BirdLife Australia's 'Working List of Australian Birds'

[Carl Clifford <>]

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

> On 22 Nov 2013, at 10:46, "James O'Connor" <> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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