Talk:Gould's shortwing

Change of genus from Brachypteryx to Heteroxenicus
I changed the genus of Gould's shortwing from Brachypteryx to Heteroxenicus and cited IOC 6.2. My edit was reverted with the comment: "most still with old genus". I was surprised at being reverted as I didn't think my edit was contentious. I dislike placing species in monotypic genera but the authorities that I rely on have all adopted Heteroxenicus:


 * IOC 6.2 http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ has Heteroxenicus stellatus with the note: "Separate Gould's Shortwing from Brachypteryx to Heteroxenicus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Collar 2005); note gender agreement."


 * HBW alive http://www.hbw.com/species/goulds-shortwing-heteroxenicus-stellatus has Heteroxenicus stellatus with the note: "...herein considered sufficiently distinctive in plumage and vocalizations to warrant reinstatement in its own monotypic genus."


 * Dickinson, Remsen & Christidis (2014) The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th. Edition has Heteroxenicus stellatus (information from "Comparison of IOC 6.2 with other world lists" http://www.worldbirdnames.org/IOC_6.2_vs_other_lists.xlsx )

With 10,000 bird species to review I assume most web sites tend to follow the above authorities after some delay in updating their lists: Zoomonen has Heteroxenicus stellatus: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/pa4l.html as does the ITIS. EOL, GBIF and IUCN have Brachypteryx - but the IUCN entry was last updated in 2012. In view of the above I have again changed the genus to Heteroxenicus. Aa77zz (talk) 16:58, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd leave it in Brachypteryx unless you want to change all the country lists.......Also ebird leaves it in Brachypteryx.......Enough doubt to leave as is.....see the taxonbar......Pvmoutside (talk) 17:17, 23 May 2016 (UTC)