07-45: Talking Lumps - Western Flycatchers with Alec Hopping
The American Birding Podcast · naswick
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Show Notes
One of the biggest taxonomic changes of this year was the long-anticipated lump of the species formerly known as Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatcher back into Western Flycatcher. It's a story with all the taxonomic highs and lows packed into a slightly confusing and cryptic package. Alec Hopping is a birder and researcher whose article in North American Birds called Unraveling Western Flycatchers; A Case Against the Split played a large role in making the case to the relavant authorities. He joins us to talk about how to get a species lumped.
Also, the AOS makes a huge announcement regarding birds named specifically for people.
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