Rufous Fantail? Re: For eBirders! The annual taxonomy update is starting 24 October

[Kim Farley via Canberrabirds <>]

Hi Jack

Clements and therefore eBird too, has split Rufous Fantail into multiple species across its international range. 

What was an Australian subspecies is now an Australian endemic species to be called Australian Rufous Fantail. 

This new name is not yet appearing on eBird but must be in progress, since no data for the species under the old or the new name is visible right now. 

As per the info in the link in my post yesterday, the taxonomy changes are being loaded progressively. This will take a few days to a few weeks. Normal eBird functionality will continue pretty much as normal except when changes to particular species are being loaded. Note that for nearly all Australian species there will be no changes at all.

I hope you have a few more days until your deadline, Jack!

Kim

On Wed, 25 Oct 2023, 9:07 am , <> wrote:

Many thanks Kim, what has happened to the Rufous Fantail?  I tried to check latest sightings on the Bar Charts for my Gang-gang column this morning but it seems to have disappeared?  Many thanks  Jack Holland

 

From: Canberrabirds <> On Behalf Of Kim Farley via Canberrabirds
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 6:04 PM
To: Canberra birds <>
Subject: [Canberrabirds] For eBirders! The annual taxonomy update is starting 24 October

 

There are multiple taxonomies for the world's birds, with eBird and other projects of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology using the Clements Checklist of Birds of the World.  

Clements is updated annually to reflect changes in avian taxonomy and these changes are currently being incorporated into eBird. 

As an eBirder you don't need to do anything. Any changes, and there may be none for you, automatically flow through to your lists and stats. One change of interest to local eBirders who have also birded in Africa and parts of Asia is the chance to pick up an armchair tick through the split of Intermediate Egret into three species. Our local Intermediate Egret is one of the three.

Lots more interesting info is on eBird's 2023 Taxonomy Update page

Kim

ACT eBird reviewer 

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