All of the proposals being considered by the Checklist Committee can be read here:
 
http://www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/pending.php
 
Last year, they published the votes with comments well ahead of the July publication.  However, at least one of the proposals passed was later withdrawn so nothing is official until the July publication in the Auk.  
 
The South American Checklist Committee is even more transparent with every(?) vote they've ever taken listed on their site, complete with comments on votes still pending:

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCproproster.html
 
For the more well-traveled among us, some of the splits they are considering include Blue-crowned Motmot into 5 species, Bar-winged Cinclodes into 3 species, and Wandering Albatross into 4 species.  

Matt Hafner
St. Augustine, FL


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From: Jim Moore <>
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Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 6:42 am
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] [Fwd: [BIRDWG05] Winter Wrens to be split]


The info regarding the winter wren split is from Bill Maynard's Dec. 6 article on the ABA-sponsored website--PEEPS online. Link is here: http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2009/12/winter-wren-proposed-as-two-distinct-species.html 
The official voting results won't be released until July, according to the article. 
 
Jim Moore 
Rockville, MD 
 
Ed Boyd wrote: 
> For the majority of you that don't subscribe to the AZ/NM list, this > piece was posted there today: 
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Word has leaked that the AOU Checklist committee has voted to split > Winter 
> Wren into two species when the next supplement is released in July. > The new 
> species will be Winter Wren (the eastern form) and Pacific Wren (the > western 
> form). > Both occur in Arizona in winter but their distribution is poorly > known. The 
> ABC has treated them separately in anticipation of this split for the > last 
> year and there are several records of Winter and Pacific Wren > documented on 
> the AZFO site. You may want to keep this upcoming split in mind when 
> observing Winter Wrens this winter. 
> 
> More information on this identification challenge can be found here: 
> 
> http://www.azfo.org/gallery/2009/html1/WIWR_Mesa_Moore_20090124.html 
> No word on the other two splits being considered (Inland and Coastal > Western 
> Scrub-Jays; South Hills and Red Crossbill). 
> 
> Mike Moore 
>