Hi Al:

The defniition of thing in BD is basically the same definition used for subspecies or race in taxonomic terms. Or, in otherwords, referring to the same regularly inter-breeding population of birds (or other group of animals/plants/etc).

In this case, Al, you are saying that the AOU's B. gundlachii is different than Clements' B. a. gundlachii. That is news to me. I was under the impression that the two referred to the same group of regularly inter-breeding population of birds.

If so, then we want those that group (under AOU and Clements) to refer to the same internal BD thing so that when user logs a sighting against Clements' B. a. gundlachii that it will also show up as a sighting for AOU's B. gundlachii.

If they do not refer to the same group of birds, then please let me know how AOU is differening from Clements in definition.

Thanks Al...

Jeff

Yes Todd. The one on the Downloads page now has been corrected.

Do the following:

1. delete the current tax list using the Tax View window in BD
2. Download and import the current ABA 2007 tax and checklist files.
   Use the instructions on the Downloads :: Tax List Instructions page.

That is it in a nutshell. But let me know if you require assistance.

Jeff

Hi Jeff. I deleted the old 2007 tax list as per instruction 1, downloaded and unzipped the corrected ABA 2007 tax list, as per instruction 2, but when I went to import it into BD a message came up that said "This file is not recognized as a Birder's Diary Import file for [Taxonomy]!

Any suggestions?

Todd