Birds - checklists and status

Wisconsin Birds - Information, Conservation, Ideas, Ecology, Biogeography - by Bill Mueller

Bird checklists, status, other information

Since the 1840s, ornithologists and birders have recorded 429 species of birds in Wisconsin.

See the Annotated Checklist at: http://www.wsobirds.org/wilist2008.pdf

The checklist contains status and abundance codes, and will be updated periodically. Wisconsin's newest species have been officially added to the list of birds seen, including last year's Great-tailed Grackle, Rock Wren, and Green-breasted Mango.

This Annotated Checklist for Wisconsin now includes a list of

species of "disputed origin", and a list of hypothetical species, which

were not previously included. (Scroll to near the end of the document to see both of these new sections.)

This version incorporates all recent nomenclature and sequence changes mandated as part of the updated Check-list of North American Birds, published by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). If you would like to access the North American Check-list, see it on the AOU website, at:

http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3

The new Check-list includes changes within several families, and other details. To see the description and explanation of the committee work on these re-sequencing and name changes, see the 47th Supplement to the Check-list. To find this paper, go to this pdf:

http://www.aou.org/checklist/Suppl47.pdf

Learn about Wisconsin's rare and endangered bird species, and their status and conservation, at the website of the Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, at: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/birds/