Welcome to Avibase

Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 3.5 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. This site is managed by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, the Canadian copartner of Birdlife International. Avibase has been a work in progress since 1992 and I am now pleased to offer it as a service to the bird-watching and scientific community.

© Denis Lepage 2008

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Number of records currently in Avibase: 4,451,034 - Last update: 2008-11-27

Avibase blog

2008-11-26: I've just updated the checklists for Baja California and Oxaca (Mexico), thanks to comments provided by Manuel Grosselet, and the list for Barbados, thanks to information provided by Paul Buckley. Thank you! I always appreciate the help.

2008-11-22: I've finished integrating the species names from latest Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol. 13, Remizidae to Laniidae). Thanks again to Jo Warnier for his precious help!

2008-11-19: You may notice that the URL to access the site has changed very slightly. It is now http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/. I've put redirections in place from the old address, but you should update your bookmarks. Sorry for the minor inconvenience.

2008-11-17: I have just completed integrating version 1.7 of the IOC checklist available at worldbirdnames.org. Version 1.7 includes a number of changes, including one addition (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus), a few splits (Pyrhurra picta, Zimmerius acer, Zimmerius albigularis), a few lumps (Suriri affinis, Myiagra fulviventris, Buteogallus subtilus) and several changes to the scientific names (mainly the genus names) or sequence. A summary of the main updates to earlier versions is available here.

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