Posted by Brian Rapoza on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
The American Ornithological Society Classification Committee voted today to change the name of McCown's Longspur to Thick-billed Longspur. The name-change proposal submitted to the committee is here: https://americanornithology.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-S.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1Fauy_4Sr_2-aSEnGUhYcOeNsTVEVaAq2ocOOJbjXmepIaeNK9fFqY6uA