Myiodynastes. This
happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the
output taxa.
Review identifications of Myiodynastes chrysocephalus 16059
Taxonomic Split 120792
(Committed on 2023-01-24)
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looks good - thanks for working on all these changes
I am not sure what taxonomy are you trying to replicate here, but for IOC the boundary would be the Panama Canal - the subspecies in Andes from Darien to south Ecuador is minor and the one in Santa Marta is cinerascens and both are assigned by IOC to M. chrysocephalus. M.hemichrysus is found in W Panama and Costa Rica only (as is the case for quite a few species of this area).
@opisska Please read the comments I copy and pasted from the Clements Checklist (2022). Clements is the taxonomy iNat follows, regardless of what IOC says.
"Subspecies minor and cinerascens are transferred from Golden-crowned Flycatcher (M. chrysocephalus) to Golden-bellied Flycatcher (M. hemichrysus), based on evidence that the vocalizations of these subspecies are much more similar to those of Golden-bellied Flycatcher than to Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Schulenberg et al. 2007, Boesman 2016k)."
Ah, iNaturalist follows Clements universally? Weird choice for an international website, but then the split is clearly correct, thanks for the explanation!
I've heard that Clements is pretty close towards converging to a global consensus taxonomy - @marshall_iliff would know more
@loarie Do I have this change correct? All M. chrysocephalus reports north of Peru need to be reassigned to M. hemichrysus due to a subspecies reassignment. A split of chrysocephalus would best achieve this?