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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 ...
The updated BOU list of British Birds is available online. In January 2017 the BOU announced that from 2018 they would follow the IOC World Bird List for the taxonomy of birds on the British List. Authorities for taxonomy. Check-list of Birds of the World published from 1931 to 1987 in 16 volumes gives the authorities for genera, species and ...
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.
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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
2003. Current status. Active. Avibase is an online taxonomic database that organizes bird taxonomic and distribution data globally. The database relies on the notion of taxonomic concepts [1][2] rather than taxonomic names. [3] Avibase incorporates and organizes taxonomic data from the main avian taxonomic publishers (The Clements Checklist of ...
List of Accipitriformes species. Accipitriformes is one of three major orders of birds of prey and includes the osprey, hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures. Falcons ( Falconiformes) and owls ( Strigiformes) are the other two major orders and are listed in other articles. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 265 ...
The book uses the IOC version 5.4 for species level taxonomy. [4] These birds are grouped as marine and coastal birds, freshwater birds and terrestrial birds and then taxonomically. It also provides detailed maps indicating where a species or sub-species are likely to occur and shading to help identify where the birds are most likely to occur.