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Andean Teal

This species and the Yellow-billed Teal are sometimes considered conspecific under the name Speckled Teal (A. flavirostris), but increasingly taxonomists treat the two as distinct species.

Black-chested Snake Eagle

It resembles other snake-eagles and was once believed to be conspecific with the Short-toed Snake Eagle and Beaudouin's Snake Eagle.

Blue Mockingbird

The Blue Mockingbird has historically been considered conspecific with the closely related Blue-and-white Mockingbird.

Crimson Shining Parrot

The species was once considered conspecific with the Red Shining Parrot of Vanua Levu and Taveuni, but is now considered its own species.

Dusky Thrush

It is closely related to the more southerly breeding Naumann's Thrush T. naumanni; the two have often been regarded as conspecific.

Eiao Monarch

The species is sometimes considered to have been conspecific with the Iphis Monarch.

Indonesian Honeyeater

The species is sometimes considered conspecific with the Brown Honeyeater.

Mangrove Honeyeater

The species was once considered to be conspecific with the Varied Honeyeater, but it is now treated as a separate species.

Nannoarctia takanoi

The species was formerly known as Pericallia integra Matsumura, 1931, but specimens from Taiwan are not conspecific to those from the Philippines, where N. integra (F. Walker, 1855) occur.

Naumann's Thrush

It is closely related to the more northerly breeding Dusky Thrush T. eunomus; the two have often been regarded as conspecific.

New Caledonian Myzomela

The species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with (the same species as) the Scarlet Myzomela of Australia.

Pacific Koel

It has often been considered conspecific with the Asian and Black-billed Koels, but they are increasingly treated as a separate species.

Pacific Robin

It is similar in plumage to the Scarlet Robin of Australia, and until recently the two were considered conspecific until split in 1999 by Schodde and Mason.

Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush

It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Grey Laughingthrush, G. maesi.

Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush

It was previously considered conspecific with the White-throated Laughingthrush, G.

Seram White-eye

It was formerly considered conspecific with Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor, but work by Pamela C. Rasmussen and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species.

Southern sleeper shark

This fish was formerly sometimes viewed as conspecific with either the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, or the Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacifius.

Spectacled Petrel

In 2004, BirdLife International split the Spectacled Petrel, Procellaria conspicillata, from the White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis, which had been considered conspecific or even a color morph.

Teleiodes kaitilai

The species is named in honour of Mr. Jari-Pekka Kaitila, who was the first to recognize that the specimens representing Teleiodes kaitilai, are not conspecific with Teleiodes saltuum.

Variable Oriole

It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Epaulet Oriole.

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus.


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