I blame Nate Swick. For many years now, I’ve resisted every form of listing software available, choosing instead to maintain...
The American Ornithologists’ Union published the 53rd supplement (PDF) to its North American list last week, making official many...
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Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down tree trunks and upside-down...
Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. My friend Erik Johnson and I recently...
Here’s a prediction: Parrots, falcons, and seriemas are on their way to new positions in your checklists and, eventually,...
One of the items currently before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Checklist Committee (NACC) is a proposal to...
Year-end lists! Woo! What follows is my attempt to highlight 10 significant changes in world bird taxonomy proposed or...
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