Please could someone help this confused birder..........
Which of the following are now considered full species or still considered subspecies.
1)Little Tern/ Least Tern
2)Tufted Titmouse/ Black crested Titmouse
3) Eurasian Teal/ Green Winged Teal
As I saw all bar Little Tern and Eurasian Teal in the US I'm particulary interested in the ABA list and thoughts from our US friends or those European birders who have been stateside recently
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm going round in circles
Thanks
Rob
Black-crested titmouse definitely yes. The other two I think no, but I do not have the latest ABA checklist. Is it on their website?
From an English perspective all three are good species.
Steve
[QUOTE=rwkno1]Please could someone help this confused birder..........
Which of the following are now considered full species or still considered subspecies.
1)Little Tern/ Least Tern
2)Tufted Titmouse/ Black crested Titmouse
3) Eurasian Teal/ Green Winged Teal
As I saw all bar Little Tern and Eurasian Teal in the US I'm particulary interested in the ABA list and thoughts from our US friends or those European birders who have been stateside recently
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm going round in circles
Thanks
Rob[/QUOTE]
Little Tern has never been seen in the ABA Area, so it's not on the checklist (and I'm not even sure whether the ABA considers it a separate species or not).
Black-crested Titmouse is definitely on the ABA checklist. It was split from Tufted Titmouse a couple of years ago.
The ABA does not yet recognize the split of Eurasian Teal and Green-winged Teal. So anyone seeing the Eurasian Teal in the ABA Area has to count it as a Green-winged Teal on an ABA Area List, but can count is as a Eurasian Teal on a World List. This listing thing can sure get confusing.
Dave