Talk:List of birds of Venezuela

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.

July 29, 2020 revisions
This update performed the following:

Craigthebirder (talk) 00:20, 30 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.
 * Replace Tawny-throated leaftosser with South American leaftosser (Sclerurus obscurior) in Ovenbirds.
 * Revise the genus of Golden-rumped euphonia in Finches.
 * Revise the sequence of species in genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia in Finches.
 * Revise references, counts, and text to reflect these changes.

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

Craigthebirder (talk) 23:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the no-longer-applicable note from dusky-legged guan.
 * Merge southern caracara into crested caracara (Falcons).
 * Revise the sequence of Ara macaws (New World and African parrots).
 * Finalize the split of Thamnistes rufescens from T. anabatinus by replacing the latter with the former (Antbirds).
 * Revise the sequence of Lipaugus species (Cotingas).
 * Add a species, delete one, and revise a tag.
 * Revise references, counts, and text to reflect the above.

January 20, 2021 revision
This revision performed the following per the SACC: Craigthebirder (talk) 18:57, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Add a species in Vireos.
 * Revise the sequence of Chaetura swifts.
 * Replace spotted nightingale-thrush with speckled nightingale-thrush in Thrushes.

May 24, 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) 01:15, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Move a species from hypothetical to vagrant status.
 * Revise the English name and specific epithet of emerald toucanet (toucans).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Forpus (New World parrots).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Scytalopus (tapaculos).

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) 18:47, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Revise the English name of Gallinago paraguaiae.
 * Replace Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus with rufous-margined antwren Herpsilochmus frater.
 * Delete rufescent antshrike.
 * Revise the English names of Euscarthmus flycatchers.
 * Add kelp gull Larus dominicanus, russet antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus, Cuban martin Progne cryptoleuca, chivi vireo Vireo chivi, and veery Catharus fuscescens.
 * Replace sedge wren with grass wren.
 * Delete the hyphens from mountain-tanagers.
 * Revise tags.
 * Revise text, counts, and references accordingly.