Holarctic Birds. Version 2. | Svensk text |
This is the web version of the official list with Swedish names of all 2015 bird species recorded in the Holarctic region. It has Swedish, Scientific and English names of all birds, and also the status of all species occurring in Sweden (breeding, migrating, rarities). It is the only list of this kind on the web.
The list follows the directives announced by the Swedish Taxonomic Committee (TK in Swedish, STC in English), which cooperates with four other TCs working in Europe.
STC home page AERC-TAC home page.
A major change 2003 was that the order Anseriformes (Ducks, Geese and Swans) followed by Galliformes (Turkeys, Grouse, Quails, Pheasants, Partridges) was moved to the top of the list, after Struthioniformes (Ostrich, 1 species).
1 Feb 2007 a large number of changes were made in the list, after the second report from the STC was published. The report is published in Vår Fågelvärld issue 1, 2007, page 14-21. All new changes 2007 are marked with red text in the list, including the footnotes, which are listed on a separate footnote page.
The original Holarctic Birds from 1995 was based upon the suggestions that the Name Committee presented in the journal Vår Fågelvärld
during 1993 and 1994. It was then revised according to the comments received
from members of SOF. The version 2 of Holarctic Birds has been updated due to extensive work in STC from 2001 and onwards.
Some corrections to the old printed version, and comments (feedback from other ornithologists from June 1, 2002).
How to write bird names.
STC made its first report December 2003, published in Vår Fågelvärld 2003, issue 8, page 6-12 (in Swedish) with a large number of changes in taxonomy and systematics. (English translation soon available at STC web site.). All these changes are commented in the footnotes.
Minor corrections were also made 1 May 2004.
STC second report: Feb 2007. Can be read in full at the STC home page (will be translated to English in due course..).
The list presents new names of a number of species, but also the position of SOF in taxonomic matters. The Name Committee followed Mark Beaman's Palearctic Birds a checklist of the birds of Europe, North Africa and Asia north of the foothills of the Himalayas instead of Voous. When it comes to North American birds, the committee follows the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU).
STC is since 2001 in charge of the Holarktic List on behalf of the Swedish Ornithological Society (SOF). STC constantly follows the scientific progress in bird systematics and taxonomy which is reflected in the STC reports published at regular intervals. STC consists of Björn Anderson, Erling Jirle and Lars Svensson, supported by a Reference Group with professional taxonomists.
The entire
Arabian peninsula is included in the Palearctic region.
New species for Sweden 1998 :
Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewskii
4 new species 1999:
Bridled Tern, Sterna anaethetus.
Pacific Swift, Apus pacificus.
Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica.
Long-tailed Shrike, Lanius schach. The first for Europe (race erythronotus)
In 2000 one new species was recorded:
Zitting Cisticola, Cisticola juncidis.
One species was deleted 2000 from the Swedish list (seen only outside the limit of Swedish territorial waters);
Black-browed Albatross, Diomedea melanophris.
News from the Rarities Committee + the Club 300 List Committee:
An agreement was made 2 April 2000 to move 2 species from category D to category C;
Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus. Recorded both 1999 and 2000 in Sweden.
Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis. Several records recent years.
New species 2001:
Black-browed Albatross, Diomedea melanophris. (accepted April 2002, so back again on the Swedish list)
Fea's/Zino's Petrel, Pterodroma feae/madeira (accepted April 2002, but undetermined species, so not counted as a species on the Swedish list).
Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda.
Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarium (accepted March 2004).
At the RC meeting in April 2005 two species were deleted from the Swedish list (one old record of each species); Saker Falcon and Dusky Thrush.
New species 2005:
Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis.
Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris.
Little Curlew, Numenius minutus.
New species for Sweden 2006: 0.
But an old record from 1984 of Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus, the first for Europe, was accepted.
New species 2007:
Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalasarche chlororhynchos.
New species 2008:
Pallas's Gull, Larus ichthyaetus and
Cirl Bunting, Emberiza cirlus
The total number of accepted cat. A-C (= spontaneous) species in Sweden is consequently 490 (includes the 2007 split Melanitta americana, two undetermined* seabird species and one extinct; Great Auk).
References:
Kjellén, N. & Olssson, U. 1995. Holarktis fåglar. Vår Fågelvärld suppl. no. 43. Stockholm.
Breife, B., Hirschfeld, E., Kjellén, N. and Ullman, M. 2003. Sällsynta fåglar i Sverige ( = Rare Birds in Sweden). SOF, Stockholm.
Fågelåret 2002 ( = The Bird Year 2002). Vår Fågelvärld Supplement nr 40. SOF 2003, Stockholm.
Fågelåret 2003.
Fågelåret 2004.
Fågelåret 2005.
Fågelåret 2006.
Fågelåret 2007.
Fågelåret 2008.
Anderson, B., Jirle, E. & Svensson, L. 2007. Förändringar i listan över Holarktis fåglar. Vår Fågelvärld no 1, 2007:14-21.
Swedish Rare Bird Catalog (at www.sofnet.org; choose "Raritetskommittén" and then "Svenska Raritetskatalogen", which is bilingual).
Part 4. Passerines 1, Tyrant Flycatchers - Thrushes (292 spp.)
Part 5. Passerines 2, Forktails - Crows (409 spp.)
Part 6. Passerines 3, Starlings - Troupials (332 spp.)