Hi Jeff,

I know Yellow Warbler  (American Yellow Warbler) is a "pain in the ass bird" taxonomically.

But I did not have it pop up on the ABA2007 list when I tried to enter birds using the Washington state checklist. The Checklist icon showed it was not in Oregon either. It seemed as if it was missing in a few other states as well.

Is this something I need to fix on my computer or is this a strange species/subspecies issue?

Pete

Hi Pete,

You are the second person to point that out today. Thanks. The attached file should be imported with the settings below.

Jeff

Sorry.  This occurred because I made subspecies checklists for Oregon and Washington.  The subspecies Yellow Warbler aestiva does not breed in those states, so I did not include it.  Since that subspecies is attached to the thing American Yellow Warbler in the ABA subspecies taxonomy (the full species is attached to Golden Warbler, as in the Clements tax list), it was taken off the checklists.  Adding it back on is obviously the best thing to do, as this thing is attached to the full species in the ABA w/o subspecies taxonomy.  Besides, it probably occurs as a rare migrant in the states, so it should be on them anyway.

Nick