Talk:List of birds of Iowa
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July 3, 2020 revisions
[edit]Because of the large number of changes necessitated by the update to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds which the American Ornithological Society published on June 30, 2020, the revisions to this article are presented here rather than in a long series of edit summaries. Changes are per the AOS unless otherwise noted.
- Revise the references, counts, and text in the introduction.
- Add 1 species per IOU.
- Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phasiannidae (Pheasants, grouse, and allies).
- Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).
- Revise the sequence of families in order Suliformes.
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags).
Craigthebirder (talk) 19:56, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
August 2021 revision
[edit]These are the changes made to update this list to the 2021 Check-list of North and Middle American Birds published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) on June 29, 2021. In addition, one species has been added and several status codes changed per the IOU.
- Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
- Split mew gull into common gull and short-billed gull and revise entries accordingly.
- Revise the binomials of cormorant species.
- Revise the specific epithet of crested caracara.
- Revise the genus and position of ruby-crowned kinglet.
- Revise the sequence of gnatcatcher species.
- Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.
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