World Bird Names Updates (1 Viewer)

Hello Birdforum Friends,

Thanks to international contributions from many, we’ve updated and added to the World Bird Names Website.

The website for IOC guidelines and recommended English names of world birds (www.worldbirdnames.org) now includes:
• David Matson and Dave Sargeant’s Excel spreadsheet comparing the updated IOC list to the new Clements Sixth Edition (2007)
• Updates of species taxonomy and alignments to the lists of the AOU (NACC and SACC), with annotations and references
• Excel file with updated species file in computer format
• CSV version of species file for database projects
• XML version of species file for website projects
• OnLine copies of recent reviews (Cheke, Pearson)
• Updated corrigenda applied to the full list


I hope that you visit and find the site helpful,

Sally Conyne

Supurb effort Sally. Still no Bugun Liocichla on the list though...

Its been known about for several years now http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/s...95&PHPSESSID=8ae785d19794c84044e808423419325e

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks Sally, so good to have an update on progress. After a slip-up by me on another thread its good to have such an excellent reference.

Thanks,

Frenchy said:

Supurb effort Sally. Still no Bugun Liocichla on the list though...
Paul

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It's on mine Paul!

Excellent resource Sally - thanks. Seems like an eternity since the IOC started work on those names...

I find no logical reason to standardise the common names of birds around the world. We have binomial scientific names to serve as unique identifiers. What does it matter if we refer to lapwing or peewit, whaup or curlew? Such names add to the character of people and places. If I were a cynic I might think it was simply to sell more bird books. Our South African bird names have been particularly harshly treated, and many of us see no good reason for our names of long standing to be arbitrarily dumped for some name in usage elsewhere.
With best wishes,
Dave Kennedy

Darters and Anhinga are missing from the excel file, too. :eek!: