Talk:List of birds of Maine
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Order of sections
I think that the sections should be organized in some manner, as I could not determine how they were organized. I would suggest that they are alphabetized by order then family. Scotteaton92 (talk) 18:45, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Scotteaton92: Lists of birds are usually in taxonomic sequence. I don't know enough about birds to say that is true for this article, but I believe it is the intent of the "List of birds of ..." series and those lists are generally in the same order. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 22:49, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
- @SchreiberBike: Thanks. I may take a look to see if they are in the correct order. Scotteaton92 (talk) 18:41, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
July 3, 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 and text in the introduction.
- Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phasiannidae (Pheasants, grouse, and allies).
- Revise the sequence of species in genus Selasphorus (Hummingbirds).
- Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).
- Revise the sequence of species in family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags).
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, one species was added per the MBRC.
- 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 the binomial of a cormorant species.
- Revise the specific epithet of crested caracara.
- Revise the genus and position of ruby-crowned kinglet.
- Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.