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
IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel
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Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel
about time!!
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Steppe Whimbrel
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
It has distinctive extensive white on the underwing (see photo in linked artcile below)
Link: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news ... discovered
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Re: IOC proposed split of Hudsonian Whimbrel
So, what do we call the whimbrels we get in NZ now?
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Eurasian Whimbrel are the common species but we have had records of the Hudsonian Whimbrel as well.
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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.
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