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A.O.U. Changes
In its infinite wisdom, the American Ornithological Union makes changes (or undoes previous changes) in its official list of North American birds. It is usually pretty easy to make changes in Map List, by using the Tree / Rename function and by changing the Latin Name above the taxonomic tree. If you wish, you can also change the order in which species appear by using the Tree / Move Up and Tree / Move Down functions. Note that if you maintain Map List files for both North America and the world, you will have to update each file. The built-in Map List help system offers assistance with the functions you need to update your lists. When it’s more complicated than a name change, here’s what you do:
Species split, new species already represented as a subspecies:
The Black-crested Titmouse has been re-split from the Tufted Titmouse. Map List by default already represented the “Black-crested” Titmouse as a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse. Here’s what to do:
1. Click on the “Black-crested Titmouse” and click on the date wild card button “*”. That will highlight all of your sightings. Go to File / Export Sightings and choose any file name.
2. With “Black-crested Titmouse” still highlighted, go to Tree / Delete to remove the old “Black-crested” Titmouse.
3. Click on the Tufted Titmouse and go to Tree / New Sibling. When prompted, enter the new sibling as the same “Black-crested” Titmouse.
4. Go to File / Import Sightings, and select the same file name you just created with the sightings for “Black-crested” Titmouse. That will reimport your sightings for “Black-crested” Titmouse.
5. Go to Tree / Rename and take out the quotes to show the full species status for Black-crested Titmouse.
6. Enter the Latin Name above the taxonomic tree: Baeolophus atricristatus.
If you don’t have any sightings of the Black-crested, you can skip steps 1 and 4.
Species split, new species not already represented as a subspecies:
The Wilson’s Snipe of North America has been re-split from the Common Snipe of Eurasia. Within North America, the Common Snipe occurs in the western Aleutian Islands.Black-crested Titmouse has been re-split from the Tufted Titmouse. Map List by default already represented the “Black-crested” Titmouse as a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse. Here’s what to do:
7. Click on the “Black-crested Titmouse” and click on the date wild card button “*”. That will highlight all of your sightings. Go to File / Export Sightings and choose any file name.
8. With “Black-crested Titmouse” still highlighted, go to Tree / Delete to remove the old “Black-crested” Titmouse.
9. Click on the Tufted Titmouse and go to Tree / New Sibling. When prompted, enter the new sibling as the same “Black-crested” Titmouse.
10. Go to File / Import Sightings, and select the same file name you just created with the sightings for “Black-crested” Titmouse. That will reimport your sightings for “Black-crested” Titmouse.
11. Go to Tree / Rename and take out the quotes to show the full species status for Black-crested Titmouse.
12. Enter the Latin Name above the taxonomic tree: Baeolophus atricristatus.
If you don’t have any sightings of the Black-crested, you can skip steps 1 and 4.
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