This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of
extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for non-passerines Lynx
Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the HBW-
BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World,
building off the Handbook of the Birds of the World series, and
BirdLife’s annually updated taxonomic checklist. The new
Checklist will be based on the application of criteria for
recognising species limits described by Tobias et al. (2010).
Full details of the specific scores and the basis of these for
each new taxonomic revision will be provided in the Checklist.
Following publication, an open and transparent mechanism will be
established to allow people to comment on the taxonomic
revisions or suggest new ones, and provide new information of
relevance in order to inform regular updates. We are also
actively seeking input via a discussion topic here regarding
some potential taxonomic revisions that currently lack
sufficient information. The new Checklist will form