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
>