{"id":340362,"date":"2025-06-14T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=340362"},"modified":"2025-06-15T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:09:06","slug":"avilist-first-ever-unified-global-checklist-of-bird-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/avilist-first-ever-unified-global-checklist-of-bird-species\/","title":{"rendered":"AviList: First-ever unified global checklist of bird species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> AviList, the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species, became live on June 12, 2025, after four years of work by the Working Group on Avian Checklists. <strong>AviList: First-ever unified global checklist of bird species.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About AviList: First-ever unified global checklist of bird species<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340369\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-340369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-Birdlife-International.png?resize=396%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-Birdlife-International.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-Birdlife-International.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-Birdlife-International.png?resize=768%2C769&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-Birdlife-International.png?w=791&amp;ssl=1 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Cornell Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched by:<\/strong> It is launched under the <strong>Working Group on Avian Checklists<\/strong>, which includes experts from <strong>BirdLife International, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the American Ornithologists\u2019 Society, the International Ornithologists\u2019 Union, and Avibase.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will <strong>replace<\/strong> the <strong>International Ornithological Committee (IOC)<\/strong> and <strong>Clements lists<\/strong> and will be updated <strong>annually<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to <strong>eliminate confusion<\/strong> caused by <strong>multiple lists<\/strong> and to help the global community &#8220;speak the same language&#8221; for bird conservation and research.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The list contains <strong>11,131 species, 19,879 subspecies, 2,376 genera, 252 families and 46 orders<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has brought together global thinking on <strong>what constitutes a species<\/strong> and shakes up <strong>humanity\u2019s understanding<\/strong> of the avian world.<\/li>\n<li>The new list will especially <strong>help scientists get clarity<\/strong> on conservation <strong>priorities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: AviList, the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species, became live on June 12, 2025, after four years of work by the Working Group on Avian Checklists. 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