Lumps are as follows:

Whistling Swan and Bewick's Swan are now the Tundra Swan. The Black, Gray-

crowned and Brown-capped Rosy Finch are lumped into a single species , the Rosy

Finch. The Gray-headed Junco is lumped into the Dark-eyed Junco complex , thus

Minnesota loses one species which was previously on the state list. Others lumped

include the Mexican Duck which is considered a race of the Mallard. Yellow-green

Vireo is a race of the Red-eyed Vireo and finally the Brown-throated Wren is now

merely a color race of the House Wren.

COMMON NAME CHANGES AFFECTING

MINNESOTA BIRD SPECIES

Previous Name

White Pelican

New Name

American White Pelican

Louisiana Heron

Northern Green Heron

Tricolored Heron

Green-backed Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Whistling Swan

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Tundra Swan

White-fronted Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Black Duck

Pintail

European Wigeon

Swallow-tailed Kite

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Eurasian Wigeon

American Swallow-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite

Marsh Hawk

Goshawk

Black-shouldered Kite

Northern Harrier

Northern Goshawk

Black Hawk

Common Black-Hawk

Greater Prairie Chicken

Turkey

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Wild Turkey

Bobwhite

Common Gallinule

American Golden Plover

Northern Phalarope

Barn Owl

Screech Owl

Hawk Owl

Saw-whet Owl

Poor-will

Northern Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker

Common Flicker

Western Wood Pewee

Northern Bobwhite

Common Moorhen

Lesser Golden-Plover

Red-necked Phalarope

Common Barn-Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Northern Hawk-Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Common Poorwill

Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood Pewee

Rough-winged Swallow

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Common Crow

American Crow

Short-billed Marsh Wren

Sedge Wren

Long-billed Marsh Wren

Dipper

Wheatear

Marsh Wren

American Dipper

Northern Wheatear

Mockingbird

Starling

Cardinal

Tree Sparrow

Gray-headed Junco

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Northern Cardinal

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Rosy Finch

Copies of the A.O. U . Checklist which lists all the recognized species and names

for the 6th Edition are available for $3.00 each (postpaid) from G .E . Woolfenden , Biol-

ogy, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL. 33620.

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