French List of the
Birds of the World
 Version
française
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This list derives essentially from
Noms français des
oiseaux du Monde
(French
Names of the Birds of the World)
by the Commission internationale des noms français
des oiseaux
(International Board for the French Names of the Birds, CINFO)
with Pierre DEVILLERS, Henri OUELLET, Édouard BENITO-ESPINAL, Roseline BEUDELS,
Roger CRUON, Normand DAVID,
Christian ÉRARD, Michel GOSSELIN,
Gilles SEUTIN
MultiMondes Inc. eds, Sainte-Foy, Quebec & Chabaud eds,
Bayonne, France, 1993, 1st ed.
ISBN 2-87749035-1
We corrected some scientific names
according to
DAVID N., GOSSELIN M., 2002.
Gender agreement of avian species names.
Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 122 (1): 14-49
DAVID N., GOSSELIN M.,
2002.
The grammatical gender of avian genera.
Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 122 (4) :
257-282. (genera list PDF, 3 Mb)
&
AERC TAC, 2003.
AERC TAC's TAxonomic Recommendations.
Online version: http://www.aerc.eu/
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The species have a CINFO whole number.
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The new species described after the publication of the
book, which have no CINFO number, are numbered from the closest species
or from the last species of the genus plus 0,001 then 0,002 and so on.
Sometimes we propose a french name (with a question mark).
This list contains only living (or recently extinct) taxa (no
fossil bird).
So 9913 species
are registered by the CINFO
(zipped .xls list with english
names according to Sibley & Monroe, 1990, ca 400 Ko);
We have added the species discovered since the publication of the book
(at least those we have heard of,
see the Rolf A. de By web site about these newly described
species)
and some subspecies, either candidates to the species rank or not,
leading to a total of 11
463 taxa listed (14·8·06).
list with some subspecies
(PDF file, 11 476 taxa, 286 p., 1,95 Mb)
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Systematic sequences:
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Non-passerines:
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after STORER 1971
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Passerines:
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after SIBLEY et MONROE
1990
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The taxa with a debated rank (species or subspecies?) are
written with brackets:
Motacilla (flava) flavissima
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We add also the french synonyms from the
Commission de
l’avifaune française
(French Avifauna
Board, CAF)
plus some vernacular names from french-speaking
countries (Quebec...), from birds-breeders world or ancient authors (eg
Ménégaux).
You can also refer to the french adaptation of the book of
Michael WALTERS
(Check List of Birds, Domino Books ltd, 1996)
by Guilhem LESAFFRE and Pierre LE
MARÉCHAL:
L’inventaire des
oiseaux du Monde
(French Inventory of
the Birds of the World)
Delachaux & Niestlé eds, Lausanne, Paris, 1998,
ISBN 2-603-01107-3
or
The names of all birds,
Die Namen aller Vogelarten,
Le nom de tous les oiseaux
by Rita SCHMITT, 1996,
Natur-Studienreisen GmbH eds, ISBN 3-926252-20-0
If you find any mistakes, misspellings or oversights, feel
free to report them to alfosse at wanadoo.fr.
Thanks.
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To find the french name of a
species
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" You know the (sub-)family:
Click the family in the left frame.
(sometimes
the CINFO (sub-)families are different from what you know: use the search page to find the CINFO (sub-)family)
" You only know the scientific
name:
Use the search page
Warning: some genera from the generic names list are not those
of the CINFO;
only their CINFO synonyms will be found on the family lists
(for instance you will find Stictocarbo aristotelis
in the genera list
but Phalacrocorax aristotelis in the
Phalacrocoracidae list);
so check from the specific term (beware of the possibly varying
suffixes).
For the scientific synonyms, have a look to
Mic G. WELLS’ book:
World Bird Species Checklist:
with alternative English and scientific names
Worldlist eds, Bushey, 1998,
or go and see other lists.
You will find the CINFO order for the 30 orders and 182
families in the left frame
(clicking a family opens the family in the
main frame)
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See also
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 photo de Louis-Marie
Preau
 
Many
thanks to those who have helped me to improve this list:
Frédéric BARAS, Olivier CLAESSENS, Patrick DAUMAY, Ruud
GROOTENBOER, Alain GUIMOND,
Gérard JOANNÈS,
Jackie LEBLANC, Denis LEPAGE (Bird Links to the World), Alice MAURISOT,
Marty MICHENER, Alain PATAUD,
Daniel PHILIPPE, Stéphane POPINET,
Jo WARNIER.
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