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Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide

May 04, 2024

"Birds of South Asia" redirects here. For a list of the birds of South Asia, see List of birds of South Asia.

Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide by Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton is a two-volume ornithological handbook, covering the birds of South Asia, published in 2005 (second edition in 2012) by the Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. The geographical scope of the book covers India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, the Chagos Archipelago and Afghanistan (the latter country had been excluded from previous works covering this region). In total, 1508 species are covered (this figure includes 85 hypothetical and 67 'possible' species, which are given only shorter accounts). Two notable aspects of Birds of South Asia are its distribution evidence-base — the book's authors based their distributional information almost completely on museum specimens — and its taxonomic approach, involving a large number of species-level splits.

Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide
AuthorPamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton
IllustratorAnderton and eleven other artists
Cover artistAnderton
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSmithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions
Publication date
2005
Media typePrint (hardback)
ISBN84-87334-67-9 (both vols.)
84-87334-65-2 (vol. 1)
84-87334-66-0 (vol. 2)
OCLC433009160

The books edit

 
Pamela Rasmussen

Volume 1 is a field guide. A nine-page introduction is followed by 180 colour plates, each with an accompanying text page giving brief identification notes, and, for most species, range maps. In addition to the 69 plates by Anderton, eleven other artists contributed, including Ian Lewington and Bill Zetterström. Volume 2: Attributes and Status contains more detailed supporting texts for every species. Twelve other authors are listed as having contributed to this volume, including Per Alström, Nigel Collar and Craig Robson. This volume opens with an appreciation, written by Bruce Beehler, of S. Dillon Ripley, who initiated the work which led to the book, and after whom it is named. This is followed by a 24-page introduction. The bulk of the book, from pages 41 to 601, consists of individual species accounts; each of these includes sections on identification, occurrence, habits and voice (this latter section accompanied by sonograms for many species). There are ten appendices, including a hypothetical list, a list of rejected species, a summary of taxonomic changes, a glossary, a gazetteer, and a list of institutions holding major collections of South Asian bird specimens.

The book's covers are illustrated by montages of South Asian birds, painted by Anderton. Volume 1 features crimson-backed flameback, stork-billed kingfisher, Indian eagle-owl, black-and-orange flycatcher and Himalayan quail on its front cover. Volume 2 features six laughingthrush species: variegated, Bhutan, grey-sided, blue-winged, black-chinned and Assam. The back covers of both volumes feature a painting of Serendib and Nicobar scops owls.

Taxonomic changes edit

In preparing the book, the authors undertook a major revision of the taxonomic status of bird forms found in the region; many allopatric forms previously regarded as conspecific are treated by Rasmussen and Anderton as full species. Many of these had previously been proposed elsewhere, but the book introduced a number of innovations of its own.[1] The majority of these changes, and the overwhelming majority of the novel ones, are among the passerines. The following is a list of the groups of taxa which are considered conspecific in the sixth edition of the Clements Checklist (Clements 2007),[2][3] but split into two or more species in Rasmussen and Anderton's work (volume 2 page references in brackets).

Non-passerines edit

 
Crested hawk-eagle

Passerines edit

 
Jerdon's leafbird
 
Tibetan blackbird
 
Himalayan red-flanked bush-robin
 
Greenish warbler
 
Malabar white-headed starling

New South Asian endemic birds edit

 
White-cheeked nuthatch
See also: List of endemic birds of South Asia and List of endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The taxonomic changes proposed increase the number of South Asian endemic bird species, and the numbers of restricted-range endemic bird species in several of South Asia's Endemic Bird Areas. Using the taxonomic arrangements in Birds of South Asia, the following species are additional South Asian endemics:[24] Ceylon bay owl, hill swallow, white-bellied and orange minivets, square-tailed black bulbul, Jerdon's leafbird, Indian blackbird, large blue flycatcher,[25] common babbler and Indian and white-cheeked nuthatches; the following are additional Indian endemics: crested hawk-eagle, grey-fronted green pigeon, Malabar barbet, Malabar woodshrike, flame-throated bulbul, Nilgiri thrush, white-bellied blue robin, Naga wren-babbler, Indian yellow tit, Nilgiri flowerpecker and Malabar white-headed starling; the following are new Sri Lankan endemics: Ceylon green-pigeon, Ceylon small barbet, crimson-backed flameback, Ceylon swallow, Ceylon woodshrike, black-capped bulbul, Ceylon scaly thrush and Ceylon crested drongo; and the following are additional endemics in the Andaman/Nicobar Islands: Nicobar imperial pigeon, Andaman barn-owl, Hume's hawk-owl, Andaman cuckooshrike, Andaman bulbul, Nicobar jungle flycatcher, Andaman shama and Andaman flowerpecker.

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Collar & Pilgrim (2008) includes an analysis of Rasmussen & Anderton's proposed changes, indicating which had previously been proposed by other authors, and which are novel.
  2. ^ At the time of Birds of South Asia's publication, Clements was the most widely used world bird checklist; the sixth edition was published shortly after Birds of South Asia, and hence is used here as the best work to view the effect of Rasmussen & Anderton's proposals; when compared with earlier regional lists, such as the Oriental Bird Club checklist (Inskipp et. al. 1996), the effects are greater still.
  3. ^ Rasmussen & Anderton do not split two pairs of taxa which are treated as separate species in Clements' sixth edition, MacQueen's and houbara bustards (vol 2, pp. 148-9), and carrion and hooded crows (vol 2, p. 599).
  4. ^ This treatment had been followed in the first edition of Peters' checklist (Peters 1931) but not by most other 20th-century authors.
  5. ^ McAllan & Bruce (1988) had previously adopted this treatment, but the two taxa had been regarded as conspecific by almost all other recent authors.
  6. ^ The fifth edition of Clements' checklist (Clements 2000) treated these two taxa as distinct species, but they were lumped in the sixth edition
  7. ^ A treatment previously proposed in the Conspectus of the Ornithological Fauna of the USSR (Stepanyan 1990), but not adopted widely in Europe or North America.
  8. ^ Sympatric occurrence of the two putative species in the breeding season without interbreeding was first documented by Carey & Melville 1996.
  9. ^ Rasmussen and Anderton made a firm decision to split Himalayan buzzard; they describe Japanese buzzard as "probably specifically distinct".
  10. ^ A treatment previously proposed by Fleming et. al. 1984
  11. ^ Rasmussen & Anderton treat three South Asian taxa (affinis, pompadora & chloropterus) as monotypic species, separate from the remainder of the "pompadour green pigeon" complex (the name phayrei having priority for this group); this treatment is in line with Hussain (1958). They also state that two extralimital taxa (axillaris & aromaticus) are probably also better treated as separate species.
  12. ^ König et. al. (1999) had earlier proposed this split.
  13. ^ A treatment previously proposed in Wijesinghe (1994)
  14. ^ The same conclusions were contemporaneously reached in the Handbook of the Birds of the World (Fishpool and Tobias 2005).
  15. ^ A treatment previously proposed in Wells et. al. (2003)
  16. ^ An arrangement previously proposed by Kryukov (1995). Rasmussen & Anderton use the names isabelline and rufous shrikes for Daurian and Turkestan shrikes, respectively.
  17. ^ Rasmussen and Anderton made firm decisions to split Tibetan blackbird, and the simillimus group of southern races as Indian blackbird; in the case of mandarinus, they stated that this taxon probably deserved species status. In addition, they suggested that within the simillimus group, the Sri Lankan race kinnisii is also probably better treated as a separate species. The simillimus group had previously been treated as a full species in Henry (1971). However this treatment had not gained widespread acceptance: both The Birds of the Western Palearctic (Cramp 1988) and the Oriental Bird Club checklist (Inskipp et. al. 1996) had retained these forms within common blackbird. Clement & Hathway (2000) had suggested that mandarinus and maximus probably deserved to be treated together as a separate species; again the OBC checklist had treated these as conspecific with common blackbird.
  18. ^ The same conclusions were contemporaneously reached in the Handbook of the Birds of the World (Collar, 2005)
  19. ^ A treatment previously recommended by Ivanov (1941), Panov (1999) and by the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Association of European Rarities Committees (AERC TAC 2003); the Collins Bird Guide (Svensson et. al. 1999) had also suggested that these two taxa may be separate species
  20. ^ The treatment of nitidus as a full species is, however, described as "equivocal".
  21. ^ The neglecta group is not formally split, but "is likely to comprise a third species".
  22. ^ This treatment is in line with that proposed by the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Association of European Rarities Committees in 2003 (AERC TAC 2003); it had previously been anticipated, though not adopted, in the Collins Bird Guide (Svensson et. al. 1999)
  23. ^ A treatment earlier proposed tentatively by Madge & Burn (1994)
  24. ^ Compared against those listed in Clements' sixth edition (2007)
  25. ^ Endemic as a breeder; winters in south-east Asia

References edit

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Birds of South Asia redirects here For a list of the birds of South Asia see List of birds of South Asia Birds of South Asia The Ripley Guide by Pamela C Rasmussen and John C Anderton is a two volume ornithological handbook covering the birds of South Asia published in 2005 second edition in 2012 by the Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions The geographical scope of the book covers India Bangladesh Pakistan Sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan Maldives the Chagos Archipelago and Afghanistan the latter country had been excluded from previous works covering this region In total 1508 species are covered this figure includes 85 hypothetical and 67 possible species which are given only shorter accounts Two notable aspects of Birds of South Asia are its distribution evidence base the book s authors based their distributional information almost completely on museum specimens and its taxonomic approach involving a large number of species level splits Birds of South Asia The Ripley GuideAuthorPamela C Rasmussen and John C AndertonIllustratorAnderton and eleven other artistsCover artistAndertonCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPublisherSmithsonian Institution and Lynx EdicionsPublication date2005Media typePrint hardback ISBN84 87334 67 9 both vols 84 87334 65 2 vol 1 84 87334 66 0 vol 2 OCLC433009160 Contents 1 The books 2 Taxonomic changes 2 1 Non passerines 2 2 Passerines 2 3 New South Asian endemic birds 3 Footnotes 4 ReferencesThe books edit nbsp Pamela Rasmussen Volume 1 is a field guide A nine page introduction is followed by 180 colour plates each with an accompanying text page giving brief identification notes and for most species range maps In addition to the 69 plates by Anderton eleven other artists contributed including Ian Lewington and Bill Zetterstrom Volume 2 Attributes and Status contains more detailed supporting texts for every species Twelve other authors are listed as having contributed to this volume including Per Alstrom Nigel Collar and Craig Robson This volume opens with an appreciation written by Bruce Beehler of S Dillon Ripley who initiated the work which led to the book and after whom it is named This is followed by a 24 page introduction The bulk of the book from pages 41 to 601 consists of individual species accounts each of these includes sections on identification occurrence habits and voice this latter section accompanied by sonograms for many species There are ten appendices including a hypothetical list a list of rejected species a summary of taxonomic changes a glossary a gazetteer and a list of institutions holding major collections of South Asian bird specimens The book s covers are illustrated by montages of South Asian birds painted by Anderton Volume 1 features crimson backed flameback stork billed kingfisher Indian eagle owl black and orange flycatcher and Himalayan quail on its front cover Volume 2 features six laughingthrush species variegated Bhutan grey sided blue winged black chinned and Assam The back covers of both volumes feature a painting of Serendib and Nicobar scops owls Taxonomic changes editIn preparing the book the authors undertook a major revision of the taxonomic status of bird forms found in the region many allopatric forms previously regarded as conspecific are treated by Rasmussen and Anderton as full species Many of these had previously been proposed elsewhere but the book introduced a number of innovations of its own 1 The majority of these changes and the overwhelming majority of the novel ones are among the passerines The following is a list of the groups of taxa which are considered conspecific in the sixth edition of the Clements Checklist Clements 2007 2 3 but split into two or more species in Rasmussen and Anderton s work volume 2 page references in brackets Non passerines edit nbsp Crested hawk eagle p 53 Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster is treated as a monotypic Asian species separate from African A rufa and Australasian A novaehollandiae darters 4 p 58 Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis is split into two species western cattle egret B ibis sensu stricto and eastern cattle egret B coromandus 5 p 60 Black backed bittern Ixobrychus dubius is split from little bittern I minutus 6 pp 68 9 Whistling Cygnus columbianus and Bewick s C bewickii swans are regarded as separate species 7 pp 74 5 Spot billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha is split into two species Indian spot billed duck A poecilorhyncha sensu stricto and Chinese spot billed duck A zonorhyncha 8 pp 101 2 Common buzzard Buteo buteo is split into two or three species 9 common buzzard B buteo sensu stricto Himalayan buzzard B burmanicus and Japanese buzzard B buteo japonicus pp 108 9 Changeable Spizaetus limnaeetus and crested S cirrhatus hawk eagles are treated as separate species 10 pp 141 2 Eastern water rail Rallus indicus is split from European water rail R aquaticus pp 154 5 Kentish Charadrius alexandrinus and snowy C nivosus plovers are treated as separate species pp 181 2 Indian stone curlew Burhinus indicus is split from Eurasian stone curlew B oedicnemus pp 211 2 Emerald dove Chalcophaps indica is split into two species emerald dove Chalcophaps indica sensu stricto and an Australasian species C longirostris pp 212 4 Pompadour green pigeon Treron pompadora is split into four to six species 11 Ceylon green pigeon T pompadora sensu stricto grey fronted green pigeon T affinis ashy headed green pigeon T phayrei Andaman green pigeon T chloropterus from South Asia and possible fifth and sixth species T phayrei axillaris and T phayrei aromaticus from the Philippines and Buru in the Moluccas respectively p 217 Nicobar imperial pigeon Ducula nicobarica is split from green imperial pigeon D aenea p 233 Andaman barn owl Tyto deroepstorffi is split from barn owl T alba 12 p 235 Ceylon bay owl Phodilus assimilis is split from Oriental bay owl Ph badius p 244 Himalayan wood owl Strix nivicola is split from tawny owl S aluco p 248 Hume s hawk owl Ninox obscura is split from brown hawk owl N scutulata p 278 Crimson fronted barbet Megalaima rubricapillus is split into two species Malabar barbet M malabarica and Ceylon small barbet M rubricapillus sensu stricto 13 p 290 Crimson backed flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi is split from greater flameback C lucidus Passerines edit nbsp Jerdon s leafbird p 310 Grey throated sand martin Riparia chinensis is split from brown throated sand martin R paludicola p 311 Pale crag martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta is split from rock martin P fuligula p 312 Hill swallow Hirundo domicola is split from Pacific swallow H tahitica p 313 Ceylon swallow Hirundo hyperythra is split from red rumped swallow H daurica p 323 Andaman cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni is split from bar bellied cuckooshrike C striata p 326 Jerdon s minivet Pericrocotus albifrons is split from white bellied minivet P erythropygius pp 327 8 Orange minivet Pericrocotus flammeus and scarlet minivet P speciosus are regarded as separate species p 330 Malabar woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola is split from large woodshrike T gularis pp 331 2 Ceylon woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis is split from common woodshrike T pondicerianus p 336 Andaman bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens is split from black headed bulbul P atriceps pp 336 7 Black crested bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus is split into five species 14 black crested bulbul sensu stricto P flaviventris black capped bulbul P melanicterus sensu stricto flame throated bulbul P gularis ruby throated bulbul P dispar and Bornean bulbul P montis p 344 Square tailed black bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa is split from black bulbul H madagascariensis p 348 Jerdon s leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni is split from blue winged leafbird C cochinchinensis 15 nbsp Tibetan blackbird p 349 Isabelline shrike Lanius isabellinus is split into two species Daurian shrike L isabellinus sensu stricto and Turkestan shrike L phoenicuroides 16 pp 358 9 White s thrush Zoothera aurea Nilgiri thrush Z neilgherriensis and Ceylon scaly thrush Z imbricata are split from scaly thrush Z dauma pp 363 4 Common blackbird Turdus merula is split into three or four species 17 common blackbird T merula sensu stricto Tibetan blackbird T maximus Indian blackbird T simillimus and Chinese blackbird T merula mandarinus pp 365 6 Red throated thrush Turdus ruficollis and black throated thrush T atrogularis are treated as separate species 18 p 372 Nicobar jungle flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus is split from brown chested jungle flycatcher R brunneatus p 385 Large blue flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris is split from hill blue flycatcher C banyumas nbsp Himalayan red flanked bush robin p 393 Himalayan red flanked bush robin Tarsiger rufilatus is split from red flanked bluetail T cyanurus p 396 Andaman shama Copsychus albiventris is split from white rumped shama C malabaricus p 400 White bellied blue robin Myiomela albiventris is split from Nilgiri blue robin M major p 407 Red tailed wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia is split from rufous tailed wheatear Oe xanthoprymna 19 pp 415 6 Bhutan laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum is split from streaked laughingthrush T lineatum pp 417 8 Assam laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum is split from red headed laughingthrush T erythrocephalum p 433 Long billed wren babbler Rimator malacoptilus is regarded as a monotypic species separate from the two southeast Asian taxa R albostriatus and R pasquieri p 435 6 Long tailed wren babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus is split into three species grey bellied wren babbler S reptatus Chin Hills wren babbler S oatesi and Naga wren babbler S chocolatinus sensu stricto p 438 Cachar wedge billed babbler Sphenocichla roberti is split from wedge billed babbler S humei pp 443 4 Afghan babbler Turdoides huttoni is split from common babbler T caudata p 449 Indian white hooded babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus is split from white hooded babbler G torquatus p 454 Manipur fulvetta Alcippe manipurensis is split from streak throated fulvetta A cinereiceps p 471 Hill prinia Prinia superciliaris is split from black throated prinia P atrogularis p 483 Hume s bush warbler Cettia brunnescens is split from yellowish bellied bush warbler C acanthizoides p 485 Baikal bush warbler Bradypterus davidi is split from spotted bush warbler B thoracicus nbsp Greenish warbler p 503 Green warbler Phylloscopus nitidus and two barred warbler Ph plumbeitarsus are both split from greenish warbler Ph trochiloides 20 p 529 Indian yellow tit Parus aplonotus is split from black lored yellow tit P xanthogenys p 536 Chestnut bellied nuthatch Sitta castanea is split into two or three species chestnut bellied nuthatch sensu stricto S cinnamoventris Indian nuthatch S castanea sensu stricto and a possible third species in south east Asia S castanea neglecta 21 pp 537 8 Przewalsky s nuthatch Sitta przewalskii is split from white cheeked nuthatch S leucopsis p 545 Plain flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor split into three species Andaman flowerpecker D virescens plain flowerpecker sensu stricto D minullum and Nilgiri flowerpecker D concolor sensu stricto p 547 Van Hasselt s sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana is split from purple throated sunbird L sperata nbsp Malabar white headed starling p 554 House bunting Emberiza sahari and striolated bunting E striolata are regarded as separate species 22 p 566 Sharpe s rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii is split from spot winged rosefinch C rodopeplus p 566 Blyth s rosefinch Carpodacus grandis is split from red mantled rosefinch C rhodochlamys p 567 Spotted great rosefinch Carpodacus severtzovi is split from Caucasian great rosefinch C rubicilla p 581 Malabar white headed starling Sturnia blythii is split from grey headed starling S malabarica p 586 Indian golden oriole Oriolus kundoo is split from European golden oriole O oriolus p 593 Ceylon crested drongo Dicrurus lophorinus is split from greater racket tailed drongo D paradiseus pp 596 7 Larger spotted nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata is split from spotted nutcracker N caryocatactes 23 New South Asian endemic birds edit nbsp White cheeked nuthatch See also List of endemic birds of South Asia and List of endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands The taxonomic changes proposed increase the number of South Asian endemic bird species and the numbers of restricted range endemic bird species in several of South Asia s Endemic Bird Areas Using the taxonomic arrangements in Birds of South Asia the following species are additional South Asian endemics 24 Ceylon bay owl hill swallow white bellied and orange minivets square tailed black bulbul Jerdon s leafbird Indian blackbird large blue flycatcher 25 common babbler and Indian and white cheeked nuthatches the following are additional Indian endemics crested hawk eagle grey fronted green pigeon Malabar barbet Malabar woodshrike flame throated bulbul Nilgiri thrush white bellied blue robin Naga wren babbler Indian yellow tit Nilgiri flowerpecker and Malabar white headed starling the following are new Sri Lankan endemics Ceylon green pigeon Ceylon small barbet crimson backed flameback Ceylon swallow Ceylon woodshrike black capped bulbul Ceylon scaly thrush and Ceylon crested drongo and the following are additional endemics in the Andaman Nicobar Islands Nicobar imperial pigeon Andaman barn owl Hume s hawk owl Andaman cuckooshrike Andaman bulbul Nicobar jungle flycatcher Andaman shama and Andaman flowerpecker Footnotes edit Collar amp Pilgrim 2008 includes an analysis of Rasmussen amp Anderton s proposed changes indicating which had previously been proposed by other authors and which are novel At the time of Birds of South Asia s publication Clements was the most widely used world bird checklist the sixth edition was published shortly after Birds of South Asia and hence is used here as the best work to view the effect of Rasmussen amp Anderton s proposals when compared with earlier regional lists such as the Oriental Bird Club checklist Inskipp et al 1996 the effects are greater still Rasmussen amp Anderton do not split two pairs of taxa which are treated as separate species in Clements sixth edition MacQueen s and houbara bustards vol 2 pp 148 9 and carrion and hooded crows vol 2 p 599 This treatment had been followed in the first edition of Peters checklist Peters 1931 but not by most other 20th century authors McAllan amp Bruce 1988 had previously adopted this treatment but the two taxa had been regarded as conspecific by almost all other recent authors The fifth edition of Clements checklist Clements 2000 treated these two taxa as distinct species but they were lumped in the sixth edition A treatment previously proposed in the Conspectus of the Ornithological Fauna of the USSR Stepanyan 1990 but not adopted widely in Europe or North America Sympatric occurrence of the two putative species in the breeding season without interbreeding was first documented by Carey amp Melville 1996 Rasmussen and Anderton made a firm decision to split Himalayan buzzard they describe Japanese buzzard as probably specifically distinct A treatment previously proposed by Fleming et al 1984 Rasmussen amp Anderton treat three South Asian taxa affinis pompadora amp chloropterus as monotypic species separate from the remainder of the pompadour green pigeon complex the name phayrei having priority for this group this treatment is in line with Hussain 1958 They also state that two extralimital taxa axillaris amp aromaticus are probably also better treated as separate species Konig et al 1999 had earlier proposed this split A treatment previously proposed in Wijesinghe 1994 The same conclusions were contemporaneously reached in the Handbook of the Birds of the World Fishpool and Tobias 2005 A treatment previously proposed in Wells et al 2003 An arrangement previously proposed by Kryukov 1995 Rasmussen amp Anderton use the names isabelline and rufous shrikes for Daurian and Turkestan shrikes respectively Rasmussen and Anderton made firm decisions to split Tibetan blackbird and the simillimus group of southern races as Indian blackbird in the case of mandarinus they stated that this taxon probably deserved species status In addition they suggested that within the simillimus group the Sri Lankan race kinnisii is also probably better treated as a separate species The simillimus group had previously been treated as a full species in Henry 1971 However this treatment had not gained widespread acceptance both The Birds of the Western Palearctic Cramp 1988 and the Oriental Bird Club checklist Inskipp et al 1996 had retained these forms within common blackbird Clement amp Hathway 2000 had suggested that mandarinus and maximus probably deserved to be treated together as a separate species again the OBC checklist had treated these as conspecific with common blackbird The same conclusions were contemporaneously reached in the Handbook of the Birds of the World Collar 2005 A treatment previously recommended by Ivanov 1941 Panov 1999 and by the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Association of European Rarities Committees AERC TAC 2003 the Collins Bird Guide Svensson et al 1999 had also suggested that these two taxa may be separate species The treatment of nitidus as a full species is however described as equivocal The neglecta group is not formally split but is likely to comprise a third species This treatment is in line with that proposed by the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Association of European Rarities Committees in 2003 AERC TAC 2003 it had previously been anticipated though not adopted in the Collins Bird Guide Svensson et al 1999 A treatment earlier proposed tentatively by Madge amp Burn 1994 Compared against those listed in Clements sixth edition 2007 Endemic as a breeder winters in south east AsiaReferences editAERC TAC 2003 AERC TAC s Taxonomic Recommendations 1 December 2003 Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Association of European Rarities Committees Carey G J and D S Melville 1996 Spot billed Ducks in Hong Kong Hong Kong Bird Report 1995 224 30 Collar Nigel J 2005 Family Turdidae Thrushes pages 514 619 in J del Hoyo A Elliott and D Christie Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 10 Cuckoo shrikes to Thrushes ISBN 84 87334 72 5 Collar Nigel J and J D Pilgrim 2008 Taxonomic Update Species level changes proposed for Asian birds 2005 2006 BirdingASIA 8 14 30 Clement P and R Hathway 2000 Thrushes Helm Identification Guides ISBN 0 7136 3940 7 Clements James F 2000 Birds of the World A Checklist 5th edition ISBN 1 873403 93 3 Clements James F 2007 The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6th edition ISBN 978 0 8014 4501 9 Cramp S 1988 The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume 5 Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes ISBN 0 19 857508 4 Fishpool L D C and J A Tobias 2005 Family Pycnonotidae bulbuls pages 124 250 in J del Hoyo A Elliott A and D A Christie Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 10 Cuckoo shrikes to Thrushes ISBN 84 87334 72 5 Fleming Robert L Sr Robert L Fleming Jr 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