We've had a lot of fantastic contributions to the Bird Journal library since my last update in November last year.
Here's a summary of items added since then:
- Birds of Australia (BARC IOC +ssp) - Checklist by Charles Ling
- Birds of British Columbia - Checklist by Alan Cairns
- Birds of Norway (IOC), Norwegian Names - Synonym Pack by Sindre Solberg
- Birds of Sweden (IOC), Swedish names - Synonym Pack by Roger Karlsson
- Birds of the UK, BTO 2-Letter Codes - Synonym Pack by Jonathan Davidson
- Birds of the UK, BTO 5-Letter Codes - Synonym Pack by Jonathan Davidson
- Butterflies of Australia - Taxonomy by Mike Jarvis
- Frogs of Australia - Taxonomy by Iian Denham
- Fungi of Europe - Taxonomy by Simon Booton-Mander
- Longhorn Beetles of the United Kingdom - Taxonomy by James Emerson
- Mammals of Australia - Taxonomy by Mike Jarvis
- Mammals Of Southern Africa - Taxonomy by Iian Denham
- Mammals of the Netherlands (excl Bats), Dutch names - Taxonomy by Peter de Hoog
- Mammals of the United Kingdom - Taxonomy by Colin Brodie
- Mammals of the Western Palearctic - Taxonomy by Sally Gordon
- Micro Moths of Norfolk, United Kingdom - Taxonomy by Ben Lewis
- Myriapods of the United Kingdom - Taxonomy by Colin Brodie
- Orchids of Europe, North Africa & the Middle East - Taxonomy by Sally Gordon
- Reptiles of Australia - Taxonomy by Mike Jarvis
- Woodlice & Allies of the United Kingdom - Taxonomy by Colin Brodie
A huge thanks to Bird Journal users Alan Cairns, Ben Lewis, Charles Ling, Colin Brodie, Iian Denham, James Emerson, Jonathan Davidson, Mike Jarvis, Peter de Hoog, Roger Karlsson, Sally Gordon, Simon Booton-Mander & Sindre Solberg for their contributions.
To get started with these, open the library by clicking the Library button/menu item. Then search for the item of interest and click/tap Install. It will then be available on all of your computers & devices.
If you've created a Taxonomy, Checklist or Synonym Pack that you think may be helpful to others, please consider publishing it to the library. We especially need non-bird taxonomies for the US.
To publish an item you have created, just enter some notes about the item and press Publish. We'll review it to make sure there are no duplicates and that naming is consistent, etc, then make it live. There are
guidelines with more detail on what we look for, and there is an
area on the forum dedicated to discussing the creation of library items.