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The standardization effort was undertaken by a committee of the IOC (the Standing Committee on English Names [1]: 11 ), with regional subcommittees. [2] The Standing Committee was co-chaired by Frank Gill, a professional ornithologist with worldwide research interests and experience, and Minturn Wright, a lawyer and international birder with an interest in nomenclature; these two were the ...
We have these birds under Falconiformes. New World Vultures (Cathartidae) All at correct IOC name. Secretarybird (Sagittariidae) Now at IOC name. Ospreys (Pandionidae) Two entries are subspeices at WP. Kites, Hawks & Eagles (Accipitridae) We list the IOC's Nisaetus kelaarti, Legge's Hawk-Eagle, as a subspecies of the Mountain Hawk-eagle.
This template and its subtemplates provide the International Ornithologists' Union's bird list, which is referenced in many bird articles, to make them easier to reuse. {{IOC birdlist|14.1}}: International Ornithologists' Union. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "IOC World Bird List 14.1" (xlsx)
The IOC World Bird List is now updated twice a year. The IOC is also the de facto standard for English bird names. This decision does not affect country, state or other regional lists that use a different, named, taxonomy, or other articles that discuss bird biodiversity or birds in general.
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In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. [1
Birds of the World (BoW) is an online database of ornithological data adapted from the Handbook of the Birds of the World and contemporary reference works, including Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds Online, and Bird Families of the World. [2] The database is published and maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and collects data ...