Heads up: Some or all of the identifications affected by this split may have been replaced with identifications of Musophaginae. This happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the output taxa. Review identifications of Tauraco 7195

Taxonomic Split 133770 (Committed on 2023-11-02)

Of the turacos formerly united in the genus Tauraco, the leucotis/ruspolii clade is now treated by WGAC as Menelikornis leucotis and Menelikornis ruspolii, and the porphyreolophus/johnstoni clade (of which the latter was formerly in Ruwenzorornis) as Gallirex porphyreolophus and Gallirex ruspolii, in concordance with the phylogeny of Perktaş et al. (2020). The continued treatment of the two species of Musophaga as a separate genus to the exclusion of T. macrorhyncha and T. verreauxi, however,does not agree with the Perktaş et al. (2020) tree, though it is intuitive on morphological grounds, and further study is required.

eBird/Clements Checklist v2023 (Citation)
Added by rjq on November 2, 2023 10:38 PM | Committed by rjq on November 2, 2023
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