Latest Bird Checklists

Checklists are updated on a yearly basis.

Official Taxonomy Checklists

Bird Journal uses the taxonomy published by some of the worlds most respected ornithological authorities:

Country Checklists

Checklists for almost all countries of the world are courtesy of Mal Jenkins of Printable Bird Checklists printablebirdchecklists.homestead.com

Bird Journal comes pre-installed with the following country checklists:

Bird Journal Complete Edition

• Åland Islands
• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• American Samoa
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Bouvet Island
• Brazil
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Brunei Darussalam
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Christmas Island
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo
• Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
• Cook Islands
• Costa Rica
• Côte D'ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• French Southern Territories
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Greece

• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Holy See (Vatican City State)
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran, Islamic Republic of
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
• Korea, Republic of
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macao
• Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Martinique
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mexico
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Norway

• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestinian Territory, Occupied
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Pitcairn
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar
• Réunion
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Rwanda
• Saint Barthélemy
• Saint Helena
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Taiwan, Province of China
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania, United Republic of
• Thailand
• Timor-leste
• Togo
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City State
• Venezuela
• Viet nam
• Virgin Islands, British
• Virgin Islands, U.S.
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Bird Journal Continent Edition

Europe

• Åland Islands
• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Faroe Islands
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Greece

• Guernsey
• Holy See (Vatican City State)
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Italy
• Jersey
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands

• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City State

North America

• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador

• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Martinique
• Mexico
• Montserrat
• Netherlands Antilles
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Puerto Rico

• Saint Barthélemy
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United States
• Virgin Islands, British
• Virgin Islands, U.S.

South America

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia

• Ecuador
• Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Paraguay

• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Bird Journal Local Edition

Bird Journal Local Edition contains a single checklist, which is created using an official taxonomy for that country.

• Australia - CSIRO Les Christidis & Walter Boles
• Brazil - Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos
• Ireland - Irish Rare Birds Committee + subspecies
• North America - American Birding Association
• North & Central America - American Ornithologists' Union
• South America - South American Classification Committee
• Spain - Sociedad Española de Ornitología
• United Kingdom - British Ornithologists' Union + subspecies