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There are a number of different world bird lists available. The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World is an established authority for world listing. The 6th edition was published in 2007 and, following the death of Jim Clements in 2005, is now being maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Cornell are publishing regular updates to the list and BUBO Listing will endeavour to keep up with these updates. The latest updates incorporated are those published in September 2012.

Not surprisingly, the taxonomic treatments of various species or subspecies differ between Clements and other authorities. If you are unclear about how any species you have seen relates to the species listed in Clements, then contact us and we will endeavour to help. Even better, why not buy the book through the BUBO Store by following the appropriate link below?

The BUBO Listing version of the Clements List is shown below. Note that the Clements authority may be available for entering BUBO Lists of smaller regions than the entire world. In such cases, the base-list available will be cut-down appropriately, based on the lists maintained by Avibase, the excellent website managed by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada.

Either select the species to add by first selecting the authority to copy it from, then the particular species, or enter a new species directly below.

Select from:

NB: Likely authorities hard-coded for now, but dropdown should ideally be restricted to parents of current authority only.

Species to add:

If selecting from another authority, you can still update the information below before adding the species.

Species Name:

NB: Species name is defaulted from the previous species row and should of course be overwritten!.

Scientific Name:

NB: Genus is defaulted from the previous species row but may need overwriting; specific needs to be entered in either case.

Species Id:

NB: Species id will be taken from the corresponding species on the authority being copied from, otherwise enter 0 for a totally new species.

Rarity? Yes No

Pending? Yes No

Unavailable? Yes No

Family:

NB: Need a way to enter a new family if required.

Notes:

NB: Notes only allow up to 255 characters, but there is no enforcement of this. Anything longer will be truncated without warning.

Delete species

Species Name:

NB: Species name for the old taxon should be updated to differentiate it from the split taxa, e.g. Species A/B.

Scientific Name:

NB: Scientific should also be updated, e.g. Genus specific A/specific B.

1st Split Species Id:

NB: Split species must previously have been added through Add Species. Currently allow for split into 5 species. Ideally this should be done through a species lookup rather than direct entry of id.

2nd Split Species Id:

3rd Split Species Id:

4th Split Species Id:

5th Split Species Id:

Old Taxon Notes:

NB: Notes only allow up to 255 characters, but there is no enforcement of this. Anything longer will be truncated without warning.

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