AOU Check-List Supplement - July 2002

SPLITS:

1) Dark-rumped Petrel is split into Hawaiian and Galapagos Petrels
2) Wilson's Snipe is REsplit from Common Snipe
3) Black-crested Titmouse is REsplit from Tufted Titmouse
(Other splits occur south of USA that don't affect the ABA area)

SPECIES ADDED (New records):

1) Gray-hooded Gull (Florida)
2) Kelp Gull (mostly Louisiana)
3) Mitred Parakeet (southern CA, introduced)
4) Stygian Owl (Texas)
5) Black-browed Albatross, Bermuda Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel (Atlantic Coast)
6) Piratic Flycatcher (SW USA)
7) Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Texas)
8) Yellow-browed Warbler (Alaska)

NAME CHANGES:

1) Roseate Spoonbill is now in the genus Platalea
2) Porphyrula (Gallinules) is now Porphyrio
3) Red Phalarope is now P. fulicarius
4) Blue Grosbeak is now in the genus Passerina and the order of the genus is rearranged.
5) Eared Trogon =Eared Quetzal
6) Guam Swiftlet =Mariana Swiftlet