07-45: Talking Lumps - Western Flycatchers with Alec Hopping
The American Birding Podcast
English - November 09, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 446 ratingsNature Science Leisure Hobbies aba birding birds birdwatching nature ornithology travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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