Talk:List of birds of South America

July 29, 2020 revisions
This update performed the following:

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

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

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

January 19, 2021 revision
This revision performed the following per the SACC: Craigthebirder (talk) 01:10, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 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.

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.

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

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) 01:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 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.