Hi all, There has been some recent discussion about the various lists available to people interested in Australian birds, so I thought it would be useful to publish a link to the BirdLife Australia ‘working list’. http://www.birdlife.org.au/conservation/science/taxonomy For those interested, it is worthwhile having a read of the FAQ section, as this explains why we have developed the list. In a nutshell, as a conservation organisation we need something that identifies birds at the finest taxonomic grain available to us, to allow us to identify, as far as possible, populations at risk, and to collect and manage our data accordingly. Acknowledging that there are several checklists in use today, and that different groups, institutions and individuals use these in line with their own preferences and taxonomic philosophies (species concepts etc.), we have included for easy comparison classifications from the Christidis and Boles 2008, IOC and Clements checklists. The list can be also be filtered to species level. We intend to publish the first update of the BirdLife Australia list on our website in December 2013. All the best, James O’Connor | Head of Research BirdLife Australia Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton VIC 3053 T 03 9347 0757 | F 03 9347 9323 james.oconnor@birdlife.org.aujames.oconnor@birdlife.org.au> | birdlife.org.au ABN 75 149 124 774 [BirdLife Australia logo] [Follow BirdlifeOz] [Follow BirdLife Australia’s public updates] =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Thanks, James. I am an American who has birded in Australia, and I have been struggling with the various taxonomies. The four species I am especially interested in are Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Osprey, and Barn Owl. I see that this taxonomy shows the Aussie birds as subspecies, not full species. Some of the other taxonomies have broken the Aussie birds in these species out as separate speices. I’ll be interested to see the December 2013 update. It would be great if you could let us know when it is out, and provide a link to it. Barry Brugman USA In a message dated 11/21/2013 5:42:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, James.OConnor@birdlife.org.au writes: Hi all, There has been some recent discussion about the various lists available to people interested in Australian birds, so I thought it would be useful to publish a link to the BirdLife Australia ‘working list’. http://www.birdlife.org.au/conservation/science/taxonomy For those interested, it is worthwhile having a read of the FAQ section, as this explains why we have developed the list. In a nutshell, as a conservation organisation we need something that identifies birds at the finest taxonomic grain available to us, to allow us to identify, as far as possible, populations at risk, and to collect and manage our data accordingly. Acknowledging that there are several checklists in use today, and that different groups, institutions and individuals use these in line with their own preferences and taxonomic philosophies (species concepts etc.), we have included for easy comparison classifications from the Christidis and Boles 2008, IOC and Clements checklists. The list can be also be filtered to species level. We intend to publish the first update of the BirdLife Australia list on our website in December 2013. All the best, James O’Connor | Head of Research BirdLife Australia Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton VIC 3053 T 03 9347 0757 | F 03 9347 9323 james.oconnor@birdlife.org.aujames.oconnor@birdlife.org.au> | birdlife.org.au ABN 75 149 124 774 [BirdLife Australia logo] [Follow BirdlifeOz] [Follow BirdLife Australia’s public updates] =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
James, Thanks for the link. I am glad BLA included comparison tables for the alternative nomenclatures. With subspecies, there are 1950 birds on the Australian list. That would be a challenge to tick. Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================