Some birds and they're scientific changes and my thoughts

Species 	Type one 	Type two 	Type three? 	Difference 	Other Change
Yellow Rumped Warbler 	Audobons Warbler 	Myrtle Warbler	 	easy to tell apart. basically two different birds in appearance, same palette of colours.	
Rufous-sided Towhee 	Spotted Towhee 	Western Towhee	Eastern Towhee	idk 	Split
Junco 	bruh that's like 	a whole other 	story 	like fr theres a million that they just say "yep thats a junco" 	
Chestnut Collared Longspur	McGown's Longspur	 	 	"racism bad!!!" like yeah ok lol no 	Changed name
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
FUCKKKKKK THIS TABLE SHIT ASF
Species 	Change 	Reason 	Type 1 	Type 2 	Unanimous?
Red-necked Grebe 	Name change 	???? 	Holboell's Grebe 	 	~~
American White Pelican 	Slight Name Change 	likely variation 	White Pelican 	 	
Great Egret 	Name Change 	anti americanization 	Common Egret 	American Egret 	appears so
Tundra Swan 	Merge 	Conspecific taxa 	Whistling Swan 	Bewick's Swan 	no
White-fronted Goose 	split 	DNA analysis 	Greater-- 	Lesser-- 	Yes
"Canada Goose" 	new species 	DNA analysis 	Cackling Goose 	Canada Goose 	No
Snow Goose 	Merge 	Likely a morph 	Snow Goose 	Blue Goose 	Yes
American Black Duck 	Name Change 	?? 	Black Duck 	 	yes
Northern Pintail 	Name Change// possibly split?	To specify since there are other pintails	"Pintail" 	 	maybe
"Wigeon" 	variation of spelling 	??? 	Widgeon 	 	
Northern Shoveler 	Name Change 	 	Shoveler 	 	
Long-tailed Duck 	Name Change 	"squaw" is offensive? 	Oldsquaw 	 	NO
Northern Goshawk 	Name Change 	mm 	Goshawk 	 	
Red-tailed Hawk 	Merge 	subspecies 	Harlan's Hawk 	Red-tailed Hawk 	Yes
Northern Harrier 	Name change - split 	 	Marsh Hawk/Hen Harrier 	Northern Harrier 	No
Merlin 	Name change 	 	Pigeon Hawk 	 	No
American Kestrel 	Name Change 	 	Sparrow Hawk 	 	Yes
Greater Sage Grouse 	Split 	originally "sage grouse" 	Greater Sage Grouse 	Gunnison sage grouse	Yes
American Coot 	Name Change 	 	Coot 	 	
Black-bellied Plover 	name change 	retarded they're not even grey 	"Grey Plover" 	 	NO
Wilson's Snipe 	Name Change 	 	Common Snipe 	 	Yes
Red Knot 	Name Change 	 	Knot 	 	ye
Dowitcher 	Split 	 	Long-billed 	Short-billed 	No
Red-necked Phalarope 	Name Change 	appearance of bird movement 	Northern Phalarope 	 	Yes
Herring Gull 	Split 	 	American 	European 	No
Mew Gull 	Split 	 	Short-billed 	Common 	No
Screech Owl 	Split 	 	Eastern 	Western 	Yes
Northern Hawk Owl 	Name Change 	 	Hawk Owl 	 	Yes
Pygmy Owl 	Split 	DNA analysis 	Northern Pygmy Owl 	Mountain and Baja 	No
Boreal Owl 	Name Change 	 	Richardson's Owl 	 	
Saw-Whet Owl 	Name Change 	 	Northern Saw-whet Owl 	 	
Common Poorwill 	Name Change 	 	Poor-will 	 	Yes
Northern Flicker 	Merge 	hybridization 	Yellow shafted 	Red shafted 	No
Black-backed Woodpekcer	 	 	BB three toed Woodpecker	 	
Alder Flycatcher 	Name Change 	 	Traill's Flycatcher 	 	
Canada Jay 	variations 	 	Grey Jay 	Gray Jay 	No
American Crow 	Name Change 	 	common crow 	 	
Clark's Nutcracker 	Name Change 	probably misspelling 	Clarke's 	 	
American Dipper 	Name Change 	possibly split 	Dipper 	 	Yes
Marsh Wren 	Merge 	 	Long-billed 	Short-billed 	
Northern Mockingbird 	Name change 	 	Mockingbird 	 	
Grey Catbird 	NC 	specification 	Catbird 	 	
American Pipit 	Name Change 	 	Water Pipit 	 	
Blue-headed vireo 	Name change 	 	Solitary Vireo 	 	
Yellow-rumped Warbler 	Merge 	DNA 	Myrtle Warbler 	Audobon's Warbler 	
Common Yellowthroat 	NC 	 	Yellowthroat 	 	
House Sparrow 	name variations 	 	English Sparrow 	 	
Spotted Towhee 	Split 	 	Eastern Towhee 	Western Towhee 	
Dark-sided Junco 	Merge 	it's complicated 	Oregon Junco 	Pink-sided Junco 	No
Brewer's Sparrow 	Merge 	 	Timberline Sparrow 	Brewer's Sparrow 	
"Thick-billed Longspur"	Name change 	bEcAuSe McGoWn WaS rAcIsT!11!! 	McGown's Longspur 	 	No
 	 	 	 	 	
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