The four and six digit abbreviations widely used in the USA are described and
discussed by John Shipman at http://www.nmt.edu/~shipman/z/nom/homepage.html .
I use the four digit coding system from the US Bird Banding Lab system,
described
by John at http://www.nmt.edu/~shipman/z/nom/bblrules.html . He points out some
of
its limitations. In the Canberra region it works fine, with just one collision:
BRTH is both the Brown Thornbill and the Buff-rumped Thornbill.
Yes, maybe Birds Oz should give some thought to the issue of standardised
abbreviations.
David
Peter Woodall wrote:
> <snip>
> N. Americans visiting here are sometimes surprised that we don't
> have a set of standard abbreviations for our birds, as they do.
>
> I think many of us use an informal system, eg
>
> SIPO
> BFCS - Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
>
> but I wonder if somebody, probably Birds Australia, should think
> about starting a formal list that everyone could use with
> uniform meanings.
>
> No doubt there would be some initial discussion/debate/biffos
> as to the best abbreviation but a standard list would be
> a great help when rapidly listing species in the field.
>
> Of course some might argue that this would hinder communication,
> and the SIPO are a good example of this. Only some people know
> what this means.
>
> Over to you
>
> Pete
>
> Dr Peter Woodall email =
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