The OmniListTM of Birds of the World Version 2.0 A Computer List of World Birds - $20 Temporarily unavailable. We are working on an updated version, to include recent changes to the world list. What is the OmniList? How up to date is this version of the OmniList? How the OmniList sorts What bird names are used? What about taxonomy? What can I do with the OmniList? What is the OmniList? The OmniList is a list of all the birds of the world, organized and formatted to be convenient for computer users. It includes nearly 10,000 species--9,808, to be exact. It contains four lists as subsets: the birds on the list of the American Birding Association (ABA), the birds on the list of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), the birds on James Clements' list, and the birds on Sibley & Monroe's list. (OmniList is a trademark of Ideaform Inc.) How up to date is this version of the OmniList? It is consistent with the information that appears in the A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition, 1998. It is consistent with Clements as of 1996 and with Sibley & Monroe as of 1993. As of July, 1998, these are the most current published editions of the referenced works. How the OmniList sorts The OmniList sorts into three different taxonomic orders: 1) The OmniList order lists the ABA and AOU birds, in AOU checklist order, with the rest of the world's birds "tucked in" around them. This gives the birder a world list that is taxonomically consistent with checklists for North America. 2) The James Clements order follows the taxonomic sequence of Birds of the World, a Checklist, with the 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 Supplement revisions. 3) The Sibley & Monroe order follows the taxonomic sequence of Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe, Jr., with the 1993 Supplement revisions. What bird names are used? The OmniList is somewhat North-America-centric. It uses North American (ABA and AOU) names. (For example, Oldsquaw rather than Long-tailed Duck.) If a species is not on the AOU checklist, the OmniList uses a name recognized by James Clements, Sibley & Monroe, or other recognized authors. Where the names used by Clements or Sibley & Monroe differ from the OmniList names, the Clements and S&M alternate names are also included in separate columns. For each species there are four flags to indicate whether it is on the ABA, AOU, Clements, and S&M lists. What about taxonomy? For each species, the order and family are given. Subfamilies are also given, where appropriate. This information is in agreement with the AOU list. What can I do with the OmniList? The OmniList comes in standard tab-delimited text file format. It can be opened in any database, spreadsheet, or word processor. Format it, edit it, sort it, print it out as you wish. The ability to manipulate the data with a computer far exceeds the versatility of any printed list.   OmniList File Structure The OmniList is in a .ZIP or Stuffit archive, containing two files. 1. The OmniList text file containing the bird data. 2. The accompanying documentation file in html format which you can open with a web browser like Netscape. There are 9,808 species records in the OmniList data file. There is also a header record with the names of the fields. Each record has 14 fields. Each field is separated by a horizontal tab. The order and content of the fields in the OmniList are: Omni# (Taxonomic Order OmniList) JC# (Taxonomic Order James Clements) S&M# (Taxonomic Order Sibley & Monroe) Common Name Scientific Name Order / Family / Subfamily (where appropriate) ABA (On ABA List - Y or N) AOU (On AOU List - Y or N) JC (On Clements List - Y or N) S&M (On Sibley & Monroe List - Y or N) JC Alternate Common Name (Clements) JC Alternate Scientific Name (Clements) S&M Alternate Common Name (Sibley & Monroe) S&M Alternate Scientific Name (Sibley & Monroe) Order the OmniList on line (here's how you get your passwords) Home FAQ Tips Stories Videos Software Optics Bookstore Orders