10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

the eBird/Clements checklist puts them in a group as of version 6.9), but as far as I can tell, the new study didn’t sample viridis specifically. There are three subspecies in this group: caspius , seistanicus , poliocephalus — García-Ramírez and Trewick sampled the latter two. If split, their scientific name would be P.

Papua New Guinea 189

Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

160,000), American Samoa (55,000), and the Northern Mariana Islands (54,000). This makes no sense at all for a group that purports to be the national birding organization for the United States. Adding Puerto Rico and the USVI would largely achieve the goal of bringing all Americans into full membership of the ABA family.

Puerto Rico 148

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

One of these clades holds a diversity of Old World species in several distinct groups, including an Australasian clade, the green-pigeons, the emerald- and wood-doves, the imperial-pigeons and fruit-doves (favorites of mine), and the subjects of our investigation today, the 15 known members of the Raphini.

Solomon Islands 273

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 273

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). Subspecies pealei , National Park of American Samoa. Bryan Harry, USNPS.

Samoa 167

Samoa Vanuatu United Arab Emirates Tonga 167