In this review I summarize the history of the subspecies concept and the major debates and
issues surrounding its use, with an emphasis on ornithology, in which the concept …

Se presenta un análisis del listado actualizado de las aves de México, con enfoques
taxonómicos actuales y abarcando todas aquellas especies que tengan registros recientes …

In a recent commentary, Lima (Ornithol Res 30: 225–228,) claims that the Brazilian
Ornithological Records Committee (CBRO) bases its species ranking decisions on a …

Securing the long-term resilience of the world's most speciose avifauna, that of the
Neotropics, requires spatially and temporally explicit data to inform decisions. We examine …

We review the Symbiota software platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity
information portals and communities. Symbiota was originally conceived to promote small-to …

The polytypic species concept unites populations that theoretically could and would
interbreed were the opportunity to arise. This concept places the burden of proof of …

Studies on Neotropical phylogeography have largely focused on lowland organisms.
Because lowland and highland biotas have different histories and are likely affected by …

Scientific names of biological entities offer an imperfect resolution of the concepts that they
are intended to represent. Often they are labels applied to entities ranging from entire …

1993, Brumfield et al. 2001, McDonald et al. 2001). Briefly, vocalizations and mtDNA show
concordant pa erns of transition between parapatric taxa, and those pa erns are, in turn …

For conservation decision making, species' geographic distributions are mapped using
various approaches. Some such efforts have downscaled versions of coarse‐resolution …