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From: s30986u@kaira.hut.fi (Martin Helin)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: European vs. American Bird Names
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Date: 12 Apr 91 13:56:55 GMT
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 edm@verdix.com (Ed Matthews) writes:
*a snipe.  The gannet on my England list is Sula bassana, while our common
*Northern Gannet here in the States is Morus bassanus.  The snipe on my
*Ireland list is Gallinago gallinago, while its counterpart on my ABA area
*list is Capella gallinago.  Both pairs of birds look superficially similar
*to me -- similar enough to wonder if they have been reclassified.  Can
*anyone tell me whether these are in fact dissimilar species?  Thanks.

I think they both are one species. The Capella family was changed to
Gallinago some 5 years ago.

               Martin
Martin Helin	Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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