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IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:35 pm
by Michael Szabo
The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) is proposing to accept Hudsonian Whimbrel as a separate species from Whimbrel. Here is the link to the relevant IOC web page: https://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/update-diary/

The proposed split is reportedly based on a paper published by Pavel Tomkovich and others in 'Nature Briefing' in December 2019 entitled "Population genomics of two congeneric Palaearctic shorebirds reveals differential impacts of Quaternary climate oscillations across habitats types"
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598- ... 7Y_PmrCQ1I

Link to photo of Hudsonian Whimbrel (Playa del Rey, California, 7 May 2019): https://scontent.fpmr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=5EA1F9EE

Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:05 am
by andrewcrossland
about time!!

Steppe Whimbrel

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:39 am
by Michael Szabo
Steppe Whimbrel - could this be another Whimbrel taxa to keep an eye out for in New Zealand?
It has distinctive extensive white on the underwing (see photo in linked artcile below)

Link: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news ... discovered

Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:27 pm
by Pat Miller
So, what do we call the whimbrels we get in NZ now?

Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:29 pm
by Oscar Thomas
Eurasian Whimbrel are the common species but we have had records of the Hudsonian Whimbrel as well.

Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:37 pm
by Michael Szabo
There are four recognised subspecies of Eurasian Whimbrel, of which two have been recorded in New Zealand: Asiatic Whimbrel N.p. variegatus and American (Hudsonian) Whimbrel N.p. hudsonicus.