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 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
| Tom Behnfield <behnfield@gmail.com>: 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 I notice that Western Scrub Jay has been removed from my Colorado lists and has not been replaced by Woodhouse's Scrub Jay.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 behnfield@q.com On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:25:40 AM UTC-6, León wrote: |
| David Suddjian <dsuddjian@gmail.com>: 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 <bay.wren@gmail.com>: 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 ------- Eric DeFonso Westminster, CO |
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