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Avibase Data Files

This page provides some data files that are freely available for download. Unless otherwise indicated, these files are published under a Creative Commons Digital License and can be used with attribution for non-commercial purposes. Please refer to each file for details.

Avibase Bibliographic Data

Access	https://avibase.ca/avibase_data_bibliographic_2025_v1.jsp
Version	1
Publication date	19 December 2025
Format(s)	Excel (xlsd)
DOI	10.71842/avibase-knzy-qv82
Description	This file contains bibliographic data of original descriptions of taxa for some of the contemporary taxonomies available on birds, as managed within Avibase.

Avibase data: The Peters' Check-list of the Birds of the World Database

Access	https://avibase.ca/peterschecklist.jsp
Version	1
Publication date	18 June 2014
Format(s)	Excel (xlsd)
DOI	10.71842/avibase-sw1v-hz04
Description	A database file containing most of the information found in Peters' seminal work: Check-List of the Birds of the World, originally published between 1931 and 1987 in 16 volumes.