2010 List of the Birds of Peru

The Peruvian ornithologist Manuel Plenge has just published the 2010 List of the Birds of Peru.

Plenge has followed the classification of South American Classification Committee (SACC). Including its ‘inclusion criteria’ by codes which are described at the end of the list. The species without a code corresponds to the ‘X’ of SACC. [...]

The Blue-crowned Motmot complex could be split into five species

A recent work published by F. Gary Stiles in the Journal of Colombian Ornithology (Revista Ornitología Colombiana) presents evidence that the group of the Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) could be composed of at least 5 species based on differences in plumage patterns, biometrics, vocalizations, supplemented by information on geographic distributions and ecology. Some of the [...]