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eBird species readjustments -- Winter Wren

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Michael Bowen

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Michael Bowen

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Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:10:59 -0500

>All:


Those of you who are faithful users of eBird may have noticed that 
eBird has been making changes over the last day or so to species lists.

In particular, you (like me) may have had your Winter Wren sightings 
over the years in Maryland redefined as "Pacific/Winter Wren."

Do not panic!  eBird has treated all records so that Winter Wren or 
Pacific Wren are appropriately reflected in your records.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD
eBird HotSpot Reviewer for MD/DC

see also:  Marshall Iliff of eBird has advised ("tomorrow evening" 
being January 27):

>The wrens are updating as we speak and we hope that by tomorrow everything
>will be normal, though many of the warehouses (e.g., Top 100) likely won't
>be up to date.
>
>The taxonomy revision is very complicated and a major database job, but it
>is actually almost done.
>
>This is an opportunity to remind people to report at the subspecies level
>when known. All reports of Winter Wren (Eastern) have already converted to
>Winter Wren. All reports of Winter Wren (Western) have already converted
>to Pacific Wren. All reports of Winter Wren (I.e., the "species level"
>submission from before) have changed to Winter/Pacific Wren. Those are
>actually 1:1 matches and illustrate why we should all be as specific as
>possible in our reports.
>
>That said, we are converting all MD Pacific/Winter Wrens to Winter Wrens
>overnight tonight.
>
>Marshall

D.H. Michael Bowen
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