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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kirk Roth" data-source="post: 3312450" data-attributes="member: 85015">Indeed, I can't think of any U.S/Canadian researcher I know personally who endorses or praises it.  And amongst birders, very few are even aware of it.If I were to "vote," I feel that IOC paints a more accurate picture of European bird species than Clements when one considers the list details.  But more importantly, Clements is so prominently America-centric, stating that "our first authority" is the AOU, that it would seem much less palatable.  I agree that IOC is closer to a "default" option, but prediction is a fool's game anyway.Regardless, it is interesting to see whether and how Clements/eBird reacts to the BOURC disbandment. From their "Methods" website, they state that "we shall adhere as closely as possible to the taxonomy and nomenclature published by regionally recognized scientific bodies (e.g., British Ornithological Union for European birds..." and "We also try to minimize departures from other global taxonomies, such as the IOC World Bird List and the Handbook of Birds of the World series (Lynx Edicions, Barcelona). We believe that even when different systems exist, consistency is important where it can be achieved, as that minimizes confusion for birders and data errors within eBird."So it is conceivable that, with the BOURC list gone, Clements would adopt IOC in cases where IOC differed from BOURC.  If so, adopting Clements would be adopting IOC... except where it contradicts AOU.</blockquote>

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