Storm-Petrels - Proposed split into two families

[Frank O'Connor <>]

I just looked up the IOC web site worldbirdnames.org and it looks 
like the storm-petrels will be split into two families in the next 
version 5.1 due in early 2015.
Hydrobatidae - northern storm-petrels
Oceanitidae - southern storm-petrels

Not exactly certain where each genus will fall, but I guess we will 
find out in 2015.


For those interested in families, it looks like Swallow-tailed 
Cotinga will be put back into Cotingidae (it was previously indeterminate)

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Frank O'Connor                          Birding WA 
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