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https://birdfinding.info/taxonomy-split-the-tropicbirds/ Birds and Travel Fri, 04 Sep 2020 01:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://birdfinding.info/taxonomy-split-the-tropicbirds/#comment-82 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 00:50:18 +0000 https://www.birdfinding.info/?p=52519#comment-82 […] Polytypic species consisting of five recognized subspecies.  Traditionally considered conspecific with Catesby’s Tropicbird (P. catesbyi), collectively the White-tailed Tropicbird (P. lepturus), but Howell and Zufelt (2019) recognize it as a separate species, and the evidence in favor of this change is compelling—for a detailed analysis, see Frontiers of Taxonomy: Split the Tropics! […]

]]> https://birdfinding.info/taxonomy-split-the-tropicbirds/#comment-80 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:26:41 +0000 https://www.birdfinding.info/?p=52519#comment-80 […] Monotypic species.  Traditionally classified as a subspecies of White-tailed Tropicbird, but Howell and Zufelt (2019) recognize it as a separate species, and the evidence in favor of this change is compelling—for a detailed analysis, see Frontiers of Taxonomy: Split the Tropics! […]

]]> https://birdfinding.info/taxonomy-split-the-tropicbirds/#comment-78 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:25:43 +0000 https://www.birdfinding.info/?p=52519#comment-78 […] The internal systematics of the Phaethontidae have traditionally been regarded as stable: a trio of distinctive pantropical species.  Recently, however, there is a broad reassessment of traditional classification and the appropriate status of similar but distinguishable forms, giving higher priority to making distinctions and appreciating diversity.  In this vein, Howell and Zufelt (2019) propose to subdivide White-tailed and Red-billed Tropicbirds into two species each, increasing the family membership from three species to five.  These cases are not equivalent: one is easy and the other is hard—but both proposals have a sufficient basis to be accepted.  For a detailed discussion of the reason to adopt these proposals, see Frontiers of Taxonomy: Split the Tropics! […]

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