Talk:List of birds of South America

July 29, 2020 revisions

This update performed the following:

• Change the English names of families to those used by SACC.
• Change the English name of American comb-duck to Comb duck.
• Add Butterfly coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) and Diamantina sabrewing (Campylopterus diamantinensis) to Hummingbirds.
• Add note about a split of Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) in Tyrant flycatchers.
• Add Utcubamba tapaculo (Scytalopus intermedius), Loja tapaculo (Scytalopus androstictus), Ampay tapaculo (Scytalopus whitneyi), Jalca tapaculo (Scytalopus frankeae), and White-winged tapaculo (Scytalopus krabbei).
• Replace Tawny-throated leaftosser with South American leaftosser (Sclerurus obscurior) in Ovenbirds.
• Add Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus).
• Revise the sequence of species in genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia in Finches.
• Revise the genus and English name of the former Yellow-green chlorospingus and move it to Tanagers.
• Revise the genus of Blue-and-yellow tanager.
• Revise references, counts, and text to reflect these changes.

Craigthebirder (talk) 00:42, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

December 14, 2020 revision

This revision performed the following per the SACC:

• Finalize the split of Penelope bridgesi from P. obscura by assigning an English name (Guans).
• Assign the former Amazilia chionogaster and A. viridicauda to a new genus (Hummingbirds).
• Merge southern caracara into crested caracara (Falcons).
• Revise the sequence of Ara macaws (New World and African parrots).
• Revise the genus and English name of the former Stymphalornis acutirostris (Antbirds).
• Finalize the split of Thamnistes rufescens from T. anabatinus by assigning an English name (Antbirds).
• Merge Layard's woodcreeper into Rondonia woodcreeper (Ovenbirds).
• Revise the binomials of the former Tijuca species and the sequence of Lipaugus species (Cotingas).
• Revise the genus and position of chapada flycatcher (Tyrant flycatchers).
• Add white-eyed vireo to the list.
• Revise references, counts, and text to reflect the above.

Craigthebirder (talk) 15:34, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

January 19, 2021 revision

This revision performed the following per the SACC:

• Split chestnut-headed chachalaca from variable chachalaca in Guans.
• Revise the sequence of Chaetura swifts.
• Revise the genus of purple-throated woodstar in Hummingbirds.
• Revise the common name of Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus in Ovenbirds.
• Split Ceara woodcreeper from lesser woodcreeper in Ovenbirds.
• Split chinchipe spinetail from necklaced spinetail in Ovenbirds.
• Revise the sequence of species and seven genera in Tyrant flycatchers.
• Replace spotted nightingale-thrush with speckled nightingale-thrush in Thrushes.
• Split moss-backed sparrow from saffron-billed sparrow.
• Revise the common name of Idiopsar speculifera in Tanagers.

Craigthebirder (talk) 01:10, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

May 23, 2021 revision

The following revisions are made to reflect the May 23, 2021 update by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society.

• Revise the English name and specific epithet of emerald toucanet (toucans).
• Revise the specific epithet of curl-crested aracari (toucans).
• Add two species, revise an English name, and revise the sequence of species in genus Forpus (New World parrots).
• Revise the sequence of species in genus Scytalopus (tapaculos).
• Add a species of genus Hylexetastes (ovenbirds).
• Revise the English name of Idiopsar brachyurus (tanagers).

Craigthebirder (talk) 20:26, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

August 2021 revision

The following revisions are made to reflect the August 24, 2021 update by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society.

• Revise the English name of Gallinago paraguaiae.
• Add Magellanic snipe Gallinago magellanica.
• Revise the genus and position of caatinga antwren.
• Revise the genus and position of silvery-cheeked antshrike.
• Revise the English name of Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus.
• Add rufous-margined antwren Herpsilochmus frater.
• Add brujo flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus.
• Revise the English names of Euscarthmus flycatchers.
• Add chivi vireo Vireo chivi.
• Revise the English name of Idiopsar brachyurus.
• Revise the English name of Diuca diuca.
• Revise text, counts, and references accordingly.

Craigthebirder (talk) 01:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)