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Date: 7/9/25 5:13 pm From: Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] New World Bird List
A note on the list overall, it seems like it takes a fairly conservative approach, lumping a lot of species that don't have sufficient studies completed yet. For example, lumping all Swamphen. One bird that I do notice that will be added to the state list comes from an East/West split of the Warbling Vireo! Interesting to see if/when the other authorities incorporate this taxonomy. - Tobin Brown On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:07 PM Ann Johnson via groups.io <aj= <hologrambirds.com...> wrote: > Hallelujah! > > > > From: <NEBirds...> <NEBirds...> On Behalf Of Ross Silcock > Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 12:15 PM > To: NEBIRDS <NEBIRDS...> > Subject: [NEBirds] New World Bird List > > > > 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, > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6810+Tournament+Drive,+Houston,+TX+77069?entry=gmail&source=g> > > Houston, TX > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6810+Tournament+Drive,+Houston,+TX+77069?entry=gmail&source=g> > 77069 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6810+Tournament+Drive,+Houston,+TX+77069?entry=gmail&source=g> > > > > Co-editor Birds of Nebraska Online > > Editor Seasonal Reports, Nebraska Bird Review. > > > -- > Ann Johnson > Norwalk, IA > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42619): https://groups.io/g/NEBirds/message/42619 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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