The result means I have lost three life ticks.
Hooded Crow is now lumped with Carrion Crow
Green-winged Teal is now considered to be the sub species of Teal
Stejneger's Stonechat is now considered Siberian Stonechat.
So the impact takes my official BOU life list to 452 but I keep a seperate list which includes the birds seen whilst a full species and this list includes ...
Hooded Crow (Corvus Cornix)
Green-winged Teal (Anas Carolinensis)
Stejneger's Stonechat (Saxicola Stejnegeri) (Also refferred to as Amur Stonechat)
Steppe-Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor pallidirostris)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis flammea exilipes)
Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemannii)
So this list totals 459 (throw in the other 16 sub species* seen and the total is now 474)
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| A Crow |
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| A Siberian Stonechat (that was DNA tested as Stejneger's) |
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| A Teal with another Teal |
The impact of these removals affects the year list in which they were seen too which I find frustrating as they were full species when seen and they are also removed from the various county lists I keep.
My biggest loss is in the 2019 list where I pushed myself to see 303 bird species on the mainland and that record now stands at 299 having lost a total of four birds now considered sub species since 2019 which I had seen in that total of 303.
* (the other16 sub species)
Blue headed Wagtail, Black headed Wagtail, Chanel Wagtail, Chanel Wagtail, Horned Lark, American Black Tern, Black Brant, Pale-bellied Brent, Black-bellied Dipper, Todd's Canada Goose, Kumliens Gull, Northern Long-tailed Tit, Siberian Chiffchaff, Scandi Rock Pipit, the two White-fronted Goose species/sub species, the two Bluethroats,
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