Topic summary
IOC World Bird List
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Birds of the World: Recommended English Names.
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is a paperback book written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union. It is an attempt to produce a standardized set of English names for all bird species and is the product of a project set in motion at the 1990 International Ornithological Congress. The book is supplemented by a website, the IOC World Bird List, giving updates to the published material.