Hi all:
The CFO, as does ABA and most (if not all) state- and province-level bird
authorities in the ABA area, follow the AOU taxonomy and nomenclature, while
eBird follows Clements. That distinction is important in this case, because
the AOU taxonomy covers only North America (Canada south through Panama), while
eBird covers the world, thus the latter organization's need for a
more-comprehensive taxonomy. CFO's current taxonomy online is correct, for
certain values of "correct."
Enjoy,
Tony Leukering
currently Cut Bank, MT
New AOU order
Tom Behnfield <[email protected]>: Aug 10 05:06AM -0700
Thanks for the info. I notice that Western Scrub Jay has been removed
from
my Colorado lists and has not been replaced by Woodhouse's Scrub Jay. I
noticed quite a few on my "Needs List" this morning. I changed it in my
first checklist of the year that contained Western Scrub Jay, but it has
yet to update. Any thoughts?
Good birding!
Tom Behnfield
Lakewood, CO
[email protected]
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:25:40 AM UTC-6, León wrote:
David Suddjian <[email protected]>: Aug 10 07:18AM -0600
eBird is currently running its annual taxonomic update, still in
progress
now, but it is expected to be completed shortly. In the meantime some
things on birder's lists temporarily do funky things as the work is in
progress.
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/taxonomy2016/
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO
Eric DeFonso <[email protected]>: Aug 10 06:30PM -0600
Does this mean the CFO checklist is auto-sync'ed to the eBird (and hence
Clements) taxonomy? Just curious - I note that the 2016 Clements updates
are now released as of today, and I assume the CFO checklist will then be
revised shortly again.
For example, the CFO checklist at the moment (6pm, Aug 10) has an incorrect
family sequence -
[...]
Partridges
Grebes
Pigeons and Doves
Cuckoos
Goatsuckers
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails
Cranes
...
Gulls
Loons
Storks
...
Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, etc
[...]
but in fact the order should be
[...]
Partridges
Loons
Grebes
Storks
...
Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, etc.
...
Rails
Cranes
Pigeons and Doves
Cuckoos
Owls
Goatsuckers
Swifts
Hummingbirds
[...]
and so forth. I've left a lot out obviously, but only to illustrate the big
differences better. This should explain some of the confusion mentioned
earlier in this thread about the difficulty of finding some of the family
groups in the new checklist! Things have changed, yes, but not *that* much.
:)
Eric
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Westminster, CO
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