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Date: 7/8/25 11:01 am From: Paul Roisen via groups.io <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] New World Bird List
Ross, Over 11000 species. I was still living the high 10,000 world mark. Does this new list include extinct species or have I just missed being an up-to-date person! It is a great accomplishment to have these lists combined into one resource! Thanks so much for sharing. BTW any issue with flooding for you or your Texas friends? How sad that all is! Paul O. Roisen Woodbury County, IA Mobile 712-301-2817 On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM Ross Silcock via groups.io <silcock= <rosssilcock.com...> wrote: > FYI- > > Finally a unified world list with all the major players cooperating! > > NEW WORLD LIST: 11,131 SPECIES > > > > The major world checklists for birds of the world - the IOC, > Clements/eBird, and Birdlife International/Handbook of Birds of the Word – > have merged into a single unified list announced last month. This means > that, for the first time, there is one global checklist of all bird species > found on planet Earth. > > > > It is called AviList, and it contains 11,131 species, 19,879 subspecies, > 2,376 genera, 252 families, and 46 orders. > > > > Until now, ornithologists, conservationists, and birders have used a > selection of global checklists, each with its own rationale over what > constitutes a bird species. AviList, intended to harmonize the global > checklists, has been developed by the Working Group on Avian Checklists, > with representatives from BirdLife International, the Cornell Lab of > Ornithology, the American Ornithological Society, the International > Ornithologists’ Union, and Avibase. > > > > The AviList team worked for four years to make this all possible. Of > course, there will be a time of adjustment. For example, BirdLife > International will gradually adopt the unified bird list, along with some > systematic background checks that will need to be run concerning the > conservation status of various species. > > > > Once fully aligned, the benefits for sustainable taxonomic work, global > consensus, and clarity over conservation priorities are immense. > > > > The AviList checklist is free for anyone to use and provides available > open access in several formats. > > > > Read more on this significant development here, from the Cornell Lab of > Ornithology: > > https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avilist-a-unified-global-checklist-of-the-worlds-birds-is-now-available > <https://jxdb7zgab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016jPzpTlYO-pUCepQ5RqFuZqIIKpJDH9QE0hYVsyqn06S6-iJx-CdyCXnHrhR2-Wa3j88jWnO9tjVNQlTP71eUqbsVyxHhK-Xqq1-A3fqrXKuKjaaYddD024lIsQFbOtUgnL9KaJi3x0gVe8tdj-K6oIFhUcLT5DjLgn47TPwgl1FHSUuTEe7BVTQQUvi53FJTtvkbL6EWkG7Vu4MaCav1h5kKBzqH1o7MIG6tuwBSgBiq3RlgGQiIP5hTJGKQNauFcPdY6QrSCY=&c=W8aksf-fvYFZ8BBwMfe_UCJPoUlXIlgfXkqKwKnupxcrkqjOtqIcog==&ch=76U2d-7HucnGdr12bXNR18Fb32sfCCzqS_U0HnkP0M35qAaTf5AdjA==> > > and here from the new AviList pages: > > https://www.avilist.org/ > <https://jxdb7zgab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016jPzpTlYO-pUCepQ5RqFuZqIIKpJDH9QE0hYVsyqn06S6-iJx-CdyCXnHrhR2-Wa8uwXmVV-M-MuCpT7VR1qPlMtm-C1X083j8gXqndOYo7X7zEoerAEGFid3iRTQ2uWZAH_0EAevwnJ7VJZkpce2w==&c=W8aksf-fvYFZ8BBwMfe_UCJPoUlXIlgfXkqKwKnupxcrkqjOtqIcog==&ch=76U2d-7HucnGdr12bXNR18Fb32sfCCzqS_U0HnkP0M35qAaTf5AdjA==> > > > Ross > > Ross Silcock > 6810 Tournament Drive, > Houston, TX 77069 > > Co-editor Birds of Nebraska Online > Editor Seasonal Reports, Nebraska Bird Review. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42616): https://groups.io/g/NEBirds/message/42616 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/114050325/858290 Group Owner: NEBirds+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/NEBirds/leave/5805853/858290/397162199/xyzzy [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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