Hmmm… Thanks Mike (I think!)
I actually didn’t intend to act in an executive role, I actually assumed (obviously somewhat naively) that someone had already identified the key differences between C&B and IOC – presumably because I’d seen such analysis provided between Clements 6.6 and IOC 3.1 – and would have such a list handy.
My first attempt (the “feeble” one) was produced after not much more than an hour’s work, and was based on differences I could see between an extract I did from Eremaea – nominally C&B but actually a modified Clements – and the IOC 3.1 list.
I am certainly grateful to everyone that contributed to my initial request and, hopefully, I’ll be able to put together a complete list of differences between the two checklists – as at a certain date and time – as you pointed out.
I must say, that given the responses to this subject, I think that this topic is important and of interest to a lot of us amateur birdwatchers out there. Given the support for an IOC-based list in this country, I think that many of us need a basic tool to help us convert our C&B lists to the new taxonomy. I appreciate that you and the other BARC representatives have a difficult job – made more so with this taxonomy in flux – I just hope that the people that have contributed to my request and myself can make the transition that little bit easier for the rest of us.
And thank you for highlighting the other changes that I had missed – I will be sure to include thm.
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