BOW Webinar Whats new in Avian Taxonomy FINAL

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What’s new in Taxonomy – 2025 Edition
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What’s new in Taxonomy – 2025 Edition
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/whats-new-in-avian-taxonomy-2025

Description: Every year, the world’s taxonomic authorities propose a newly restructured avian taxonomy. Soon after the taxonomic changes are settled, our taxonomy team and editors get busy revising accounts so that the Birds of the World website reflects the new taxonomy. Concepts are intermediate to advanced.
The 2025 taxonomy updates were available in Birds of the World, eBird, Merlin, and Macaulay Library in November, 2025.

Concepts are intermediate to advanced.

1. Intro: AviList vs. Clements–Marshall Iliff
2. Summary of 2025 updates–Pam Rasmussen
3. Higher order taxonomic changes–Shawn Billerman
4. Other names, other taxa, and hybrids–Marshall Iliff
5. eBird, taxonomy, and you!–Marshall Iliff
6. Audience Q&A

Featuring:
Dr. Shawn Billerman, Science editor, Birds of the World
Dr. Pamela Rasmussen, Senior research associate – avian systematist, Birds of the World
Marshall Iliff, eBird project leader, taxonomy specialist, common names database manager
Host: Laura Kammermeier