Accipiter. This
happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the
output taxa.
Review identifications of Accipiter gentilis 5108
Taxonomic Split 133052
(Committed on 29-10-2023)
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Yeah I thought so too
@donalddavesne I also added the new distribution maps, so we're all good there too.
@birdwhisperer Oh I'm not sure how to do that! Would you mind pointing me towards a tutorial? I need to do it for a few fish taxa
@donalddavesne Download QGIS and download the distribution from iNat to adjust for splits. I'm thinking about making a video tutorial because it took me 2 days to relearn the system.
Have you got a link to any published rationale for this split? This is the first suggestion I've heard that the two forms are field-diagnosably distinct.
This follows the update of world bird taxonomy from the Clements checklist (used by eBird and iNaturalist) : https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/introduction/updateindex/october-2023/
The split is also widely accepted e.g. by the International Ornithological Congress (https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/raptors/)
@duncan-brooks The American Goshawk is the most distantly related species in the goshawk superspecies. That was main rationale for the split because if they weren't a species, why should species like the Black Goshawk or Henst's Goshawk keep their species card? The two are pretty easy to separate in the field, and though American Goshawk is a good descriptive name and I love it, we missed out on the opportunity for Vermiculated Goshawk to describe its main plumage trait. They're also pretty different vocally.
https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/130/2/342/5149355
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/41482621/DNA_barcoding_and_evolutionary_relations20160123-27103-f5a6o8-libre.pdf?1453576237=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DDNA_barcoding_and_evolutionary_relations.pdf&Expires=1698672867&Signature=Otls4pMRFaauij1i9NmIYKi8I7HlAbEigHFpXKqT1lSVWiiCE5e5ZUImWd7FJlrF8VgDCnagu33e9vAL-KSTWg2kpL4KPWJSqKk4s8sMVzJJxDpuCUUDL~fXliegmwzFWDYWhmU6DcBOiKb5Mj72JqfeX6vTU2pAogC7bPz8838PrQOZdhzV5TSzp-qzSqqoX4cZ42oFLMLeVauye3m9D5JIaM1HGG-HbFeBTuZJsdc1A1pvHlscxopoGirWYtH7vVMARZ-gROnO7QKyjdpeQkExUT2eJvBPWKk1LwveXL1vo7mR6wBNNKao~Eo8tjH6Z6s1JTgydP17ne683o6zyg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
https://americanornithology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-B.pdf
Ta. Good to know they're pretty easy to separate in the field.
This one is pretty straightforward. Everything looks good, so I'm committing.