I was intrigued to see that the BirdLife 6.1 has no count for Orders, which
I thought might be a mistake. So I checked the list and indeed it does not
have any Orders defined - is this because they do not recognise the concept
or just did not put it in the list?
On 10 May 2014 18:33, Phil & Sue Gregory <> wrote:
> The illustrated *HBW/ BirdLife Illustrated Checklist* is due out shortly
> as Dave Torr advised, with a pre-publication offer of 145 euros, but
> remember this is Vol 1 Non-Passerines only, Vol 2 Passerines is scheduled
> for 2016 so we'll have to wait till then to find out if BirdLife accepts
> the split of Striated Grassrwen into 4- presumably not if they are going
> only by morphology, but there seems to be a giant splitfest imminent with
> their system, with bits and pieces dribbling out!
> Meantime the *Internet Bird Collection* gives you access to an amazing
> range of videos, photos and sound cuts covering something like 90% of world
> species, and with access to all 16 volumes of HBW that are being updated
> (not sure if recently published vol 17 is there yet). Costs around 30 euros
> per annum with sometimes a 10 euro initial joining fee which they seem to
> waive at times. Highly recommended.
>
> Meanwhile Peter Kovalik on Birdforum posted this invaluable comparison of
> the major checklists:
>
>
>
> *HBW and BirdLife International Checklist Vol 1: Non-passerines:Product
> details of Volume 135 orders • 111 families • 1,009 genera • 4,372 extant
> species • 99 extinct species*
>
> IOC 4.2:
> 39 orders • 108 families • 976 genera • 4,228 extant species • 97 extinct
> species
>
> Clements 6.8:
> 33 orders • 107 families • 931 genera • 4102 extant species • 57 extinct
> species
>
> Howard & Moore 4:
> 35 orders • 100 families • 983 genera • 4016 extant species • 56 (49 + 7?)
> extinct species
>
> TiF 2.92:
> 44 orders • 110 families • 1007 genera • 4324 extant and extinct species
>
> BirdLife 6.1:
> - orders • 98 families • 933 genera • 4023 extant species • 88 extinct
> species
> Phil Gregory
>
> Website 1: Http://www.sicklebillsafaris.com
> Website 2: Http://www.cassowary-house.com.au
>
>
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