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2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

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Proposal 2013-A-5 would remove the Hawaiian honeycreepers out of their own subfamily (Drepanidinae) and place them in the subfamily Carduelinae near the rosefinches, which a 2011 study showed to be their closest relatives. Sage Sparrow split. nevadensis ) and California Sage Sparrow ( A. Shearwater split.

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