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To split or not to split: when eastern and western birds find romance on the Great Plains, the results can create a nightmare for biologists and birders' checklists.

Birder's World

| December 01, 1997 | Rich, Terry | COPYRIGHT 1997 Kalmbach Publishing Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When eastern and western birds find romance on the Great Plains, the results can create a nightmare for biologist and birders' checklist

I don't know about you, but my favorite field guide and my life list are getting pretty marked up these days. Not only species, but genera, families, subfamilies, and tribes seem to regularly come and go. When the idea for this piece was first discussed, Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles had faded into the past. Now, as we sit here today, they've been back for over two years. Back then, the flickers all had been tossed into the same salad. Now, happily, the Gilded has been tossed back out. On the other side, we've gained a towhee ...

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