Birds of the world: a check list,

by James F. Clements

Birds have long held a unique dual role as a model group for scientists and as the focus of birders' passionate quests. Despite centuries of observation, each year brings the discovery and description of several entirely new avian species and hundreds of other taxonomic "splits" or "lumps" based on DNA data. In this arena of continual and increasing taxonomic change, The Clements Checklist presents the most up-to-date and most widely endorsed compendium of the more than 9800 species of birds recognized by the scientific and birding communities. This completely revised sixth edition is current as of 2005 and incorporates hundreds of updates since the last edition. In taxonomic sequence, it provides the scientific and English name of each species and a description of the worldwide range of each species and subspecies.

The most established resource on the taxonomy and biogeography of birds for the world birding community, The Clements Checklist is the official world checklist of the American Birding Association (ABA) and is used as the authoritative reference in the birding competitions and listing activities of this preeminent North American organization for serious birders.

Features of The Clements Checklist include

* comprehensive indexes with all taxa listed by English and scientific names, the latter to subspecies level; * tables and maps showing the world distribution of total bird species and endemics by geographic area, which will be of special interest to conservationists; and * space to record the location and date of individual sightings, providing the user with a personalized ornithological journal.

Genres: Birds

524 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to own a book that has every recognized species of bird with every subspecies and where each species and subspecies is found and a nice little space for you to write in the date and location where you first saw or heard the bird, this book is for you (It's definently for me!!!) This is the checklist used by most of the world's top birder's and since the passing of Mr. Clements, the list is now being managed by Cornell University. Another piece of essential birding gear.