Date:    Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:27:39 -0500
From:    "David W. Inouye" 
Subject: bird taxonomy sites

Bird Families of the World: Sibley and Monroe
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/%7Esiler/birdframe.html
"The AOU Check-list of North American Birds," Seventh Edition 1998 [.pdf]
http://pica.wru.umt.edu/AOU/birdlist.HTML

These two sites will be of use to ornithological researchers. The
first, housed at the University of Pennsylvania Web server,
classifies the bird families of the world using the Sibley and Monroe
classification system. One hundred forty-six families are listed,
from Struthionidae (Ostriches) to Fringillidae (Finches and Allies).
By clicking on a Family, users will retrieve a list of species, with
scientific and common names. The second site, prepared by the
Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American
Ornithologists' Union (AOU), offers an online version of the seventh
edition of Check-list of North American Birds (1998 publication),
covering species from the Arctic through Panama, including the West
Indies and Hawaiian Islands. Over two thousand species of birds are
listed by Order, from Anseriformes through Upupiformes. The document,
which covers areas within the AOU check-list area, may be downloaded
as a .pdf file. [LXP]