Re: Taxonomy order

["Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>]

The Sibley and Monroe order ends with Bobolink, but for us in the Carolinas 
it would begin with Ring-necked Pheasant, not with grebes (they're far down 
the list, just after falcons but ahead of loons).  You can get world lists 
in S&M and Clements orders, plus the ABA and AOU lists (in AOU order) at 
Jack Siler's site: http://birdingonthe.net/  

The order the American Ornithologists' Union follows is similar to that of 
Clements, for us beginning with Red-throated Loon and ending with House 
Sparrow.  You can get the current AOU list straight from the source -- 
http://www.aou.org/aou/birdlist.html


On 25 May 01, at 16:00, Buddy Garrett wrote:

> Pardon one of my senior moments, but I thought the taxonomy order in
> checklist changed a while back so that they began with Grebes instead of
> Loons and ended with Bobolinks rather than House sparrows with other
> internal rearrangements.
> 
> I have been updating my AviSys Birding software with the new 2001
> Clements' 5th edition Taxonomy of Birds of the World and it has
> converted my files back to the old order, Loons to House sparrows. Jerry
> Blinn the creator doesn't understand what I am talking about.
> 
> Does anyone out there have a current Grebes to Bobolinks ABA area
> checklist that they could e mail me or do you know of a site that I
> could download one from. Also if my CRS (can't remember s___) has
> progressed to full blown Alzheimer's let me know that, too.
> 
> Buddy Garrett
> medxam@onslowonline.net
> Jacksonville, NC
> 


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