<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hey tweets, in trying to make out what the July 2023 AOS species lists are saying about House Wrens, I got lost in the scientific nomenclature and recommendations. <div><br></div><div>As best as I can make out, the AOS has decided to split House Wren into several new species. All the new species occur on Caribbean islands. </div><div><br></div><div>AOS seems to be holding off on designating the Brown-throated House Wren (Troglodytes aedon brunneicollis) a separate species but will most likely do so in the future when more data and thinking are completed.</div><div><br></div><div>Is this how you read their report too? - Connie, Seattle</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:constancesidles@gmail.com">constancesidles@gmail.com</a> and</div><div><a href="mailto:csidles@constancypress.com">csidles@constancypress.com</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>