Talk:List of birds of Ecuador

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The number of endemics given was valid only for Continental Ecuador. Obviously, when you take the Galápagos into account you have a much larger number. Corrected that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.69.84.233 (talk) 05:03, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Epinecrophylla haematonota split
On 27 October 2015 the SACC accepted Proposal 589A, the split of Epinecrophylla haematonota (stipple-throated antwren) into E. haematonota, E. amazonica, and E. pyrrhonota. Proposal 589B, to also split E. dentei from the complex, was not accepted. Concurrently Proposal 590, to relegate the existing E. fjeldsaai to be a subspecies of E. haematonota was rejected. However, the split has not been implemented because Proposal 696X, which assigns English names to the four species, has not completed the voting process. See http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCproproster.htm for the details of all of these proposals.

Clements has implemented the split and assigned English names. However, those names are not the leading contenders in the SACC proposal, which offers two possible slates, and they stand a good chance of changing after the SACC finishes voting.

Therefore it is premature to apply the split of E. haematonata (Clements "rufous-backed", SACC's "stipple-throated" antwren) on pages which use the official SACC list as their source.


 * The country/state lists follow Clements, so we can use the Clements names for now unless Clements decides to follow the SACC at a later time......it can always be updated...Pvmoutside (talk) 23:35, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

July 29, 2020 revisions
Craigthebirder (talk) 23:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Change the English names of families to those used by SACC.
 * Change the English name of American comb-duck to Comb duck.
 * Replace Festive coquette with Butterfly coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) in Hummingbirds.
 * Add Loja tapaculo (Scytalopus androstictus).
 * Replace Tawny-throated leaftosser with South American leaftosser (Sclerurus obscurior) in Ovenbirds.
 * Add note about a split of Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) in Tyrant flycatchers.
 * Revise the genus of Golden-rumped euphonia in Finches.
 * 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.

December 14, 2020 revision
This revision performed the following per the SACC:

Craigthebirder (talk) 18:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Revise the sequence of Ara macaws (New World and African parrots).
 * Finalize the split of Thamnistes rufescens from T. anabatinus by adding a species (Antbirds).
 * Revise the sequence of Lipaugus species (Cotingas).
 * Revise references, counts, and text to reflect the above.

January 20, 2021 revision
This revision performed the following per the SACC: Craigthebirder (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Add a species to each of Rails, Swallows, and Cardinal grosbeaks and two to Shearwaters.
 * Delete a species from Parrots.
 * Revise the sequence of Chaetura swifts.
 * Revise the genus of purple-throated woodstar in Hummingbirds.
 * Replace spotted nightingale-thrush with speckled nightingale-thrush in Thrushes.
 * Revise multiple tags.

May 24, 2021 revisions
The following revisions are made to reflect the May 23, 2021 update by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society.

Craigthebirder (talk) 00:05, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Revise the English name and specific epithet of emerald toucanet (toucans).
 * Replace a species in genus Forpus (New World parrots).

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. Craigthebirder (talk) 15:04, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Revise the English name of Gallinago paraguaiae.
 * Replace Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus with rufous-margined antwren Herpsilochmus frater.
 * Add brujo flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus.
 * Replace Euscarthmus meloryphus with fulvous-faced scrub-tyrant Euscarthmus fulviceps.
 * Add chivi vireo Vireo chivi.
 * Delete the hyphens from mountain-tanagers.
 * Revise notes and tags.
 * Revise text, counts, and references accordingly.