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. Ed., 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. (pdf, 2.4 Mb)
DAVID N., GOSSELIN M., 2002.
The grammatical gender of avian genera.
Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 122 (4) : 257-282. (genera list PDF, 3 Mb)
DAVID N., GOSSELIN M., 2011.
Gender agreement of avian species-group names under Article 31.2.2 of the ICZN Code.
Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 131 (2) : 103-115. (pdf, 426 kb)
&
AERC TAC, 2003.
AERC TAC's Taxonomic Recommendations.
Online version: http://www.aerc.eu/
Moreover, some French names have been amended when they were obviously erroneous
(e.g. in the family Conopophagidae, Conopophage has been erroneously written Conophage)
or, when, after taxonomic changes,
Normand David, has proposed a new name
in the Handbook of the Birds of the World, Lynx Eds, Barcelona.
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The species have a complete CINFO 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 existing 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 birds therefore).
In this way 9913 species are registered by the CINFO
(zipped .xls list with English names according to Sibley & Monroe, 1990, c. 400 Kb);
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 ranking or not,
leading to a total of 11 937 taxa listed (17·3·12).
list with some subspecies (PDF file, 11 943 taxa, 366 p., 4.3 Mb)
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Systematic sequences:
Non-passerines: |
after STORER 1971 |
Passerines: |
after SIBLEY et MONROE 1990 |
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The taxa with a debatable rank (species or subspecies?) are written in brackets:
Motacilla (flava) flavissima
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We have also added the French synonyms from the
Commission de l’Avifaune Française
(French Avifauna Board, CAF)
plus some vernacular names from French-speaking countries (e.g. Quebec), from the world of bird-breeders world or original authors (e.g. Ménégaux).
You can also refer to the French adaptation of Michael WALTERS' book
(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 Ed., ISBN 3-926252-20-0
If you find any mistakes, misspellings or oversights, feel free to report them to alainbfosse at gmail.com.
Thanks.
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To find the French name of a species
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• If 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)
• If 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 in 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 at Mic G. WELLS’ book:
World Bird Species Checklist:
with alternative English and scientific names
Worldlist eds, Bushey, 1998,
or explore 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,
Daniel JONES, 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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