May I present you with BirdFiles?

We have a spelling problem with Harris's Hawk.

It's spelled this way on Cornell and in my 2 Guide Books but it's not that way on our database.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/213/

Thanks melody, please add the Order: Passeriformes to the Jackdaw, as well as other common names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackdaw

Sorry, didn't add the DG link!

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/166/

This message was edited Dec 27, 2008 9:02 PM

kniphofia, I wonder if you could check all your entries to make sure you have added the Order to all as I may miss some, also please check on Wiki for other names so melody can make the changes. As you are already aware of the need to add these it would be best for you to do.

melody, another one please needing an Order: Passeriformes for Chaffinch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaffinch

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/168/

Hi guys, We have a problem with Black-capped Chickadee.

The center word is not supposed to be capitalized so now we have 2 entries for this bird.

Could you please take this entry off? Thank You!

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/191/

To avoid major complications down the road that would most likely require extensive editing , I would recommend that each member use some reasonable judgment as to the number of images they submit, per specie. Personally, I will not submit more than 3 images of any one specie. That may even be one too many.

In the future, perhaps Dave can modify the software that would allow us to replace an existing photo with a better one as time passes. I can do that now with one of the web galleries that I participate on.

Thanks.

I just added the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/543/

and accidentally copied the genus in front of the species name. Could the species please be corrected to just asiaticus

Kennedy

All done ;o)

Thank you Terry!

Terry....I guess Dave released BirdFiles just to make sure you weren't bored during the holidays! LOL!

Thanks Terry, there's still a few of kniphofia's which need doing but I can't be sorting them all out, have my own work to do. :) I'm sure Sue will do it when she gets around to it.

Here's one in the Great Tit entry, the top pic is a Coal Tit and has also been added to that entry.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/showimage/148/

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/164/

Hi Terry,

There's a mistake on the genus of this page.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/54/

It should read Poecile. Thank you.

I changed it, then moved all the duplicate entry's photos and regional reports over to the earliest entry, and "recycled" the duplicate into the Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

It wasn't as complicated as it sounds ;o)

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/b/Passeriformes/Paridae/Poecile/none/genus/0/

Thanks again Terry.

I think we need more than three pictures of each bird.
Juvenile, male, female, summer and winter plumage.
I can't find the identity of some birds due to their widely varying colors.
Please remember that the new birders need a lot of information.

JuneyBug, I think Linthicum's point was for each submitter to limit himself (or herself) to three photos per bird.

We will wind up with dozens of photos of some birds, and that's perfectly okay...but for the most common/popular birds, if everyone will limit themselves to a few really good/unique shots, that will leave more room and encourage others to share theirs, too.

Terry, you missed my earlier request to remove a duplicate picture from the Great Blue Heron: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/61/

Ken

Sorry about that--it's gone!

no it hasn't!

I'm making the corrections Wallaby, I had already notified admin of the mistake in the great tit entry.

Hi Terry, There's a problem with the spelling in the common name here (Gray). Also no second name.



http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/374/

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Gray_Owl.html

The I.O.C. bird list and wikipedia call it the Great Grey Owl, "grey", with an "e" instead of "a". Or do you mean it should be spelled both ways? Are no additional common names to be used? I just figured it would be like PlantFiles and BugFiles that way.


http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-owls.html

typo

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I'll let Terry answer that claypa; I'm just going by Cornell and North American Guides books.

Terry here is another one:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/19/

needs a hyphen and middle name not capitalized

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Golden-crowned_Sparrow.html


This message was edited Dec 28, 2008 6:54 AM

There is still an entry of mine that has no order;

Blue Tit ; order: Passeriformes (and the new specie name is Parus instead of the outdated Cyanistes)

Thank you!

I've added the alternate spelling and left the second common name in as I've found it is occasionally used.

If we are staying consistent PlantFiles and BugFiles, we list all of the common names and spellings in use.


I have corrected the hyphen and capitalization in the second one.

The order is now been added.

Whoo! 9 pages so far... Thanks to you all. Some of your pics are much clearer than seeing them in my binoculars

Interesting about the Blue Tit naming, can anyone show me where it is officially called Parus caeruleus? ITIS is supposed to be correct? No records found for that.

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Parus+caeruleus&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All

Cyanistes caeruleus comes up as correct and valid.

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt

As it stated on the Wiki article, which cannot always be relied on but most can:

""This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Parus caeruleus.[2] Most authorities retain Cyanistes as a subgenus of Parus, but the British Ornithologists' Union treats Cyanistes as a distinct genus. This is supported by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence analysis which suggests that Cyanistes in not only distinct, but not close to other titmice (Gill et al., 2005)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tit

I see the correct entry is still there, sorry but I will be using that unless someone can prove validity of hte alternative.

Looks like you will have to do another search on ITIS as the page for Cyanistes caeruleus hasn't shown.

thank you for adding this!!!

Oops! I made a mistake in saying specie instead of genus in my previous post;

On this very offical Dutch site it also says Paris caeruleus wallaby...

http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl/get?site=nlsr&view=nlsr&page_alias=conceptcard&cid=000464944238&q=pimpelmees

also on this UK site;
http://www.arkive.org/blue-tit/parus-caeruleus/images.html

The RSPB has it as Cyanistes caeruleus but I'm not saying they are correct either. It's usually ITIS which is referred to for correct naming.

The birdsofbritain site also calls it Parus caeruleus but I think resin would agree the RSPB would be the more correct. This could be the usual outdated carrying on of names we sometimes get, and others copy it.

As the Wiki article states, by genetic definition it is not the same Genus.

"the British Ornithologists' Union treats Cyanistes as a distinct genus. This is supported by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence analysis which suggests that Cyanistes in not only distinct, but not close to other titmice"

Re the 'Great Grey Owl' pelle, the word 'gray' is an American version of 'grey' so both names should be added.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_Owl

Could 'Pheasant, Common Pheasant' be added to: Ring-necked Pheasant please. (which also needs to be hyphenated)

Ring-necked Pheasant is a collective name for many subspecies and cross breeds, and as it would be impossible to separate them due to the fact they are bred and released it would be best to include all in one entry. ITIS supports this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Pheasant

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/36/

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Phasianus+colchicus&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All

wallaby, another 4 named bird (2 hyphens)Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Hmm, lol, the second one should be hyphenated as well, I think! Any hyphenated name should have the second word with a small case letter. Although, because 'Petrel' is a bird name, the temptation is to use a capital. Wiki doesn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-tailed_Storm-petrel

I searched on iTIS and htey use the capital which perhaps is correct? To me it seems more correct as it is a 'proper' name.

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt

This message was edited Dec 28, 2008 7:07 PM

Melody or Terry.

We need a hyphen in here.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/52/

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Florida_Scrub-Jay.html

That's the way all the guides have it.

Yes I edited my last post pelle, as ITIS uses the capital too!

In fact, ITIS uses the last two name with or without a hyphen, both are valid.

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel.

Let's leave it the way Cornell has it.

I'll look in my 5th guide to see what that says.