My faux pas ... I reversed the names ... Cabot's is "our" form ... 
Sandwich is the Old World version.

Sorry for the confusion!

Thanks, Clive and Rob!

Phil


At 18:58 09/25/2011, Phil Davis wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>Many birders will closely inspect each Sandwich Tern encountered in 
>North America to make sure it's not the South American subspecies, 
>CayenneTern, especially in case of any future split. Sight records 
>of Cayenne Terns have been recorded from North Carolina.
>
>Well, now the British BOU Taxonomy Committee has recommended 
>splitting the Sandwich Tern, that we see here, from the Old World's 
>Cabot's Tern; one of which <may> have been recorded last year in 
>Chicago. This split prompted Greg Neise to undertake an excellent 
>analysis of these two taxa.
>
>Since Cabot's could possibly show up in our region, his analysis is 
>of interest. It can be found at the link in his message, below ...
>
>Phil
>
>
>>Date:         Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:49:32 -0700
>>From:         Greg Neise <>
>>Subject: [BIRDWG01] Sandwich or Cabot's?
>>To:           
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Given a kick in the pants by the British Ornithologists' Union Taxonomy
>>subcommittee's recent recommendation for splitting sandvicensis and 
>>acuflavida,
>>I finished up my research into the Sandwich Tern found in Chicago last fall:
>>
>>http://www.nabirding.com/2011/09/25/sandwich-or-cabots/
>>
>>...and thought that this group might find it interesting.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>-greg neise
>>Berwyn, IL
>
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