Talk:List of birds of Trinidad and Tobago

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Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The recent changes to the status of many species are deviations from the cited reference for the article, the list published by Trinidad & Tobago Bird Status & Distribution Committee. Therefore, those entries need specific citations. Adding the Helms field guide in References is not sufficient. No publication date for that book is given, but Amazon.com shows it as having been published in 2011. Because that significantly predates the Committee list, it shouldn't be used to supercede the Committee's 2016 status descriptions. Craigthebirder (talk) 18:14, 19 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

July 29, 2020 revisions

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This update performed the following:

Change the English names of families to those used by SACC.
Change the English name of American comb-duck to Comb duck.
Revise the genus of Golden-rumped euphonia in Finches.
Revise the sequence of species in genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia in Finches.
Revise references, counts, and text to reflect these changes.

Craigthebirder (talk) 23:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

February 10, 2021 revision

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I have restored the original "extirpated" entries for the status of 12 species. They are from the SACC source dated September 2020 as originally cited. I deleted the IUCN status entries because they are dated 2016 or 2018. Older data should not be substituted for more recent, especially when the recent data are from local knowledge. (The author of the SACC list is a resident of Trinidad and Tobago and Secretary of the country's Rare Bird Committee.) In addition, the weight of evidence is that IUCN is not a reliable source for ranges (see Wikiproject Birds).

I have also taken these other actions:

Retained the earlier change to crested caracara because it was a deletion of a no-longer-needed pipe.
Retained the earlier change to the blue-and-yellow macaw status but substituted a more recent citation.
Deleted one species and added a family and three species per the SACC (changes missed during earlier updates).
Revised the status of six species per the SACC (also missed previously).
Updated references and counts to reflect the above.

Craigthebirder (talk) 15:41, 10 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Seems fair. Martyn is a recognised expert, and has coauthored a field guide to the birds of T&T which is cited in the article. Guettarda (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

August 2021 revision

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The following revisions are made to reflect the August 24, 2021 update by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society.

Revise the English name of Gallinago paraguaiae.
Add chivi vireo Vireo chivi.
Add red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus.
Revise text, counts, and references accordingly.

Craigthebirder (talk) 17:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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