Species lists
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(Western Palaearctic: German, English, French, Spanish and scientific. Worldwide: German, English and scientific)
International
International
IOC World Bird List - Official International Ornithological Congress (IOC) list
The Sibley/Monroe World List of Birds
The Clements Checklist
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
National
National
Checklists für for specific countries worldwide
Germany - Checklist of the Birds of Germany
Germany - Checklist of the Biords of Germany (PDF Download 368 kb)
Austria – Checklist of the Birds of Austria
Switzerland – Checklist of the Birds of Switzerland (PDF Download 915 kb)
Regional
Commissions
National lists of birds are managed by national commissions. The Association of European Rarities Committees (AERC) has developed international guidelines for the work of such commissions.
The commissions define those species in their area of responsibility that are subject to reporting procedures. Sightings of rare birds are reported using prepared reporting forms, often online. These reports are checked to ensure a minimum standard of scientific documentation and are then either accepted or rejected.
National Commissions
Germany
Germany
Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission (DAK) - German Avifaunistic Commission
... formerly Deutsche Seltenheitenkommission (DSK) (German Rarities Commission) checks whether the submitted documentation on the identification of the reported species is plausible for third parties. In this way sightings are confirmed as citable records.
Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission
c/o Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA) e. V.
An den Speichern 4 a
48157 Münster / Germany
DO-G Commission „Artenliste der Vögel Deutschlands“
The Commission for the German Bird Species List is responsible for the classification and ongoing adjustment of the nomenclature of recorded species in conformity with the latest facts.
Standing Committee for German Names of the Birds of the World
initialized by IOU and DO-G
Austria
Austria
Avifaunistische Kommission Österreich AFK - Austrian Avifaunistic Commission
BirdLife Austria
Museumsplatz 1/10/8
1070 Wien / Austria
e-mail
Switzerland
Switzerland
Schweizerische Avifaunistische Kommission SAK - Swiss Avifaunistic Commission
c/o Schweizerische Vogelwarte
CH-6204 Sempach / Switzerland
e-mail
Regional commissions
Federal state and regional avifaunistic commissions - see the pages of:
DDA (Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten)