11-Oct         mbrazil@TVNZ.CO.NZ  OSJ 6th Edition

Dear Kantorians,

Greetings.

Referring back to some earlier mail about names, lists etc.  

I have since re-found th esummary of the newly announced

OSJ   "Check-list of Japanese birds 6th edition". 

This is essentially the same as 5th, with for example Meguro still retained
in the  Family Meliphagidae (recent research places it in the
Zosteropidae). 

In  summary :

(1) "family" classification  has hardly changed, but some 
   subspecies have been elevated  to species apparently 
eg  tsugumi/daruma-enaga/uguisu/hitaki/kasasagi-hitaki

(2) the arrangement of species is almost same as 5th edition exept
    Toratsugumi,Ogasawara-gabicho,Mamijiro,Chishima-shigi,Hamashigi ie
no account taken of recent taxonomic work by Sibley and Monroe.

(3) the arrangement of sub-species is now from 
    west to east/north to south/mainland to island
    Ogasawara archipelago, Iwo-jima, Daito-jima

(4) some changes have apparently been made to scientific names (I
have no details as yet).


(5)  The following new records have been accepted
    Kourai-hikuina   Porzana paykullii  Toshima-ooshima
    Gobizukin-kamome Larus relictus  Osaka 
    Hime-umisuzume   Alle alle   Okinawa
    Mori-mushikui    Phylloscopus sibilatrix  Hegura-jima
    Barairo-mukudori Sturnus roseus  Hegurajima

(6) some changes have been made to Japanese names of Orders and
Families
    Order Kamo (Order Gankamo)
    Family Kamo (Family Gankamo)
    Order Taka (Order Washitaka)
    Order Kakko (Order Hototogisu)
    Family Kakko (Family Hototogisu)

(7) Some changes have been made to Japanese names of speicies eg:
    Yamadori (Kita-yamadori)
    Kiji (Kita-kiji)
    Washimimizuku (Karafuto-washimimizuku)
    Tsumenaga-sekirei (Kimayu-tsumenaga-sekirei)
    Daito-uguisu (Daito-hashinaga-uguisu)
    Uchiyama-sennyu (Uchiyama-shima-sennnyu)
    Kawarahiwa (Kokawarahiwa)
      

(8) species curently under examination are:
    Diomedea exulans
    Anser caerulescens atlanticus
    Anser indicus
    Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos
    Falco peregrinus calidus
    Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus
    Porphyrio porphyrio
    Pluvialis dominica
    Tringa flavipes
    Larus pipixcan
    Larus minutus
    Larus philadelphia
    Larus glaucoides
    Larus fuscus
    Sterna paradisaea
    Alle alle
    Columba oenas
    Tyto capensis
    Halcyon smyrnensis
    Pitta sordida
    Erithacus rubecula
    Monticola saxatilis
    Monticola gularis
    Turdus viscivorus
    Paradoxornis webbianus
    Acrocephalus agricola
    Sylvia curruca
    Ficedula parva parva
    Zosterops erythropleura
    Emberiza bruniceps
    Wilsonia pussilla
    Carduelis carduelis
    Sturnus roseus
    Dicrurus leucophaeus

Like all OSs they move slowly. Many of the species under consideration
are well documented, with photographs and seen by large numbers of
people.  Quite why they are still under consideration is not clear.

Cheers,

Mark Brazil