Talk:Spotted elachura

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"belongs to the family" and "has been placed in the family"

The record of bird taxonomy is a record of continual revisions and even reversals, and this pattern seems certain to continue as more and more DNA is sequenced and other studies are done. I don't think we should say that a species "belongs to" or "is in" a higher taxon unless there's a decades-long consensus. One study from this year means a species has been "placed in" that taxon. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 22:42, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the "has been placed in the family" wording! Shyamal (talk) 12:10, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]