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Clapper and King rails may represent four or five species

April 21, 2013 by David 11 Comments

Clapper and King rails (Rallus longirostris and R. elegans) are...

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2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

March 17, 2013 by David 2 Comments

The first batch of proposals for the 2013 American Ornithologists’...

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Waxwings and their kin: Meet the bombycillids

February 17, 2013 by David 5 Comments

Waxwings and their relatives are a small, interesting group of...

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Inspiration

Bette Midler is “mad” about birds

January 21, 2013 by David No Comments

Bette Midler, conservationist and star of screen and stage, has...

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Do nine-primaried oscines represent 16 different families?

January 20, 2013 by David 11 Comments

Roughly 10 percent of the world’s birds — about a...

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Reviews

What do you get a bird-lover who has everything?

November 20, 2012 by David 2 Comments

I looked over at the calendar the other day and...

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Birding

Sandpiper family reorganization on the way

November 18, 2012 by David 7 Comments

A recent proposal (555) to the AOU’s South American Classification...

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Tropicbird-Sunbittern relationship hypothesized in new paper

October 21, 2012 by David 2 Comments

The oldest division in the great avian tree lies between...

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Hang your hammock in the hummingbird family tree

September 16, 2012 by David 10 Comments

Many of us in North America are facing the imminent...

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Who belongs in the Evening Grosbeak’s family tree?

August 16, 2012 by David 3 Comments

We humans often understand things by exploring their relationships. Ourselves,...

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Clapper and King rails may represent four or five species

2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

Waxwings and their kin: Meet the bombycillids

Bette Midler is “mad” about birds

Do nine-primaried oscines represent 16 different families?

What do you get a bird-lover who has everything?

Sandpiper family reorganization on the way

Tropicbird-Sunbittern relationship hypothesized in new paper

Hang your hammock in the hummingbird family tree

Who belongs in the Evening Grosbeak’s family tree?

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