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Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 5 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. This site is managed by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, the Canadian copartner of Birdlife International. Avibase has been a work in progress since 1992 and I am now pleased to offer it as a service to the bird-watching and scientific community.

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2012-01-12: Thank you to Joseph Morlan for submitting corrections to the California checklist.

2012-01-11: I have now posted the final instalment of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), following the publication of Volume 16. This includes the Thraupidae, Cardinalidae, Emberizidae and Icteridae families. Thanks to Jo Warnier for his help! I should be able to include the subspecies for that group within a few weeks, thus completing a nearly 20 years effort. Among the surprises in the latest volume is the recognition of 3 new species split from the Savannah Sparrow (Belding's, Large-billed and San Benito). All three forms are found around the Baja Calfornia area of Mexico and the adjacent regions of Sonora, Sinaloa and California. Also newly recognized are the 4 forms of the Fox Sparrow (Red, Slate-colored, Thick-billed and Sooty Fox-sparrow). HBW also reconizes Sturnella lilianae (split from S. magna), Agelaioides fringillarius (A. badius), Molothrus armenti (from A. aeneus), Icterus chrysocephalus (from I. cayanensis), Icterus fuertesi (from I. spurius), Psarocolius yuracares (from P. bifasciatus), Cacicus microrhynchus (from C. uropygialis), Cacicus leucoramphus (from C. chrysonotus), Nesospiza questi (from N. acunhae), Artemisiospiza nevadensis (from A. belli), Emberiza sahari (from E. striolata), Chlorothraupis frenata (from C. carmioli), Piranga hepatica and P. lutea (from P. flava), Dacnis egregia (from D. lineata), Anisognathus flavinucha (from A. somptuosus), Ramphocelus icteronotus (from R. flammigerus), Hemispingus piurae and H. ochraceus (from H. melanotis) and Hemispingus auricularis (from H. atropileus). It will be interesting to see whether other taxonomies follow the same path.

2012-01-11: I have now updated the IOC checklist to version 2.11. Among the new species recognized are the 6 forms of the Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) in South East Asia, the Guatemalean Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium cobanense), the Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyi), the Chinese Grassbird (Graminicola striatus), and the Varzea Thrush (Turdus sanchezorum). The White-bellied Warbler (Basileuterus hypoleucus) is also lumped with Golden-crowned Warbler (B. culicivorus). The list also includes a number of substantial taxonomic revisions, including the rearrangement of the Parulidae, Locustellidae and Cettidae families.

2011-12-18: I have updated the list for Zanzibar (Tanzania)

2011-12-16: The new official list for Costa Rica has just been published in Zeledonia, and I have now updated Avibase accordingly.

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