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The book is an attempt to produce a standardized set of English names for all bird species and is the product of a project set in motion at the 1990 International Ornithological Congress. It is supplemented by a website, the IOC World Bird List, giving updates to the published material.
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.
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 366 hummingbird species in family Trochilidae, and distributes them among 112 genera. [1] One extinct species known only from a 19th century specimen, Brace's emerald, is included.
The IOC World Bird List/Birds of the World: Recommended English Names and the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World treat each of the four subspecies groups as a separate species, while eBird/The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World and The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the ...
Avibase incorporates and organizes taxonomic data from the main avian taxonomic publishers (The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, [4] Handbook of the Birds of the World, BirdLife International, [5] IOC Checklist [6] and the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World [7]) and other regional sources (e.g. all editions ...
List of storks. Ciconiidae is a family of heavy-bodied, large-billed wading birds in the monotypic order Ciconiiformes. Most species in the family are called storks, although some have different common names: two species in the genus Anastomus are known as openbills, two from the genus Leptoptilos are called adjutants, and three species are ...
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 447 species in family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers; they are distributed among 106 genera.One extinct species, the San Cristobal flycatcher, is included. [1]
The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered to be the same species as the morepork of New Zealand until 1999. Its name is derived from its two-tone boo-book call.