Guidelines for assigning species rank

• Developments in several fields of study (including bio-acoustics and the analysis of DNA) together with reappraisals of the nature of species have impacted significantly on avian taxonomy. The BOU’s Taxonomic Subcommittee has developed guidelines for the applicationof species limits to sympatric, parapatric, allopatric and hybridizing taxa. These are published here to assist researchers understand the rationale behind the committee’s taxonomic recommendations relating to the British List.

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