Talk:List of birds of Northwest Territories

July 7, 2020 revisions

Because of the large number of changes necessitated by the update to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds which the American Ornithological Society published on June 30, 2020, the revisions to this article are presented here rather than in a long series of edit summaries. Changes are per the AOS unless otherwise noted.

• Revise the references, counts, and text in the introduction.
• Add a family and 5 species per Lepage - text is from the family's article; see it for original sources.
• Delete 11 species per Lepage.
• Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
• Revise the sequence of species in genus Selasphorus (Hummingbirds).
• Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).

Craigthebirder (talk) 21:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

August 2021 revision

These are the changes made to update this list to the 2021 Check-list of North and Middle American Birds published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) on June 29, 2021. In addition, two species were added per Avibase.

• Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
• Revise the genus of spruce grouse.
• Split mew gull into common gull and short-billed gull and revise entries accordingly.
• Revise binomial of cormorant species.
• Revise the genus of ruby-crowned kinglet.
• Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.

Craigthebirder (talk) 12:21, 13 August 2021 (UTC)