Talk:List of birds of Minnesota
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Craigthebirder in topic August 2021 revision
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July 4, 2020 revisions
editBecause of the large number of changes necessitated by the update to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds which the American Ornithological Society published on June 30, 2020, the revisions to this article are presented here rather than in a long series of edit summaries. Changes are per the AOS unless otherwise noted.
- Revise the references and text in the introduction.
- Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phasiannidae (Pheasants, grouse, and allies).
- Revise the sequence of species in genus Selasphorus (Hummingbirds).
- Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags).
August 2021 revision
editThese are the changes made to update this list to the 2021 Check-list of North and Middle American Birds published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) on June 29, 2021.
- Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
- Revise the genus of spruce grouse.
- Split mew gull into common gull and short-billed gull and revise entries accordingly.
- Revise the binomials of cormorant species.
- Revise the specific epithet of crested caracara.
- Revise the genus and position of ruby-crowned kinglet.
- Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.