Hummingbird Taxonomic numbering? (1 Viewer)

[Hummingbird Market]

I am looking for a hummer only listing/ checklist utilizing taxonomic numbering or abbreviation code.

I am working on a SQL Server online visual database for hummers and need to have each image & video file-name correlate to the specific species number. Databases love numbers so if each species has a number and each image and video has a corresponding number it would make life easy.

Sure the internet has many hummingbird videos and images but poorly organized, And, everyday there are more and more images generated via all the new digital photography/ video equipment. Soooo, we are building a repository for all the hummer videos and images.

There appears to be many checklists: AOU Check-list, McGuire, Clements, Howard & Moore, etc. Some are consistent with one another and others are not.

AviBase has their own identification number (Allen’s =7A8C943C5E3B5B3A)

US government agencies have 'Integrated Taxonomic Information System' (Itis) and has a Taxonomic Serial No.: 555082 for each bird. But not for all Central and South American species.

Handbook of the Birds of the World / Vol 5 and Sheri’s new book do not have a numbering schema.

QUESTION:
Is there a master list for all the Hummers? In a MS Excel format?

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On the Desert Museum website I have seen:
Hummingbird abbreviations
ALHU = Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
ANHU = Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
BBLH = Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
BCHU = Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
BEHU = Berylline hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina)
BLHU = Bumblebee hummingbird (Selasphorus heliosa)
BLUH = Blue-throated hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae)
BTLH = Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
CAHU = Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope)
CIHU = Cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
COHU = Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae)
LUHU = Lucifer hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer)
MAHU = Magnificent hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
PCST = Plain-capped starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)
RUHU = Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
VCHU = Violet-crowned hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps)
WEHU = White-eared hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis)
XAHU = Xantus hummingbird (Hylocharis xantusii)
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And then I have seen:
0651grve = Green Violet-ear
0660bblh = Broad-billed
0661mewn = Mexican Woodnymph
0667behu = Berylline
0670bufh = Buff-bellied Hummingbird
0672vchu = Violet-crowned Hummingbird
0679bluh = Blue-throated
0681mahu = Magnificent Hummingbird
0684pcst = Plain-capped
0689luhu = Lucifer Hummingbird
0692bchu = Black-chinned
0693anhu = Anna's
0694cohu = Costa's Hummingbird
0695cahu = Calliope Hummingbird
0698btlh = Broad-tailed
0698alhu = Allen's Hummingbird
0699ruhu = Rufous Hummingbird

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On Susan's Hummingbird Monitoring site I see:
Species Key
AL = Allen’s; AN = Anna’s; BB = Broad Billed; BC = Black Chinned;
BE = Berylline; BL = Blue Throated; BT = Broad Tailed; CA = Calliope;
CO = Costa’s; LU = Lucifer’s; MA = Magnificent; RT = Ruby Throated;
RU = Rufous; VC = Violet Crowned; WE = White Eared; Un = Unknown

QUESTION:
Does anyone know of a master list for all the 330+ hummers?

 

[Rick Wright]

Lists in excel format can be downloaded (loaded down?) from the IOC website.
Good luck ... as a quick look at any other attempt to create species numbers reveals, you're going to need it.

 

[Hummingbird Market]

Hi Rick,
Thanks for the pointer.
And IOC <http://www.worldbirdnames.org> is a great list.
I have found many such lists in MSExcel and MSAccess formats but I am seeking a universal numbering schema.

Specifically for my database purposes I can easily assign a number for each bird--male, female and juveniles and I just may need to do so based upon the absence of a universal system.

 

[Richard Klim]

Fwiw, BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (as used by BirdLife International, IUCN and HBW) assigns a unique 8-digit 'SISRecID' (with no immediately discernable logic!) to each avian species...

SISRecID (unique value asigned to each taxonomic entity by IUCN/BirdLife. Use this to compare year to year changes from 2014 onwards)

 

[Hummingbird Market]

Hi Richard,
Thanks for the link. I have considered the Birdlife/ HBW 'unique identifier' along with all the other listing orgs (AOU, IOC, etc). I guess I'll just need to pick one and live with it. I even thought of my own 'unique identifier' as this is just for the 330+ species of hummingbirds.

Since we are databasing 10's of thousands of hours of hummer videos and many more stills. I was going to opt for a numbering sequence that would include male/ female and juveniles.

Or perhaps I may just send all the visuals for inclusion to Birdlife utilizing their 8-digit 'SISRecID' numbering schema. But before doing so I'll need to renumber each file.

Just a 'Labor of Love" to assure that the visuals are not lost.

 

[njlarsen]

If you want this to be usable for a while, you should have a number for each subspecies (they might become full species before you shake your head too much). You would also be wise to include empty slots into your numbering system (or only use every third number or some such) to allow for future new finds.

You will not find any list that is recognized as the end of all lists for hummers.

Niels