Please enjoy this Birds of the World Discovery Series webinar:
Date: Thursday, 16 November, 2023
Length: 1.5 hours
Video: Watch the recording here
Avian taxonomy experts from eBird and Birds of the World convened for a discussion of the recent updates to the eBird/Clements checklist. The team provided an in-depth overview of the 2023 taxonomy updates and recent efforts to standardize bird taxonomy across all major global checklists. They also presented several interesting taxonomic shifts and discussed what changes are most likely to affect your life list.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
- SHAWN BILLERMAN (Science Editor)
- PAM RASMUSSEN (Senior Research Associate—Avian Systematist / WGAC taxonomic committee)
- MARSHALL ILIFF (eBird Project Lead / WGAC technical committee).
Resources shared during last week’s “2023 eBird/Clements taxonomy update” webinar include:
- 2023 eBird/Clements Taxonomy Updates https://ebird.org/news/2023-taxonomy-update
- Working Group Avian Checklists https://www.internationalornithology.org/working-group-avian-checklists
- Clements Checklist updates and corrections 2023 https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/introduction/updateindex/october-2023/updates-and-corrections/
- Link to Pam’s Slides: https://cornell.box.com/s/qnhefdxpdt7l8jtpknu635rcdr91boo8
- Full AOS English Bird Names Project report can be found here: https://americanornithology.org/about/english-bird-names-project/english-bird-names-committee-recommendations/
- How to change your common name preference for eBird/BOW: https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000804865-bird-names-in-ebird
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- Black Falcons of Australia with raptor expert Dr. Stephen J. S. Debus
- Unraveling the mysteries of the smallest seabirds: the storm-petrels with Fernando Medrano, the assistant director of the Chilean NGO ROC, and the South American ornithology lead for BOW.
- The ecology of Red-tailed Hawks by Bryce Robinson, a Cornell University post-doc who studies the ecology and evolution of birds.
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Thank you for joining us!
Laura and Jessica
Birds of the World team
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