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Recent Changes to ABC Review List - Dec 2009

The Arizona Bird Committee met on 12 December 2009 and approved the following changes to the Sketch Details and Review Lists for Arizona:

Note: In general, Review Species are those species with fewer than 40 records for the state. Species with more than 40 records may be removed from the Review List if they have averaged more than about 3 records per year in the last 5 years.

The following species were changed from Review to Sketch Details Species:

Cackling Goose
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-breasted Sapsucker
"Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker
Yellow-throated Vireo
Black-capped Gnatcatcher

Added to the list as a Review Species:

Sinaloa Wren

(Pending final approval by the committee: Gray-collared Becard, Brown-backed Solitaire, White-winged Crossbill)

Arizona Rarities

Common Grackle
Old Bisbee
Photo by Michael Turisk

Short-tailed Hawk
Tucson
Photo by Dave Stejskal

Bay-breasted Warbler
Tucson
Photo by Richard Fray

Wood Thrush
Tucson
Photo by Bobby Metz

Rusty Blackbird
Tucson
Photo by Dave Stejskal

Status and distribution review
Mark Stevenson
Steve Ganley
Kurt Radamaker
Michael C. Moore

All photos are copyrighted© by photographer

Photos posted here are not automatically considered submitted records to the ABC. To submit a review species please go to Reports. Photos used here prior to evaluation by the ABC should be considered pending records rather than accepted records; in some cases, they may carry preliminary identifications that may change or the photos may not in the end provide definitive identification.