Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:42:13 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Anthony G. Futcher" Subject: Re: Species Name Question (For Life Lists) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris, the names as reported are subspecies of the same species. Should the Hawaiian form be raised to a full species, it would have to have a new specific epithet (the second name in the "scientific name") such as Asio sandwichensis. This would then be a different species from A. flammeus. Tony Futcher Chris Starling wrote: >Greetings, >I was going through my life list the other day and came across Pueo (the >Hawaiian species of Short-eared Owl). Its taxonomic name is Asio Flammeus >Sandwichnesis (or something like that). While our domestic SHEO is Asio >Flammeus Flammeus. Does this represent two seperate species worthy of >seperate entries into my life list or are these simply subspecies like >eastern and western Palm Warblers?- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony G. (Tony) Futcher, Ph.D. mailto:tfutcher@cuc.edu Professor of Biology, Columbia Union College fax: 301-891-4121 7600 Flower Ave. office: 301-891-4119 Takoma Park, MD 20912 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================