamnophilus (Remsen). PASSED (28 November 07)
306. Redefine
species limits in Pyrrhura
picta and leucotis complexes (Stotz). PASSED (4 September 08)
308. Add Ardea purpurea (Purple
Heron) to main list (Floyd Hayes).
PASSED (8 January 08)
309. Add Platalea
leucorodia (Eurasian Spoonbill) to main list (Floyd Hayes). PASSED (8 January 08)
310. Add Tringa glareola (Wood
Sandpiper) to main list (Floyd Hayes).
PASSED (8 January 08)
311. Add Chroicocephalus
(formerly Larus) ridibundus (Common
Black-headed Gull) to main list (Floyd Hayes). PASSED (30 January 08)
313. Adopt the
Family Tityridae (Prum). PASSED (28 November 07)
314. Rearrange
Neotropical swallow genera
(Stiles). PASSED (31 March 08)
315. Change
English name of Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) ridibundus
(Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (24 March 08)
316. Recognize
the genus Dendroplex Swainson 1827
(Dendrocolaptidae) as valid (Alex Aleixo).
PASSED (6 May 08)
317. Merge Buteo
poecilochrous into B. polyosoma (Craig
Farquhar). PASSED (27 June 08)
318. Transfer Piranga, Habia,
and Chlorothraupis to Cardinalidae (Remsen, in consultation with John
Klicka and Kevin Burns). PASSED (24
March 08)
319. Transfer Granatellus to
Cardinalidae (Remsen, in consultation with John Klicka and Kevin Burns). PASSED (31 March 08)
320. Transfer Amaurospiza to
Cardinalidae (Remsen, in consultation with John Klicka and Kevin Burns). PASSED (31 March 08)
321. Remove Parkerthraustes and Saltator
from Cardinalidae (Remsen, in consultation with John Klicka and Kevin Burns). PASSED (31 March 08)
322. Remove Saltatricula from
Emberizidae (Remsen, in consultation with John Klicka and Kevin Burns). PASSED (31 March 08)
323. Recognize
the genus Tarphonomus for two "Upucerthia"
(Remsen, in consultation with Terry Chesser and Robb Brumfield). PASSED (31 March 08)
324. Reinstate
Ochetorhynchus and merge Chilia and Eremobius
into it (Remsen, in consultation with Terry Chesser and Robb Brumfield). PASSED (31 March 08)
325. Recognize
Formicivora grantsaui
as
a valid species (Zimmer). PASSED
(31 March 08)
329. Recognize
Scytalopus diamantinensis (Diamantina
Tapaculo) as a valid species (Pacheco).
PASSED (6 August 08)
330.
Add Ardeola ralloides (Squacco Heron) to main list
(Pacheco). PASSED (24 April 08)
331. Modify
English name of "Guttulated
Foliage-gleaner" (Syndactyla guttulata) (Remsen). PASSED (24 March 08)
333. Use of Pyrilia over Gypopsitta
(Dick Banks). PASSED (1 May 08)
332. Recognize
Atlapetes blancae as a species
(Remsen). PASSED (8 May 08)
334. Modify
English names of some Poecilotriccus flycatchers
(Stotz). PASSED (24 April 08)
335. Change
English name of Gallinula chloropus from "Common Moorhen" to
"Common
Gallinule" (Remsen).
PASSED (1 May 08)
336. Move Sapayoa
aenigma to Eurylaimidae (Terry Chesser). PASSED (24 April 08)
337. Change
linear sequence of species in the genus Trogon (Remsen and
Jeff DaCosta). PASSED (1 May 08)
338. Change
linear sequence of species in the genus Turdus (Remsen, in
consultation with Gary Voelker).
PASSED (1 May 08)
340. Reassign
Dichropogon to Willisornis
(Carlos
Eduardo Agne & Jose Fernando Pacheco).
PASSED (29 May 08)
345. Treat Phoenicopterus
roseus as separate species from P. ruber (Dick Banks). PASSED (5 June 08)
348. Merge Pterocnemia into Rhea
(Nores). PASSED (7 August 08)
353. Move Anser anser (Graylag
Goose) to main list (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (12 September 08)
355. Move Limnodromus
scolopaceus to Main List (Juan Freile). PASSED (6 August 08)
356. Treat Anas
andium as a separate species from Anas flavirostris
(Remsen). PASSED (12 Sept. 08)
360. Add
Crested Myna Acridotheres
cristatellus from the Hypothetical List to the Main List (Pearman). PASSED (12 Sept. 08)
361. Place
Cathartidae in their own order, Cathartiformes (Remsen). PASSED (29 Sept. 08)
362. Split Zimmerius
gracilipes into two species (Stotz). PASSED (12 Sept. 08)
363. Split Zimmerius
chrysops into two species (Stotz). PASSED (29 Sept. 08)
364. Recognize
Phyllomyias weedeni (Sebastian
Herzog). PASSED (12 Sept. 08)
365. Erect the
new genus Eleoscytalopus for the "Scytalopus"
indigoticus species group (Cadena).
PASSED (12 Sept. 08)
366. Resurrect
the genus Compsospiza (Nores). PASSED (16
Nov. 08)
367. Split Certhidea fusca from Certhidea
olivacea (Jaramillo). PASSED (14 July 09)
368.
Recognition of Tricolored Munia as the
English common name for Lonchura malacca (Robin Restall). PASSED (8
Apr. 09)
369. Split Automolus
lammi from Automolus leucophthalmus (Remsen). PASSED (23
Mar. 09)
371. Split Phacellodomus
ferrugineigula from P.
erythrophthalmus (Pacheco).
PASSED (20 Mar. 09)
375. Transfer Automolus
roraimae to Syndactyla (Remsen). PASSED (23
Mar. 09)
376. Eliminate Sporophila zelichi from the
main list (Nacho Areta). PASSED (14 July 09)
378. Recognize Trogon caligatus as a separate
species from Trogon violaceus (2) (Remsen). PASSED (8
Apr. 09)
379. Recognize Trogon chionurus as a separate species from Trogon viridis (2) (Remsen). PASSED (8
Apr. 09)
380. Recognize Trogon mesurus as a separate species from Trogon melanurus (2) (Remsen). PASSED (8
Apr. 09)
381. Change
linear sequence of species in Pteroglossus (Remsen). PASSED (14
Apr. 09)
382.
Change linear sequence of genera in the Cotingidae
(Remsen, in consultation with J. Ohlson and R. Prum). PASSED (14 Apr. 09)
383.
Separate Accipitriformes
from Falconiformes (Remsen). PASSED (14 Apr. 09)
384. Change linear sequence of ÒkiteÓ
genera in Accipitridae (Remsen).
PASSED (14 Apr. 09)
385. Elevate Turdus maculirostris
to species rank (Remsen). PASSED (14 July 09)
386. Change
linear sequence of genera in Psittacidae (Remsen).
PASSED (1 June 09)
387. Split Poospiza
cabanisi from P.
lateralis (Pacheco). PASSED (18 Aug 09)
389. Treat Scytalopus fuscicauda as conspecific with S.
meridanus (Jorge Avenda–o C.).
PASSED (1 June 09)
393.
Treat Upucerthia saturatior as a separate
species from Upucerthia dumetaria
(Remsen). PASSED (12 Aug 09)
394. Treat Automolus rufipectus as a separate
species from Automolus rubiginosus (Remsen). PASSED (10 June 09)
396. Establish English names for Phacellodomus ferrugineigula and P. erythrophthalmus (Zimmer, Pearman, and J. Lowen). PASSED (19 Aug 09)
397. Change the English name of Phegornis mitchellii from Diademed Plover back to Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
(Jaramillo). PASSED (17 Aug 09)
400. Change linear sequence of
genera in Rhinocryptidae (Remsen). PASSED (30 Sep. 09)
401. Remove hyphens from certain English names (Remsen). PASSED (30 Sep. 09)
402. Remove hyphens from certain English names that do not represent
monophyletic groups (Remsen).
PASSED (30 Sep. 09)
403. Split Pyrrhura griseipectus from P. leucotis (Fabio Olmos, Ciro Albano,
Alberto Campos, Weber Gir‹o, & Jeremy Minns). PASSED (18 May 10)
404. Change
English name for Scytalopus
griseicollis (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (16 Mar. 10)
406. Recognize the newly described species Synallaxis
beverlyae (Remsen).
PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
407. Change the English name of Anthus chacoensis to Pampas Pipit (Ignacio Roesler). PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
405A: Split Dysithamnus plumbeus and D. leucostictus (II) (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (16 Mar. 10)
405C: Adopt "White-streaked
Antvireo" as English name for D. leucostictus (II) (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (16 Mar. 10)
408. Change
linear order of current Thryothorus
wrens
(II) (Thomas Donegan and Keith Barker).
PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
409.
Recognize genus Pheugopedius (II) (Thomas Donegan and Keith Barker). PASSED (17
Mar. 10)
410.
Recognize genus Thryophilus (II) (Thomas Donegan and Keith Barker). PASSED (17
Mar. 10)
411.
Recognize genus Cantorchilus (II) (Thomas Donegan and Keith Barker). PASSED (17
Mar. 10)
412. Split Momotus momota into five species (Gary Stiles). PASSED (17
Mar. 10)
413. Change linear sequence of species in Diglossa
(Remsen). PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
414. Change linear
sequence of species in Cinclodes (Camilo San’n). PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
415. Split Cinclodes fuscus into three species (Camilo San’n). PASSED (17 Mar. 10)
416. Split
Common Gallinule (Gallinula
galeata) from Common Moorhen (G.
chloropus) (Jaramillo). PASSED (16 Mar. 10)
418. Recognize Icterus pyrrhopterus as a separate
species from Icterus cayanensis (Rosendo Fraga). PASSED (9 Aug 10)
419. Recognize the newly described Serpophaga
griseicapilla (Jaramillo).
PASSED (18 May 10)
420. Separate Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris into two species (Jaramillo). PASSED (18 May 10)
421A. Split Grallaricula cumanensis from G. nana (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (17 Aug 10)
423. Change linear sequence of genera in Rhinocryptidae (Remsen). PASSED (17 Aug 10)
424. Recognize Geocerthia Chesser and Claramunt, 2009 (Remsen). PASSED (9 Aug 10)
425.
Recognize Nephelomyias Ohlson et al., 2009 (Remsen). PASSED (9 Aug 10)
426. Place Chlorospingus in the Emberizidae
(Remsen). PASSED (9
Aug 10)
427. Transfer Saltator rufiventris from the Cardinalidae to the Thraupidae (Remsen). PASSED (13 Sep 10)
428. Add Puffinus
tenuirostris (Short-tailed Shearwater) to main list (Pacheco). PASSED (13 Sep 10)
429. Add Anthus
cervinus (Red-throated Pipit) to main list (Juan Freile). PASSED (28 Sep 10)
430. Recognize Trogon [v.] ramonianus and T. [v.]
crissalis as constituting a single
species distinct from Trogon violaceus
(Zimmer). PASSED (6 October 10)
431. Split Frederickena
unduligera into two species (Zimmer). PASSED (13 Sep 10)
432. Merge Skutchia borbae into Phlegopsis (Thamnophilidae)
(Robb Brumfield). PASSED (13 Sep 10)
433. Recognize a new genus Pseudasthenes for some
members of Asthenes (Robb Brumfield). PASSED (13 Sep 10)
434. Place all members of Schizoeaca and Oreophylax in Asthenes
(Robb
Brumfield). PASSED (6 October 10)
435. Place Deconychura stictolaema in a new genus Certhiasomus (Robb Brumfield).
PASSED (13 Sep 10)
436. Recognize a new genus Drymotoxeres for Campylorhamphus pucherani (Robb
Brumfield). PASSED (6 October 10)
437 (c, d, e,
f, h). Reorganize the generic classification of the Òcore tanagersÓ (Stiles). PASSED
c. Continue to
recognize the genera Stephanophorus,
Diuca, Neothraupis, Lophospingus, Cissopis and Schistochlamys and Paroaria. PASSED (29 November
12)
d. Continue to
recognize Wetmorethraupis and Bangsia as separate genera. PASSED (29 November
12)
e. Lump Thraupis bonariensis into Pipraeidea. PASSED (29 November
12)
f. Lump Delothraupis into Dubusia. PASSED (28 November
12)
h. Recognize Buthraupis for montana,
Chlorornis for riefferii, and Cnemathraupis
for eximia and aureodorsalis. PASSED (29 November
12)
438. Change linear sequence of species in Brotogeris (Remsen). PASSED (7 October 10)
439. Split Ortalis columbiana from O. guttata (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (3 January 2011)
444. Change the English name of Pachyptila desolata from Dove Prion to Antarctic
Prion (Caio Carlos).
PASSED (17 Aug 10)
442. Recognize Phaethornis aethopyga as a valid species (V’tor de Q. Piacentini). PASSED (12 Nov 10)
446. Treat Scytalopus
opacus as a separate species from
Scytalopus canus (Cadena).
PASSED (12 Nov 10)
448. Change the English name of Puffinus gravis from Greater Shearwater
to Great Shearwater (Steve Howell). PASSED (17 Aug 10)
449. Create a new order, Phaethontiformes, for the Phaethontidae (Shawn
Billerman, Irby Lovette, Terry Chesser).
PASSED (11 Nov 10)
450. Alter the traditional orders
Pelecaniformes (excluding Phaethontidae) and Ciconiiformes to reflect new data
on their relationships, and create a new order, Suliformes (Shawn Billerman, Irby Lovette,
Terry Chesser). PASSED (11 Nov 10)
451. Create a new order, Eurypygiformes, for the Sunbittern (and Kagu)
(Shawn Billerman, Irby Lovette, Terry Chesser). PASSED (11 Nov 10)
452. Recognize the parulid genus Parkesia (Dick Banks). PASSED (7 October 10)
453x. Recognize the parulid genus Leiothlypis (Dick Banks).
PASSED (9 February 11)
454. Recognize a new scientific name for the Blue-winged Warbler (Dick Banks). PASSED (5 Mar 11)
455. Aratinga
maculata has
priority over recently described A. pintoi (Pacheco). PASSED (5 Mar 11)
456. Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American ÒAimophilaÓ (Remsen). PASSED (9 February
11)
458. Forpus modestus has
priority over Forpus sclateri
(Pacheco and Edward Dickinson).
PASSED (12 Nov 10)
460. Revise generic
boundaries in the Buteo group (Remsen). PASSED (8 Aug 10)
461. Remove Busarellus from buteonine genera in
linear sequence of Accipitridae (a) and (b) rearrange linear sequence on
non-buteonine genera (Remsen). PASSED (31 Mar 11)
463. Recognize newly described Scytalopus petrophilus (Remsen). PASSED (5 Mar 11)
466. Transfer Caprimulgus rufus
and Caprimulgus sericocaudatus to the genus Antrostomus (Robbins).
PASSED (3 Mar 11)
467. Transfer Podager
nacunda to
the genus Chordeiles (Robbins).
PASSED (3 Mar 11)
468.
Species limits in Arremon
torquatus
(Cadena). PASSED (June 11)
469A. Species limits in Paroaria (Jaramillo). PASSED (31 Mar 11)
470. Move White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) from the
Hypothetical to Main SACC List (Robbins).
PASSED (3 Mar 11)
471. Change English name of Atlapetes
rufinucha (Dan Lane).
PASSED (29 Jul 11)
475. Recognize Myrmeciza
palliata as a separate species from
Myrmeciza laemosticta (AndrŽs Cuervo).
PASSED (2 Aug 11)
476. Add Pterodroma macroptera
(Great-winged Petrel) to main list (Pacheco & C. Agne). PASSED (1 Aug 11)
477. Change the spelling of Claravis godefrida to Claravis
geoffroyi (Nacho
Areta). PASSED (29 Jul 11)
478. Species limits in Ortalis. (A) Split Ortalis
araucuan from O. guttata. (B) Split Ortalis squamata from O.
guttata (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (19 Nov 12)
479. Recognize a new species of Grallaria. Part A. Reconocer la especie
recientemente descrita Grallaria como especie (Luis Sandoval). Part B. Recognize Grallaria
urraoensis as the scientific
name of the new species (Santiago Claramunt).
PASSED (2 Aug 11)
480. Place Sapayoa aenigma in its own family, Sapayoidae (Shawn Billerman & Terry
Chesser). PASSED (1 Aug 11)
481. Change the linear sequence of the furnarioid families (Terry Chesser). PASSED (1 Aug 11)
482. Treat Snowy Plover Charadrius
nivosus as a separate species from Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus (Clemens KŸpper, Tam‡s SzŽkely,
and Terry Burke). PASSED (11 Nov 11)
483. Split Calonectris
edwardsii from
Calonectris diomedea (Andrew Kratter).
PASSED (1 Aug 11)
486. Restore the genus Microxenops for Xenops milleri (Robb Brumfield). PASSED (1 Aug 11)
487. English names for seven new species Arremon
torquatus group (Remsen).
PASSED (1 Aug 11)
488. Resurrect Sporagra for South
American goldfinches and siskins (Remsen).
PASSED (1 Aug 11)
489. Changes in various species names to conform to The Code (Dick Banks). PASSED (1 Aug 11)
490. The correct name for Chlorostilbon aureoventris is C. lucidus (Stiles). PASSED (28 Oct 11)
491A
and 491B. Change linear sequence of
orders for (A) Falconiformes and Psittaciformes (Nores) and
(B) Cariamiformes (Remsen). PASSED (24 Jan 12)
492. Revise generic boundaries in the Buteogallus group (2) (Remsen). PASSED (25 Jan 12)
493. Treat Basileuterus hypoleucus as conspecific with Basileuterus culicivorus (Paul Smith). PASSED (2 Feb 12)
495. Split Willisornis vidua from Willisornis
poecilinotus (Zimmer). PASSED (11 Nov 11)
496. Change the English name of Pyrrhura
cruentata (Zimmer). PASSED (28 Oct 11)
497. Change the English name of Amazona vinacea (Zimmer). PASSED (28
Oct 11)
498. Change the English name of Amazona aestiva (Zimmer). PASSED (28 Oct 11)
499. Establish the English name of Pyrilia aurantiocephala (Zimmer). PASSED (8
Feb 12)
502. Split Sporophila pileata from S.
bouvreuil (Erika Machado and Luis
Fabio Silveira). PASSED (8 Feb 12)
504. New linear sequence of genera in Furnariidae (Remsen & Santiago Claramunt). PASSED (2 Feb 12)
505. Split Thrush-like
Manakin Schiffornis turdina into any of two to seven
species (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (in part) (24 Apr. 12)
508. Transfer Larus marinus from Hypothetical List to Main List (Pearman). PASSED (8
Feb 12)
509. Transfer Chlidonias leucopterus from Hypothetical List to
Main List (Pearman). PASSED (8 Feb 12)
510. Transfer
Oenanthe oenanthe from
Hypothetical List to Main List (Pearman).
PASSED (8 Feb 12)
511. A). Split Eudyptes moseleyi from E.
chrysocome (Pearman).
PASSED (8 Feb 12)
B). Add E. moseleyi to the
main SACC species list (Pearman).
PASSED (8 Feb 12)
512. Transfer genera from Emberizidae and
Incertae Sedis to Thraupidae (B) (Remsen & Kevin Burns). PASSED (8 Feb 12)
513. Change English name of Scytalopus
panamensis to "Tacarcuna
Tapaculo" (Stotz).
PASSED (24 Apr 12)
514. Recognize Turdus
sanchezorum (Dan Lane).
PASSED (8 Mar 12)
515. Remove hyphens from certain English
names that do not represent monophyletic groups: ÒBlack-Hawk"
(Remsen). PASSED (8 Mar 12)
516. Establish the English name of Eudyptes
moseleyi (Pearman).
PASSED (8 Mar 12)
517. Establish English names for Sporophila bouvreuil and Sporophila
pileata (Nacho Areta and Mark Pearman). PASSED (24 Apr 12)
518. Recognize the genus Isleria for two "Myrmotherula"
(Gustavo Bravo & Robb Brumfield).
PASSED (29 Jun 12)
519. Correct the name Eriocnemis alinae to E. aline (Manuel
Plenge). PASSED (29 Jun 12)
520. Recognize Aulacorhynchus [d.] whitelianus
as
a separate species from A. derbianus (Elisa Bonaccorso). PASSED (4 Sep 2012)
521. Change the scientific name of the Common Bush-Tanager from Chlorospingus ophthalmicus to C. flavopectus (Rainer Massmann). PASSED (7 Aug 2012)
522. An
alternative classification of nightjar species in
the New World (Nores and Stiles).
PASSED (7 Dec 2012)
523. Split Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus) into two
species (Brian A. Millsap, Sergio H. Seipke, and
William S. Clark). PASSED (7 Aug 2012)
526. Split Troglodytes
cobbi from T. aedon (Robin Woods and Alvaro
Jaramillo). PASSED (19 Nov 2012)
527. Move Philydor
ruficaudatum and P. lichtensteini
to Anabacerthia (Robb
Brumfield). PASSED (4 Sep 2012)
528. Merge Simoxenops into Syndactyla (Robb
Brumfield). PASSED (4 Sep 2012)
529. Merge Gyalophylax and Siptornopsis into Synallaxis (Robb Brumfield).
PASSED (4 Sep 2012)
530. Remove hyphens from ÒGround-DoveÓ (Remsen). PASSED (7 Aug 2012)
535. Change the English name of Phalacrocorax magellanicus to Magellanic
Cormorant (Jaramillo
& Remsen). PASSED (7 Aug 2012)
531. Revise linear sequence of species in Pionus (Remsen). PASSED (15 Nov 2012)
532. Revise linear sequence of species in Amazona (Remsen). PASSED (15 Nov 2012)
533. Recognize
Selenidera piperivora
as the valid
combination for the Guianan Toucanet (Pacheco and Vitor Piacentini). PASSED (19 Nov 2012)
538. Correct the name of Piezorhina to Piezorina (Manuel A. Plenge). PASSED (15 Nov 2012)
542. Split Drymophila caudata into four species (AndrŽs Cuervo). PASSED (18 Nov 2012)
525. Resurrect the genus Uromyias (Shane DuBay and Chris Witt). PASSED (23 Nov 2012)
534. Changes to Pipridae genera and sequence (Stotz). PASSED (23 Nov 2012)
537. Elevate Pauxi
unicornis koepckeae to species rank (Daniel Brooks, Ross MacLeod, and Melvin Gasta–aga-C.).
PASSED (23 Nov 2012)
539.
Elevate Sicalis olivascens mendozae to species status (Nacho Areta, Mark Pearman, and Raœl
Abalos).
PASSED (23 Nov 2012)
540. Elevate Dendrocincla fuliginosa turdina to species rank (Pacheco). PASSED (23 Nov 2012)
541. Elevate Myrmeciza immaculata zeledoni
to
species rank (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (29 Nov 2012)
543. English names for Schiffornis (genus and
species) (Stiles); now 543A (Remsen) REACHED QUORUM (15 May 2013)
547. Transfer Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus
varius from the
Hypothetical List to Main List (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (29 Nov 2012)
551. Change linear
sequence of genera in Charadriidae (Remsen). PASSED (30 Nov 2012)
552. Add subfamilies
to Columbidae (Remsen). PASSED (22 Nov 2013)
553. Add subfamilies
to Accipitridae (Remsen). PASSED (22 Nov 2013)
554. Change linear
sequence in Coeligena (Remsen). PASSED (30 Nov 2012)
555. Reclassification
of the Scolopacidae (Remsen). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
558. Treat Thalurania
fannyi and Thalurania colombica as conspecific (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (12 Mar 2013)
562. Recognize newly described Thryophilus sernai (Carlos E. Lara, AndrŽs M. Cuervo, and C. Daniel
Cadena). PASSED (10 Mar 2013)
563. Recognize the
genus Rhopias for Myrmotherula gularis (Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Gustavo
A. Bravo, & Marcos R. Bornschein).
PASSED (12 Mar 2013)
557. Recognize the
genus Euchrepomis for four
"Terenura" (Gustavo Bravo
and Remsen). PASSED (17 Mar 2013)
566. Treat Geotrygon
purpurata as a separate species from G. saphirina (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (17 Mar 2013)
567. Change English name of Drymophila
caudata (Thomas
Donegan). PASSED (30 July
2013)
568. Change English names
of Immaculate Antbirds
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED
(30 July 2013)
570. Adopt a new English name for Thamnophilus atrinucha (2) (Mort Isler). PASSED
(12 Mar 2013)
571. Adopt a new generic classification for the Parulidae (Richard C. Banks).
PASSED (30 July 2013)
572. Merge Upucerthia validirostris and U. jelskii
into a single species (Nacho Areta and Mark Pearman). PASSED (22 Nov 2013)
573. Elevate Knipolegus cabanisi to species rank (Peter A. Hosner). PASSED (7 Dec 2013)
574.
Elevate Knipolegus franciscanus to species rank (Peter A. Hosner). PASSED (25 Oct 2013)
576. Add Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
to the Main List as an introduced species (Mark Pearman and Nacho Areta). PASSED (25 Oct 2013)
577. Add
FeaÕs Petrel Pterodroma
feae deserta to the main list (Mark
Pearman). PASSED
(25 Oct 2013)
578. Divide Aratinga into
four genera (Remsen and Adam Urant—wka).
PASSED (25 Oct 2013)
579. Change the English names of Chlorospingus species from
ÒBush-TanagerÓ to ÒChlorospingusÓ
(Remsen). PASSED (30 July
2013)
583. Change English name for
Myrmeciza immaculata (II) to "Blue-lored Antbird" (Thomas Donegan).
PASSED (6 Aug 2013)
580. Recognize newly described Thripophaga amacurensis (Zimmer). PASSED (19 Sep 2013)
581. Recognize newly described Scytalopus gettyae (Pete Hosner). PASSED (25 Oct 2013)
582. Split Pterodroma heraldica and P. atrata from P. arminjoniana (Jaramillo et al.). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
585. Recognize
newly
described Herpsilochmus stotzi (Pacheco). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
586. Recognize
newly described Herpsilochmus
praedictus
(Gustavo A. Bravo). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
587. Split
Gymnopithys leucaspis into two species (Ben Freeman). PASSED (15 Feb 2014)
588. Recognize newly
described Hypocnemis rondoni (Morton Isler). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
589A. Split Epinecrophylla haematonota into four species
(Morton Isler). PASSED (27 Oct 2015)
591. Revise the classification of the Pipridae (Remsen). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
593 A. Revise linear sequence of
species in the genus Saltator (Remsen). PASSED (22 Feb 2014)
594. Revise linear sequences
of species in Geositta, Cinclodes, and Phacellodomus (Remsen). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
595. Revise sequence of genera in the New World
parrots (Remsen). PASSED (29 Dec 2013)
597. Modify linear sequence
of species in Dendrocincla (Remsen). PASSED (22 Feb 2014)
598. Recognize newly described Hemitriccus
cohnhafti (Leonardo S. Miranda and Alexandre Aleixo). PASSED (22 Feb 2014)
599. Revise classification
of the Psittaciformes (Remsen). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
600 C. Treat Xiphorhynchus pardalotus as basal to X. ocellatus complex (Sidnei
Dantas and Alexandre Aleixo). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
601. Revise classification
of Automolus and relatives (Remsen). PASSED (22 Feb 2014)
602. Revise linear sequence
of species in Thripadectes (Remsen). PASSED (1 Apr 2014)
603. Split Sclerurus mexicanus into 2 to 5 species
(Jacob C. Cooper and AndrŽs Cuervo) Option B received most votes (17 January
2015)
604. Merge Oryzoborus and Dolospingus
into Sporophila (Nicholas A. Mason). PASSED (22 Feb 2014)
605. Change linear sequence of species in Sporophila (Nicholas A. Mason and
Remsen). PASSED (1 Apr 2014)
606. English name of Upucerthia
validirostris (Remsen). PASSED (1 Apr 2014)
607. Recognize a new species-level taxonomy of trumpeters (Psophiidae) (Teresa Pegan and Jack Hruska) Option 1
received most votes (17 January 2015).
607.1 Retain three species of trumpeters,
transferring ochroptera from P. leucoptera to P. crepitans
to avoid a paraphyletic P. leucoptera (Psophiidae) (T. Pegan and J. Hruska). PASSED (16 Nov 2016)
608. Modify linear sequence of species in Knipolegus (Remsen). PASSED (1 Apr 2014)
609. Split Oxypogon into four species (Thomas Donegan). PASSED (1 May 2014)
610. Split Sirystes into two (A) or four (B) species
(Thomas Donegan). PASSED (1 May 2014)
614. Change English name of Scytalopus rodriguezi
(Thomas
Donegan and Jorge Avenda–o). PASSED (1 May 2014)
611. Merge Ocyalus and Clypicterus with Cacicus (John Penhallurick). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
612. Change the sequence of
species in Sturnella (John Penhallurick). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
613. Recognize newly
described genus Anumara (Remsen). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
615. Recognize
newly described Sporophila beltoni (Remsen). PASSED (2 Apr 2014)
620. Recognize
newly described Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae and split Lepidocolaptes albolineatus into four species (Romina Batista and Alexandre
Aleixo). PASSED (26 Aug 2014)
622.
Recognize newly described Hylopezus whittakeri and split Hylopezus macularius into
two species (Lincoln Carneiro and Alexandre Aleixo). PASSED (26 May 2014)
625. Modify English
name of Pheucticus chrysogaster (Dan Lane). PASSED (1 Apr 2014)
626. Recognize rheas as an order, Rheiformes (Remsen). PASSED (1 May 2014)
627. Move Pelecanoididae in linear sequence (Remsen). PASSED (1 May 2014)
628. Reassign species
currently placed in Myrmeciza into 12 genera (Mort
Isler, Gustavo Bravo, and Robb Brumfield).
PASSED (22 February 2016).
Note: Part G needs to be revisited in separate proposal.
633. Modify linear
sequence of genera and species in Emberizidae (Remsen and John Klicka). PASSED (20 January 2015)
636. Split Cercomacra fuscicauda from Cercomacra nigrescens (Zimmer). PASSED (2 December 2014)
637. Treat Chloephaga melanoptera and
Neochen jubata as congeners (in Oressochen) (Jaramillo).
PASSED
(2 December 2014)
638. Recognize the genus Cercomacroides (Thamnophilidae) (Jose G. Tello). PASSED (2 December 2014)
639. Split extralimital R. l. crepitans
group from Rallus longirostris (James Maley and Robb
Brumfield). PASSED (2 December
2014)
640. Adopt a new classification for the quail-doves (Columbidae) (Richard Banks). PASSED (2 December 2014)
641. Change English names in certain Icteridae: (A) Bay-winged Cowbird, (B) Red-breasted Blackbird and White-browed
Blackbird, and (C) Band-tailed Oropendola and Casqued Oropendola (Remsen). PASSED (22 November 2014)
642. Elevate subspecies Agelaioides badius fringillarius (Pale Baywing) to species rank
(Rosendo Fraga). PASSED (20 January
2015)
643.
Recognize Scytalopus gonzagai as a valid species
(Pacheco, Giovanni Maur’cio &
Marcos Ricardo Bornschein). PASSED (2 December
2014)
644B. Revise the
classification of the Phoenicopteridae: Modify linear sequence of species (Jaramillo). PASSED (20 January 2015)
647. Split Ardenna from Puffinus (Remsen).
PASSED (21 January 2015)
648B. Revise the classification of the Phalacrocoracidae: linear sequence (Remsen). PASSED (22 January 2016)
649. Revise the linear sequence of species in
the Fregatidae (Remsen). PASSED (20 January 2015)
650. (A) Resurrect Mustelirallus for Porzana albicollis and (B) transfer Neocrex to Mustelirallus
(Remsen) (20 January 2015)
651. Resurrect Porphyriops for Gallinula melanops (Remsen).
PASSED (20 January 2015)
653. Change English name ÒBrush-FinchÓ to ÒBrushfinchÓ (Remsen and Schulenberg). PASSED (21 January 2015)
654. Elevate the subspecies Anthocephala floriceps floriceps
and A. f. berlepschi to species rank (Maria Lozano,
Alejandro Rico, and Daniel Cadena).
PASSED (March 2015)
655. Transfer Hylophilus sclateri to Vireo (A) and change English name to
Tepui Vireo (B) (Dave Slager).
PASSED (11 January 2015)
656. Revise the generic classification of 6 species
of Hylophilus: (A) resurrect Pachysylvia
and (B) recognize Tunchiornis (Dave
Slager). PASSED (16 February
2015)
660. English names for the Lineated Woodcreeper group (A-E) (Remsen). PASSED (16 June 2015)
661. Revise the linear
sequence of Vireonidae (Dave Slager). PASSED (9 December
2015)
662. Establish an English name for Scytalopus gonzagai (Remsen, Giovanni Maur’cio, Whitney, and Pacheco). PASSED (18 February
2015)
663. Change English name of Ramphastos ambiguus (Remsen). PASSED (18 February
2015)
664. Treat Stephanoxis lalandi as consisting of two
species (Remsen). PASSED (May 2015).
665. Revise the classification
of sandpipers and turnstones (Arenariinae). PASSED (Richard C. Banks)
666. Add
Pluvialis fulva (Pacific
Golden Plover) to main list (Juan Freile). PASSED (31 Oct 2015)
667. Add
Chroicocephalus philadelphia (BonaparteÕs
Gull) to main list (Juan Freile). PASSED (4 Sep 2015)
668. Add
Larus californicus (California
Gull) to main list (Juan Freile). PASSED (4 Sep 2015)
669. English names of the Blossomcrowns (Stiles). PASSED (16 June 2015)
670. Recognize Scytalopus
perijanus as a valid species (Jorge Enrique
Avenda–o). PASSED (4 Sep 2015)
671. Change the scientific name of Chapada Flycatcher (Schulenberg). PASSED (15 Dec 2015)
672. English names for Stephanoxis loddigesii and Stephanoxis lalandi (Schulenberg). PASSED (23 July 2015)
673. Recognize Nyctiprogne leucopyga latifascia as a species
(Robbins). PASSED (22 Jan 2016) (but awaiting resolution of nomenclatural issue before
implementation)
675. Change South American
siskins from the genus Sporagra
to the genus Spinus (E. J. Beckman and C. C.
Witt). PASSED (9 Jan 2016)
676. Split the Sharp-beaked
Ground-Finch (Geospiza difficilis) and the Large
Cactus-Finch (Geospiza conirostris)
into multiple species (Jaramillo).
PASSED (15 July 2016) (awaiting English
name proposal before implementation)
677A. Recognize Systellura
longirostris decussata as species (Schulenberg and Robbins). PASSED (15 July 2016)
678. The correct spelling of the name for Dives warszewiczi is Dives warczewiczi
(Manuel A. Plenge). PASSED (9 Jan 2016)
679. Recognize Nystalus
obamai
Whitney et al. 2013 as a species (Schulenberg). PASSED (22 Jan 2016)
680. Revise the linear
sequence of cuckoos (Cuculidae) (Schulenberg). PASSED (22 Jan 2016)
681. Change the English
name of Buteogallus coronatus
(Schulenberg). PASSED (31 Oct 2015)
682. Change the English
name of Eudyptes
sclateri (Remsen). PASSED (22 Jan 2016)
683. Change the English name of Gallinago jamesoni (Remsen). PASSED (22 Jan 2016)
684. Elevate Conopophaga lineata cearae to species rank (Remsen). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
685. Modify linear sequence of (A) genera and (B) species in Conopophagidae
(Remsen). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
686. Treat Elaenia brachyptera as a separate species from Elaenia chiriquensis (Stotz). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
687. Merge Pelecanoididae into Procellariidae (Remsen).
PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
688. Rearrange linear
sequence of species in Celeus (Picidae) (Robbins). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
689. Transfer Helmeted Woodpecker from Dryocopus to Celeus (Robbins, Zimmer, and
Brett Benz). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
690. Transfer
Crex crex from Hypothetical
List to Main List (Pacheco). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
692. Change name of Bahia Spinetail from Synallaxis whitneyi to S. cinerea (Pacheco). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
695. Add Bangsia
arcaei to the Main List (Dan Zimberlin). PASSED (31 Jan 2016)
697. Elevate Asthenes vilcabambae ayacuchensis to species rank (Peter A.
Hosner). PASSED (30 May 2016)
698. Recognize Zimmerius chicomendesi Whitney et al. 2013 as a species (Schulenberg).
PASSED (22 June 2016)
699. Add
Milvus migrans
to Main List (Pacheco).
PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
700. Elevate Henicorhina
leucophrys anachoreta to species rank
(Cadena). PASSED (22 June 2016)
701. Choose English names for splits from Nystalus
striolatus (Zimmer). PASSED (22 June 2016)
703. Elevate Steatornithidae and Nyctibiidae to
rank of Order (Remsen). PASSED (24 October 2016)
704. Transfer Saltator and Saltatricula from Incertae Sedis to Thraupidae (Remsen). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
705A. Correct the scientific
name of (A) Leptotila cassini and (B) Amazilia saucerrottei based on evidence in the original
description (Terry Chesser). PASSED (B: 15 July
2016, A: 24 October 2016)
706. Change the linear sequence
of genera in the family Odontophoridae (Terry Chesser). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
707. Treat Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea as conspecific with American Coot F. americana (Terry Chesser). PASSED (12 July 2016)
708. Add Zenaida asiatica (White-winged Dove) to main SACC
list (Carlos J. Villa-De Le—n).
PASSED (12 July 2016)
709. Add Phasianus
colchicus (Ring-necked
Pheasant) to the South American list (Rodrigo Barros and Jaramillo). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
710. Add Thalassoica
antarctica (Antarctic
Petrel) to the main list (Rodrigo Barros and Jaramillo). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
711. Add Pterodroma
nigripennis (Black-winged Petrel) to
the main list (Rodrigo Barros and Jaramillo). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
712. Add Pterodroma
leucoptera (GouldÕs Petrel) to the main list (Rodrigo
Barros and Jaramillo). PASSED (4 Aug 2016)
713. Merge Pseudoscops clamator
into Asio (Claramunt). PASSED (15 July 2016)
717. Recognize the new
genus Mazaria for
ÒSynallaxisÓ propinqua
(Claramunt). PASSED (24 October
2016)
718. Correct the scientific
name of Chilean Swallow from Tachycineta
meyeni to the older name Tachycineta leucopyga (Schulenberg). PASSED (12 July 2016)
722. Recognize Pseudosaltator as the genus for Saltator rufiventris (A) and change the
English name of the species (B).
PASSED (9 July 2016)
723. Revise the linear sequence of Orders (R. Terry Chesser). PASSED (20 November 2016)
724. Merge Cyanocompsa cyanoides and C. brissonii into Cyanoloxia (Claramunt). PASSED (20 November 2016)
725. Change the spelling of Porphyrio martinicus to Porphyrio martinica (J. C. Fern‡ndez-Ord—–ez). PASSED (2 November 2016)
726. Transfer Phibalura from Incertae Sedis to the Cotingidae (Claramunt). PASSED (2 November 2016)
727. Transfer Calyptura from Incertae Sedis to the Tyrannidae (Claramunt). PASSED (2 November 2016)
729. Reinstate genus
Chloris
for ÒCarduelisÓ chloris (Pacheco). PASSED (9 March 2017)
730.07. Resurrect Pseudospingus
for Hemispingus xanthophthalmus and H. verticalis. PASSED (22
April 2017)
730.08. Merge two species of Hemispingus
(H. rufosuperciliaris and H. goeringi) and the two species of Compsospiza (C. garleppi and C. baeri)
into a more restricted Poospiza (type
= P. nigrorufa) than currently
recognized. PASSED (22
April 2017)
730.09. Recognize newly
named Kleinothraupis for four species
of Hemispingus (atropileus, calophrys, reyi, and parodii). PASSED (22
April 2017)
730.10. Resurrect Sphenopsis for Hemispingus melanotis and H.
frontalis. PASSED (22
April 2017)
730.11. Merge Pyrrhocoma ruficeps and Hemispingus superciliaris into Thlypopsis. PASSED (22 April 2017)
730.13. Recognize newly
named, monotypic Castanozoster for Poospiza thoracica. PASSED (22 April 2017)
730.14. Recognize Microspingus for Hemispingus trifasciatus and merge Poospiza cabanisi, P. lateralis, P. erythrophrys, P. alticola, P.
torquata, P. cinerea, and P.
melanoleuca into Microspingus.
PASSED (22 April 2017)
730.15. Merge Oreomanes into Conirostrum. PASSED (22
April 2017)
730.19. Resurrect Ixothraupis for Tangara punctata, T. varia, T. rufigula, T. xanthogastra, and T. guttata. PASSED (22
April 2017)
734. Add Apus apus (Common Swift) to the main list (Otte Ottema) PASSED (23 March
2017)
737. Add MurphyÕs Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) to the South American list
(Jaramillo) PASSED (23
March 2017)
743. Establish an English
name for Henicorhina anachoreta (Schulenberg). PASSED (9 March 2017)
B. Proposals that DID NOT PASS:
7. Combine New World
barbets and toucans into a single family, Ramphastidae, as in AOU (1998)
(Prum). "No" votes represent "Yes" for only acceptable
alternative, namely 3 families (Capitonidae, Semnornithidae, Ramphastidae);
inclusion of Old World barbets in Capitonidae is not an issue. DID NOT PASS
11. Combine O.
hoyi and O. sanctaecatarinae into O. atricapillus (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
14. Change
English name of Sula granti from Nazca Booby to Grant's Booby (Manuel
Plenge) DID NOT PASS
15. Elevate Lava Heron, B. s.
sundevalli, of Galapagos to species rank (Remsen). DID NOT PASS
27. Elevate Asthenes
dorbignyi huancavelicae and A. d.
arequipae to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
28. Elevate Pseudocolaptes
lawrencei johnsoni to species
rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
33. Lump Cinclodes
taczanowskii and C. nigrofumosus
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
34. Change
English name of Furnarius figulus from "Wing-banded Hornero"
to "Band-tailed
Hornero" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
35. Elevate Furnarius
cinnamomeus to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
36. Change
English name of Furnarius torridus from "Pale-billed Hornero"
to "Bay
Hornero" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
37. Elevate Synallaxis
chinchipensis to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
38. Change
English name of Certhiaxis cinnamomeus from "Yellow-chinned
Spinetail" to "Yellow-throated
Spinetail" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
39. Change
English name of Margarornis stellatus from "Fulvous-dotted
Treerunner" to "Star-chested
Treerunner" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
40. Elevate Hyloctistes
virgatus to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
41. Elevate Phacellodomus
inornatus to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
42. Change
English name of Anabazenops dorsalis from "Dusky-cheeked
Foliage-gleaner" to "Bamboo
Foliage-gleaner" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
43. Change
English name of Automolus roraimae from "White-throated
Foliage-gleaner" to "Tepui
Foliage-gleaner" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
44. Change
English name of Hylocryptus rectirostris from "Chestnut-capped
Foliage-gleaner" to "Henna-capped
Foliage-gleaner" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
46. Change
English name of Riparia riparia
from "Bank Swallow" to "Sand Martin"
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
48. Change the
English names of Cinclodes taczanowskii and C. nigrofumosus to
"Peruvian
Seaside-Cinclodes" and "Chilean Seaside-Cinclodes" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
49. Split Trogon chionurus from T.
viridis (Remsen) DID NOT
PASS
50. Split Trogon caligatus from T.
violaceus (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
51. Split Trogon mesurus from T.
melanurus (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
52. Change
English name of Trogon comptus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
57. Place Heliangelus
zusii on "dubious taxa" list (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
61. Change
English name of Pterodroma defilippiana from ÒMasatierra PetrelÓ to "De Filippi's
Petrel" (Don Roberson) DID NOT PASS
62. Split Dendroica
petechia into two or more species (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
63. Change
English names of Myioborus warblers from "Redstarts" to "Whitestarts"
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
66. Change
English name of Myioborus cardonai from "Saffron-breasted
Redstart" to "Guaiquinima
Redstart" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
67. Recognize Basileuterus
roraimae as a species separate from B. bivittatus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
68. Recognize Basileuterus
chlorophrys as a species separate from B. chrysogaster (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
69. Change
English name of Basileuterus leucoblepharus from
"White-browed Warbler" to "White-rimmed
Warbler" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
70. Recognize Geothlypis
auricularis and G. velata as separate species from G.
aequinoctialis (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
72. Change
English name of Pheucticus chrysogaster from "Golden-bellied
Grosbeak" to "Southern
Yellow-Grosbeak" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
73. Recognize Cacicus
microrhynchus as separate species from C. uropygialis (Jaramillo) DID NOT PASS
79. Recognize Poospiza whitii as a separate
species from P. nigrorufa (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
80. Treat Phrygilus
punensis and P. atriceps as conspecific (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
82. Lump Oryzoborus
funereus with O. angolensis (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
84. Change
English name of Atlapetes
latinuchus (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
86. Lump Atlapetes melanolaemus with A.
rufinucha (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
87. Lump Atlapetes terborghi with A.
melanolaemus or A. rufinucha (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
89. Lump Eupetomena
into Campylopterus (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
91. Change
English name of Oceanodroma hornbyi to "Hornby's Storm-Petrel" (Manuel
Plenge) DID NOT PASS
93. Recognize Myiopsitta
luchsi as a separate
species from M. monachus (Nores) DID NOT PASS
96. Split Embernagra olivascens from E.
platensis (Floyd Hayes) DID
NOT PASS
99. Change
English name of Ramphocelus melanogaster from ÒBlack-bellied TanagerÓ to ÒHuallaga TanagerÓ (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
100. Change
English name of Anisognathus melanogenys
from ÒBlack-cheeked Mountain-TanagerÓ to ÒSanta
Marta Mountain-TanagerÓ (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
101. Change
English name of Tangara viridicollis
from "Silvery Tanager" to
"Silver-backed Tanager" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
102. Change
English name of Tangara argyrofenges from
"Green-throated Tanager" to "Straw-backed Tanager" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
103. Recognize
Dacnis egregia as a species separate from D.
lineata. (Remsen) DID NOT
PASS
104. Change
English name of Diglossa glauca
from "Deep-blue Flowerpiercer" to
"Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
105. Recognize
Geotrygon purpurata as a species separate from G.
saphirina. (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
106. Change
English name of Patagioenas oenops from
"Peruvian Pigeon" to "Mara–on Pigeon" (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
107. Change
English name of Metriopelia morenoi from ÒBare-eyed Ground-DoveÓ to ÒMorenoÕs Ground-DoveÓ (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
108. Change
English name of Leptotila megalura
from ÒLarge-tailed DoveÓ to ÒWhite-faced DoveÓ (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
110. Lump Leptotila
plumbeiceps into L. rufaxilla (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
111. Lump Zenaida
meloda into Z. asiatica (Richard C. Banks) DID NOT PASS
112. Split Pteroglossus
sanguineus and P. erythropygius from
P. torquatus (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
128. Change
English name of Cinnycerthia olivascens from "Sharpe's Wren" to
"Sepia-brown Wren" (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
130. Change
English name of Cistothorus platensis (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
131. Change
English name of Microcerculus marginatus from
ÒNightingale WrenÓ to Southern Nightingale-WrenÓ (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
136. Elevate Phaethornis
longirostris baroni
to
species rank (Stiles) DID NOT
PASS
137. Recognize
Thalurania hypochlora as a species
distinct from T. colombica (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
138. Recognize
Amazilia alticola
as
a species distinct from A. amazilia (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
139. Recognize
Coeligena eos
as separate species from Coeligena bonapartei (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
140. Recognize
Coeligena inca as a separate
species from C. torquata (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
142. Recognize
Heliangelus clarisse as a separate
species from H. amethysticollis (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
143. Recognize
Lesbia gouldii as a separate
species from L. nuna (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
146. Treat Heliothryx
barroti as conspecific
with H. aurita (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
147. Recognize
Eriocnemis sapphiropygia
as
a species separate from E. luciani (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
152. Change
English Name of Chamaeza meruloides (Zimmer) DID NOT PASS
153. Change
English Name of Chamaeza ruficauda
(Zimmer)
DID NOT PASS
154. Change
English Name of Chamaeza turdina
(Zimmer)
DID NOT PASS
159. Change
English name of Myrmotherula grisea
from ÒAshy AntwrenÓ to ÒYungas AntwrenÓ (Zimmer) DID NOT PASS
161. Change spellings of certain
English bird names from British to "American" usage (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
162. Treat Heliangelus
micraster and H. exortis as
conspecific (Stiles) DID NOT
PASS
163. Change
the English name of Heliangelus micraster (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
164. Split Philodice from Calliphlox
(Stiles) DID NOT PASS
166. Re-lump Thalassarche
eremita and Thalassarche salvini with Thalassarche cauta
(John
Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
170. Lump Topaza
pyra into Topaza pella (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
171. Change
English names of Myioborus redstarts to whitestarts (Gunnar Engblom) DID
NOT PASS
173. Lump Zimmerius
chrysops into Z. viridiflavus (Dan
Lane) DID NOT PASS
174. Lump Synallaxis
albilora into S. gujanensis (Dan
Lane) DID NOT PASS
176. Split Pionus
seniloides from Pionus tumultuosus (John
Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
178.
Classification of Phaethorninae (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
180. Merge Sternoclyta
and Hylonympha into Eugenes
(Stiles)
DID NOT PASS
184. Change
English name of Cnipodectes
subbrunneus from ÒBrownish FlycatcherÓ to
ÒBrownish TwistwingÓ (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
186. Merge Limnoctites into Cranioleuca
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
189. Adopt
guidelines for the assessment of introduced species (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
190. Place Oceanodroma
in the synonymy of Hydrobates (John
Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
191. Reassign
species in Oceanodroma to other
genera (John Penhallurick) DID
NOT PASS
192. Split Ardenna from Puffinus
(John Penhallurick) DID NOT
PASS
194. Change
English name of the Schiffornis (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
200. New genus
name, Procacicus, for Cacicus solitarius
(Rosendo Fraga) DID NOT PASS
202. Resurrect
genus Pipromorpha (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
204. Treat Polioptila
guianensis as three separate species
(Daniel Zimberlin) DID NOT
PASS
206. Merge Schistes into Augastes
(Stiles) DID NOT PASS
209. Split Crypturellus
columbianus from C. erythropus (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
210. Split Crypturellus
idoneus from C. erythropus (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
211. Split Crypturellus
saltuarius from C. erythropus (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
214. Remove
hyphen from English name "Painted-Snipe" (Nycticryphes)
(Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
215. Add
hyphen to English name "Softtail" (Thripophaga)
(Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
218: Add
hyphen to English name "Antthrush" (Formicarius
and Chamaeza) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
219. Split Thryothorus into four
genera (F. Keith Barker) DID
NOT PASS
222. [withdrawn] Split Atlapetes
nigrifrons from A. latinuchus (Thomas Donegan)
224. Change
English name of Brotogeris versicolurus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
226. Change to
lower case "p" in English name "Storm-Petrel"
(Hydrobatidae) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
231. Split Acestrura
from
Chaetocercus (Stiles) DID
NOT PASS
243. Change
the name of Least Pygmy-Owl to Glaucidium sicki (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
244. Change
English name of Sapayoa aenigma to ÒBroad-billed SapayoaÓ (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
248. Change
English Name of Xenornis
setifrons (Zimmer) DID
NOT PASS
253. Change
English name of Oceanodroma hornbyi
from ÒRinged Storm-PetrelÓ to "Hornby's
Storm-Petrel" (Steve N. G. Howell) DID NOT PASS
256. Move Caprimulgus
candicans from Caprimulgus to Eleothreptus
(Nigel Cleere) DID NOT PASS
258. Add
hyphen to English name "Flowerpiercer" (Diglossa)
(Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
259. Change
English name of Coragyps atratus to "American Black
Vulture" (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
261a. Split Dysithamnus
plumbeus and D.
leucostictus (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
261b. Split Dysithamnus
tucuyensis from D. plumbeus or D.
leucostictus (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
264. Merge Oryzoborus into Sporophila
(Nores) DID NOT PASS
268. Change
spelling of "Neotropic" to "Neotropical"
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
270. Change
spelling of "Lacrimose" to "Lachrymose"
Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
277. Merge Pipile
into Aburria (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
282. Merge Geranoaetus into Buteo
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
283. Change
linear sequence of species in Hemispingus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
284. Split Hemispingus
piurae from H. melanotis (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
285 A).
Recognize Cracidae subfamilies
Cracinae and Penelopinae (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
304. Change
English name of Goethalsia bella from ÒPirre HummingbirdÓ to "Rufous-cheeked
Hummingbird" (Stiles) DID
NOT PASS
307. Change
the English name of Brotogeris versicolurus to ÒWhite-winged ParakeetÓ
(Donald J. Brightsmith) DID NOT PASS
312. Recognize
the genera (A) Dixiphia and (B) Ceratopipra
(Prum) DID NOT PASS
326. Elevate
the subspecies pulsatrix of the
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) to species (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
327. Split Schiffornis
turdinus into 5 species (Arpad Ny‡ri) DID NOT PASS
328. Elevate Bubo
v. magellanicus (Strigidae) to species level
(Robbins) DID NOT PASS
339. Change
English name of Phrygilus carbonarius (Edward C. Dickinson)
DID NOT PASS
341. Reinstate
Pipromorpha for the rufous
Mionectes (2) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
342. Split Myiobius
barbatus into multiple species (Stotz) DID NOT PASS
343. Split Myiobius
ridgwayi from Myiobius atricaudus
(Stotz) DID NOT PASS
344. Merge Saltatricula into Saltator
(Remsen, in consultation with John Klicka and Kevin Burns) DID NOT PASS
346. Remove subfamily names from
the Main List (Nores) DID NOT
PASS
347. Change
the linear
sequence of orders and families to follow that in Handbook of
the Birds of the World (Nores) DID NOT PASS
349. Split Pyrilia
coccinicollaris from P. haematotis
(Nores) DID NOT PASS
350. Treat Xolmis salinarum as a
subspecies of X. rubetra (Nores) DID NOT PASS
351. Transfer Saltator and Saltatricula
from Incertae Sedis to Thraupidae (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
352. Move Anas
platyrhynchos (Mallard) to main list (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
354. Move Heliangelus
zusii (Bogota Sunangel) to Hypothetical List (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
357. Treat Anas
puna as a subspecies of Anas versicolor (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
358. Incluir en la "Main SACC
List" el resto de subfamilias tradicionalmente aceptadas (Nores) DID
NOT PASS
359. Eliminar la categor’a "Incertae
Sedis" de la "Main SACC List" (Nores) DID NOT PASS
370. Elevate
subspecies insularis of
Sporophila intermedia to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
372. Modify
English names of the pygmy-tyrants H.
flammulatus, H. diops, and H. obsoletus (Dan Lebbin) DID NOT PASS
373. Change
English names of Stercorarius pomarinus, parasiticus, and longicaudus
from "Jaeger" to "Skua" (Thomas
Donegan) DID NOT PASS
374. Add alternative
English names for three sets of species (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
377. Merge Geranoaetus into Buteo
(2) (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
388. Split Diomedea exulans into four species (Frank Rheindt) DID NOT PASS
390. Recognize
Scytalopus infasciatus as a species
separate from Scytalopus griseicollis
(Jorge Avenda–o C.) DID
NOT PASS
391. Split Troglodytes
cobbi from T. aedon
(Robin Woods/Jaramillo) DID
NOT PASS
392. Elevate Dubusia taeniata stictocephala to species level (Robbins, P.
Hosner, D. Lane) DID
NOT PASS
395. Change English name of the two Pittasoma species (Liam Hughes) DID NOT PASS
398. Re-split Buteo poecilochrous from B. polyosoma
(Stiles) DID NOT
PASS
399. Waive
Òpeer-reviewed publicationÓ requirement for online vocal data (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
405B: Split Dysithamnus tucuyensis from D. plumbeus or D.
leucostictus (II) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
417. Split Diglossopis from Diglossa (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
422. Lump Anisognathus
melanogenys with A. lacrymosus (Thomas Donegan
& Jorge
Enrique Avenda–o) DID
NOT PASS
421B. Split Grallaricula kukenamensis from G. nana (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
437 (a, b, g). Reorganize the generic classification of the Òcore tanagersÓ (Stiles)
a. Divide the Tangara group of Sedano & Burns into five genera, as proposed above: Tangara, Ixothraupis, Chalcothraupis, Thraupis and Euschemon. DID NOT PASS
b. Maintain a
moderately broad genus Tangara, but
as restricted above. DID
NOT PASS
g. Recognize the genera Sporathraupis
for Thraupis cyanocephala, Tephrophilus for Buthraupis wetmorei, Compsocoma for Anisognathus somptuosus and notabilis,
and Anisognathus for igniventris, lacrymosus and melanogenys. DID NOT PASS
440.
Split Ramphastos swainsonii from R. ambiguus (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
441.
Split Zimmerius improbus from Z. vilissimus (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
443. Change the English name of Serpophaga griseicapilla (Nores) DID
NOT PASS
445. Merge Rhegmatorhina into Gymnopithys (Nores) DID NOT PASS
447. Change English
names in Muscisaxicola griseus and M. alpinus
(Richard Gibbons and V. Remsen) DID NOT PASS
453. Recognize the parulid genus Oreothlypis (Dick Banks) DID NOT PASS
457. Merge Cyanocompsa and Amaurospiza
into Cyanoloxia (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
462. Change English name of Grallaricula cumanensis to ÒParia AntpittaÓ (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
464. Change the English name of Zimmerius acer (Hilty and Remsen) DID NOT PASS
459. Revise generic
boundaries in the Buteogallus group (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
465. Transfer Uropsalis, Eleothreptus,
Nyctidromus, Macropsalis, Nyctiprogne, Lurocalis,
and Caprimulgus spp. (cayennensis,
maculicaudus, longirostris, whitelyi, parvulus, anthonyi, and nigrescens)
to the genus Hydropsalis (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
469B. Species limits
in Paroaria (Jaramillo) DID NOT PASS
472. Recognize
Thalurania nigricapilla as a valid species (Stiles) DID NOT PASS
473. Separate Aratinga hockingi and A.
alticola from A. mitrata (Dan
Lane) DID NOT PASS
474. A general criterion for translating phylogenetic
trees into linear sequences (Nores et al.) DID NOT PASS
484. Recognize Pyrrhura
parvifrons (Norbert Bahr) DID NOT PASS
485. Remove hyphen from ÒPalm-SwiftÓ in Tachornis squamata (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
494. Elevate Phibalura flavirostris boliviana to species rank (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
500. Change the English name of Nandayus nenday
(Zimmer) DID NOT PASS
501. Transfer Uropsalis, Eleothreptus,
Macropsalis, and Caprimulgus spp. (cayennensis, maculicaudus, longirostris, whitelyi, and
parvulus) to Hydropsalis (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
503. Treat Myiopsitta
luchsi as a separate
species from M. monachus (Dan Lane) DID NOT PASS
506. Recognise Forpus
flavicollis (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
507. Revise Phrygilus
classification (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
524. Split Pyrrhura
pacifica from Pyrrhura
melanura (John Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
536. Elevate Laterallus jamaicensis tuerosi to species status (Dan Lane) DID NOT PASS
544. Recognize newly described Heliangelus
splendidus DID NOT
PASS
545. Recognize newly described Capito fitzpatricki (Manuel A. Plenge) DID NOT PASS
546. Resurrect Chubbia (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
548. Recognize newly described Cinclodes espinhacensis (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
556. Adopt
a new English name for Thamnophilus atrinucha (Mort Isler) DID
NOT PASS
559. Synonymize Scytalopus petrophilus
with Scytalopus speluncae and
recognize Scytalopus notorius (Guilherme R. R. Brito) DID NOT PASS
560. Add ÒTribesÓ to classification where warranted (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
561. Transfer Milvago chimango to Phalcoboenus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
564. Merge Pipile into Aburria (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
565. Merge Mitu into Pauxi (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
575. Change English
name of Geotrygon purpurata (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
584 A. Recognize Cracidae subfamilies Cracinae and Penelopinae (II) (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
584 B. Recognize Cracidae subfamily Ortalidainae (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
589B. Split Epinecrophylla haematonota into four species
(Morton Isler) DID
NOT PASS
590. Treat Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai as a subspecies of E. haematonota (Morton Isler) DID NOT PASS
592. For Thamnophilus
atrinucha, undo the recently adopted English common name ÒBlack-crowned
AntshrikeÓ and revert to ÒWestern Slaty AntshrikeÓ (J. Patrick Kelley
& Corey E. Tarwater)
596. Treat Pluvianellidae as a subfamily of Chionidae (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
593 B. Merge Saltatricula into genus Saltator (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
600 A+B. Split Xiphorhynchus ocellatus into three species (Sidnei Dantas and Alexandre Aleixo) DID NOT PASS
603.1 Split Sclerurus mexicanus into four species
(Jacob C. Cooper and AndrŽs Cuervo) DID NOT PASS
616. Split Cacicus leucoramphus from Cacicus chrysonotus (John Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
617. Recognize newly described Nystalus
obamai and split Nystalus
striolatus into two species (Carlos Eduardo B. Portes and Alexandre Aleixo) DID NOT PASS
618. Recognize
newly described Myrmotherula
oreni and split Myrmotherula
iheringi into two species (Leonardo S. Miranda and Alexandre Aleixo) DID NOT PASS
619. Recognize
newly described Polioptila
attenboroughi and
split Polioptila guianensis into three species (Lincoln Carneiro
and Alexandre Aleixo) DID
NOT PASS
621. Recognize newly
described Dendrocolaptes retentus and split Dendrocolaptes certhia
into six species (Romina
Batista and Alexandre Aleixo) DID NOT PASS
623. Recognize newly
described Campylorhamphus gyldenstolpei and Campylorhamphus cardosoi and split Campylorhamphus procurvoides into four species (Carlos Eduardo B. Portes and
Alexandre Aleixo) DID
NOT PASS
624. Treat Cacicus flavicrissus as separate species from
Cacicus cela (John Penhallurick) DID NOT PASS
629. Change English name of Golden
Grosbeak
(Michael Retter) DID
NOT PASS
630. Treat Myiothlypis roraimae as separate species from M. bivittata (revisited) (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
631. Modify English
names in Knipolegus (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
632. Change English name for Choco Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus to
(A) Western Sirystes or (B) Panama Sirystes (Thomas Donegan) DID NOT PASS
634. Recognize Tityra leucura as a valid species (Zimmer) DID NOT PASS
635. Recognize newly described Cyanocorax hafferi (Zimmer) DID NOT PASS
644A. Revise the classification of the Phoenicopteridae: Merge Phoenicoparrus into Phoenicopterus
(Jaramillo) DID
NOT PASS
645. Change the English name of JamesÕs
Flamingo (P. jamesi) to Puna
Flamingo
(Jaramillo) DID
NOT PASS
646. Recognize newly described Tolmomyias sucunduri (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
648A. Revise the classification of the Phalacrocoracidae: genera (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
652. Transfer Porzana flaviventer and Porzana
spiloptera to Laterallus
(Remsen) DID NOT PASS
657. Change the English
names of the greenlets (Dave Slager) DID
NOT PASS
658. Resurrect Vireosylva for the eye-lined vireo clade (Dave
Slager) DID NOT
PASS
659. Elevate Xiphorhynchus fuscus atlanticus to species rank (Gustavo Sebasti‡n Cabanne) DID NOT PASS
660. Hyphenation in English names for the Lineated
Woodcreeper
group (F) (Remsen) DID
NOT PASS
674. Transfer Chordeiles nacunda and Chordeiles
pusillus to Podager (Robbins) DID NOT PASS
677B. Recognize Systellura
longirostris ruficervix and Systellura longirostris roraimae as species (Schulenberg
and Robbins) DID
NOT PASS
693. Recognize Formicivora
paludicola as a valid species
(Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Bianca L. Reinert & Lu’s F. Silveira) DID NOT PASS
694. Change English name of Thripadectes scrutator (Remsen) DID NOT PASS
714. Recognize Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti as a valid species (Pacheco) DID NOT PASS
715. Recognize Sporophila digiacomoi (Claramunt and Areta) DID NOT PASS
716. Change the spelling of Theristicus caerulescens to Theristicus coerulescens and that of Cyanocorax
caeruleus to Cyanocorax coeruleus (Normand David) DID NOT PASS
719. Change the spelling of Poospiza hypochondria to Poospiza hypocondria (Pacheco)
720. Treat White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta as two or more species (Ben Freeman and Teresa Pegan) DID NOT PASS
728. Elevate Amaurospiza concolor aequatorialis to species rank (Claramunt) DID NOT PASS
730.03. Merge Saltatricula into Saltator. DID NOT
PASS
733. Elevate Zentrygon linearis trinitatis to species rank (Areta) DID NOT PASS
739. Elevate Paroaria baeri xinguensis to
species rank (Pacheco) DID NOT PASS
C. Tabled or
Withdrawn
549. (Withdrawn for repairs)
550. (Withdrawn
for repairs)
569. Revise the
generic classification of the Mountain-Tanagers (Thomas Donegan) (superseded by 730)
D. Proposals
pending:
691. Change spelling of Pteroglossus beauharnaesii to Pteroglossus
beauharnaisii (Pacheco) (temporarily withdrawn pending
additional publication)
696. Establish English
names for newly split taxa in the Epinecrophylla haematonota complex (Schulenberg)
702. Change hyphenated group-names within the genera Pseudotriccus,
Euscarthmus, Myiornis, Lophotriccus, Oncostoma, Atalotriccus, and Hemitriccus (Zimmer)
721. Treat Pincoya Storm-Petrel (Oceanites pincoyae) as a valid new species (Jaramillo)
730. Revise generic limits in the Thraupidae (Remsen)
730.01. Resurrect Rhopospina for Phrygilus fruticeti.
730.02. Resurrect Corydospiza for Phrygilus alaudinus and
Phrygilus carbonarius
730.04. Merge Tiaris bicolor
into (extralimital) currently monotypic Melanospiza
and recognize newly named Asemospiza
for Tiaris obscurus and Tiaris fuliginosus
730.05. Recognize new genus Islerothraupis
for Tachyphonus cristatus, T. luctuosus, and T. rufiventer
730.06. Recognize new monotypic genus Maschalethraupis for Tachyphonus
surinamus and recognize new monotypic genus Chrysocorypha for Tachyphonus
delatrii
730.12. Resurrect Poospizopsis Berlepsch for Poospiza caesar and P. hypochondria.
730.16. Recognize newly
named genus Ephippiospingus for Phrygilus dorsalis and P. erythronotus and recognize newly
named genus Chionodacryon for Diuca speculifera
730.17. Resurrect Geospizopsis for Phrygilus unicolor and P.
plebejus.
730.18. Recognize a
monotypic Tephrophilus for Buthraupis wetmorei; recognize monotypic
Sporathraupis Ridgway 1898 for Thraupis cyanocephala; and continue to
recognize Anisognathus as
monophyletic despite lack of support
730.20. Recognize newly
named Poecilostreptus for Tangara palmeri
(and extralimital T. cabanisi);
resurrect Chalcothraupis for Tangara ruficervix; and recognize newly
named Stilpnia for Tangara cyanoptera, T. larvata, T.
nigrocincta, T. cyanicollis, T. preciosa, T. peruviana, T, meyerdeschauenseei,
T. vitriolina, T. cucullata, T. cayana, T. viridicollis, T, phillipsi, T.
argyrofenges, and T. heinei.
731. Elevate Ortalis motmot ruficeps to species rank (Pacheco and L. F. Silveira)
732.
Recognize new family Pipritidae for Piprites (Remsen)
735. Modify linear sequences to reflect new phylogenetic data in nonpasserines (Remsen)
A. Placement of Anthocephala in Trochilidae
B. Sequence of
families in Suliformes
C. Sequence of species
and genera in Cathartidae
D. Sequence of genera
in Rallidae
E. Sequence of species
in Fulica
F. Sequence of species
in Charadrius
G. Invert Laridae and
Rynchopidae
H. Sequence of species
in Megascops
I. Sequence of
families in Coraciiformes
J. Sequence of species
in Chloroceryle
K. Sequence of genera
in Picidae
L. Sequence of species
in Forpus
736. Elevate Cyanoloxia cyanoides rothschildii to species rank (Natalia Garc’a)
738. Elevate Crypturellus noctivagus zabele to species rank (Pacheco)
740. Recognize the genus Oneillornis (Thamnophilidae) (Mort Isler,
Gustavo Bravo, and Robb Brumfield)
741. Split Zimmerius vilissimus into two or three species
(Andrew W. Jones)
742. Elevate Celeus flavescens ochraceus to species status (Robbins and Brett
Benz)
743. Establish an English name for Henicorhina anachoreta (Schulenberg)
744. Transfer White-lined
Antbird
from Percnostola to Myrmoborus (Mort Isler, Gustavo Bravo,
and Robb Brumfield)
745. Add Troglodytes ochraceus to the Main List
(Jorge Enrique Avenda–o)
746. Move Arremon crassirostris from Hypothetical
List to Main List (Jorge Enrique Avenda–o)
747. Proposal for English names for recently split
DarwinÕs finches (Jaramillo)
748. Recognize Sicalis holmbergi as a new species (Areta and Pearman)
749.
Add Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank) to the main
list (Pearman)
750.
Add Charadrius
mongolus (Lesser Sand-Plover) to the main list (Pearman)
751. Revise species limits
in Polioptila guianensis complex (Jacob Socolar)
752. Split Sclerurus mexicanus into multiple species (Jacob Cooper and
AndrŽs Cuervo)
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Mort
Isler's query on English names. (and additional comments from
Kevin Zimmer, Steve Hilty, and Joe Tobias)
Proposals to be done = Click or download Excel file (last
revision 18 Dec. 2016)