lewis20126
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Laurent
Thanks, I had not seen this.
"Factors to be considered will include the regularity of updates to the taxonomy, and the extent to which the process for decision making is open and transparent, as well as being scientifically valid and consistent. The major current global taxonomies (Bird-Life International/HBW, Clements, IOC, Howard and Moore) will be contacted shortly and invited to provide information relating to these criteria."
Regularity of updates presumably excludes Howard and Moore, unless I am missing something, whilst Clements / Cornell is annual. Birdlife / HBW has an unknown frequency of update but once the second checklist is published you would imagine online reviews via HBW online could be regularly implemented. I imagine this might point to IOC or Birdlife (tbc, as previous comment which would also score heavily on transparency.
cheers, alan
Thanks, I had not seen this.
"Factors to be considered will include the regularity of updates to the taxonomy, and the extent to which the process for decision making is open and transparent, as well as being scientifically valid and consistent. The major current global taxonomies (Bird-Life International/HBW, Clements, IOC, Howard and Moore) will be contacted shortly and invited to provide information relating to these criteria."
Regularity of updates presumably excludes Howard and Moore, unless I am missing something, whilst Clements / Cornell is annual. Birdlife / HBW has an unknown frequency of update but once the second checklist is published you would imagine online reviews via HBW online could be regularly implemented. I imagine this might point to IOC or Birdlife (tbc, as previous comment which would also score heavily on transparency.
cheers, alan