Thanks Tony - I had totally glossed over that the Clements update did not in fact incorporate the new higher order taxonomy of AOU-NA, at least for the time being. This plays some havoc with my own personal listing system, where my database needs to follow a global system like Clements but is still focused largely on the AOU-NA area where I spend most of my birding life. Oh well, what you gonna do.
-- Eric
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Eric DeFonso
Westminster, CO
Westminster, CO
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 9:07 PM, coloradodipper via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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
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