Andy's Bird Gallery

These are the additions, replacements (with improved photo), changes and deletions (if any) made from the previous update.

Additions

From the Caribbean Cruise
Bananaquit
Booby, Brown
Booby, Masked, adult & late juvenile
Bullfinch, Lesser Antillean, male & female
Carib, Green-throated (a hummingbird)
Grackle, Carib
Grassquit, Black-faced, male & female
Mockingbird, Tropical
Tern, Royal

Other Additions
Blackbird, Rusty, non-breeding plumage
Hawk, Red-tailed
Kingfisher, Belted, female
Sparrow, Savannah
Vireo, Blue-headed

Replacements

Cormorant, Brandt's
Merganser, Hooded, male & female
Osprey, Western
Turkey, Wild

Changes

I've changed the common name and/or the scientific name of the following birds in my gallery (changes in italics) to conform to changes in Birds of the World: Recommended English Names Version 2.4, March 2010.

Common Name Changes

Old Common Name	New Common Name	New Scientific Name
Parakeet, Red-fronted	Parakeet, Red-crowned	no change
Teal, Speckled	Teal, Yellow-billed	no change
Warbler, Yellow-rumped	Warbler, Audubon's	Dendroica auduboni (split of Yellow-rumped Warbler)
	Warbler, Myrtle	no change
Weaver, African Golden	Weaver, Holub's Golden	no change

Scientific Name Changes Only

Common Name		New Scientific Name
Dove, Laughing		Spilopelia senegalensis
Dove, Spotted		Spilopelia chinensis

Deletions

--None--

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