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Q: What is BirdLife International?

It is a global Partnership of over 100 national conservation organisations with a focus on birds and working together on shared priorities, policies and programmes of conservation exchanging skills, achievements and information, and so growing in ability, authority and influence.

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Ornithology is the scientific study of birds, a field that combines elements of natural history and biology.

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AviList Latest News

Recently, the AviList became live after four years of work by the Working Group on Avian Checklists.

About AviList

It is the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species.
The new checklist will replace the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and Clements lists and will be updated annually.
Launched by: Under the Working Group on Avian Checklists included representatives from BirdLife International, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the American Ornithologists Society, the International Ornithologists’ Union, and Avibase.
The list contains 11,131 species, 19,879 subspecies, 2,376 genera, 252 families and 46 orders. It has thus brought together global thinking on what constitutes a species and shakes up humanity’s understanding of the avian world.

Benefits of new AviList

The new list will especially help scientists get clarity on conservation priorities.
It will benefit conservation, removing the current confusion and uncertainty resulting from the existence of multiple lists.
It will make it easier for birders, scientists, policymakers and conservationists to share information, use and link different online platforms, and share a common understanding of avian distribution, ecology and conservation priorities.

Source: DTE