News

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BOW Team March 7, 2024
Important! Between March 19-20 Birds of the World and several other Cornell Lab web services will be down for database maintenance.
Cornell PhD candidate Bryce Robinson handling a Red-tailed Hawk for the Red-tailed Hawk project
BOW Team February 27, 2024
Over the past 4 yrs, The Red-tailed Hawk Project has captured and sampled more than 400 hawks from 7 of the 16 described subspecies and deployed over 100 tracking units. In this webinar, Bryce Robinson, PhD Candidate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will share what the project has learned from these efforts, and what they hope to learn moving forward.
Pincoya Storm-Petrel ML84400331
BOW Team February 1, 2024
In this webinar, FERNANDO MEDRANO, the assistant director of the Chilean NGO called Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile, presented an in-depth overview on what is known and yet unknown about the storm-petrels of the world.
Red-legged Seriema ML39946761
BOW Team January 29, 2024
We are happy to announce that Aves Uruguay, the leading organization for the study and conservation of birds in Uruguay, has joined the global Birds of the World partner network.
Inca Tern ML417385131
BOW Team January 9, 2024
A medida que Birds of the World se acerca al cierre de nuestro cuarto año (!), tenemos muchas buenas noticias que informar sobre cómo la plataforma se ha expandido y adaptado a nuevas oportunidades. ¡A continuación presentamos más detalles!
Buff-breasted Sandpiper ML265634921
BOW Team January 9, 2024
As Birds of the World inches towards the close of our fourth year (!), we have much good news to report about how the project has developed, expanded, and adapted to new opportunities. Please read on for details!  
Black Falcon ML260691731
BOW Team December 13, 2023
Our next webinar will feature Dr. Steve Debus, an ornithologist and raptor expert from New South Wales, Australia to discuss the Black Falcon, a widespread but uncommon and little-studied raptor endemic to Australia.
Wangi-Wangi White-eye ML202322911
BOW Team November 1, 2023
Three avian taxonomy experts from eBird and Birds of the World convened for a discussion of the recent updates to the eBird/Clements checklist. The team provided an in-depth overview of the 2023 taxonomy updates and recent efforts to standardize bird taxonomy across all major global checklists.
Principe Scops-Owl ML609765428
October 12, 2023
The 2023 annual eBird taxonomy update includes 3 newly-described species, 124 species gained because of splits, and 16 species lost through lumps, resulting in a net gain of 111 species and a new total of 11,017 species worldwide. Please visit eBird for a complete summary of the year’s updates.
October 11, 2023
Mark your calendars for October Big Day—14 October 2023! Big Days are a 24-hour opportunity to celebrate birds near and far.