Birds of the World

Not to be confused with Birds of the World: Recommended English Names.
Birds of the World
Type of site
Wildlife database
Available inEnglish, with bird names in 96 languages[1]
Created byCornell Lab of Ornithology
URLbirdsoftheworld.org
LaunchedMarch 2020
Current statusActive

Birds of the World (BoW) is an online database of ornithological data adapted from the Handbook of the Birds of the World and contemporary reference works, including Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds Online, and Bird Families of the World.[2] The database is published and maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and collects data on bird observations through integration with eBird.[3] The database requires a subscription to access the majority of its entries, but offers institutional access to many libraries and birding-related organizations, participating in the National Information Standards Organization's Shared E-Resource Understanding practice as a publisher.[4]

The database is frequently cited in regional checklists and distribution map studies, either as a point of comparison[5] or a source of data.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "About Birds of the World". Birds of the World. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Indexes & Databases: Birds of the World". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "eBird Integration". Birds of the World. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Institutional Subscriptions". Birds of the World. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  5. ^ J, Praveen; Jayapal, Rajah; Pittie, Aasheesh (13 July 2020). "Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India, and the South Asian region—2020" (PDF). Indian Birds. 16 (1): 12–19.
  6. ^ Rego, Marco Antonio; Del‐Rio, Glaucia; Brumfield, Robb T. (January 2024). "Subspecies‐level distribution maps for birds of the Amazon basin and adjacent areas". Journal of Biogeography. 51 (1): 14–28. doi:10.1111/jbi.14718. ISSN 0305-0270.
  7. ^ Matthews, Thomas J.; Wayman, Joseph P.; Cardoso, Pedro; Sayol, Ferran; Hume, Julian P.; Ulrich, Werner; Tobias, Joseph A.; Soares, Filipa C.; Thébaud, Christophe; Martin, Thomas E.; Triantis, Kostas A. (November 2022). "Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity". Journal of Biogeography. 49 (11): 1920–1940. doi:10.1111/jbi.14474. ISSN 0305-0270.
  8. ^ Fritts, Rachel (Summer 2021). "The Quest for 'Lost' Birds Delivers Highs and Lows". Audubon.