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WikiProject Birds To-do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea (more)
Cleanup : Bullfinch • Vesper sparrow • Bird flight • Bird bath (more)
Copyedit : Plushcap • Magpie duck • Saker falcon (more)
Expand : Phalarope • Nidicolous • Gouldian finch • Cathartes • Cnemophilidae • Avian malaria (more)
NPOV : Debeaking • Driven grouse shooting • Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (more)
Stubs : Cathartiformes • Semiplumbeous hawk • Rainbow-bearded Thornbill • Sunda scops owl (more)
Update : Coal tit • Scottish crossbill • New Caledonian lorikeet • Operation Migration (more)
Verify : Argus (bird) • Blyth's frogmouth • Nik Borrow • Pytilia • Fregata • Chestnut-headed tesia • Darter • Pallid scops owl • Starling (more)
Wikify : Ninox boobook ocellata • The Institute for Bird Populations (more)
Other : Add photos to bird articles needing photos (search Flickr for free images). Add taxonomic authorities to genus articles.

More outstanding tasks at the project's cleanup listing, Category:Birds articles needing attention, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Todo.

WikiProject Birds was featured in a WikiProject Report in the Signpost on 10 May 2010.

WikiProject Birds was featured in a WikiProject Report in the Signpost on 6 February 2017.

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Category:Birds of (African countries)[edit]

Isee back in 2016 someone deleted Categories: Birds of...(African countries)but just for the African countries, nowhere else. Long term project is to try to restore them in some fashion....Pvmoutside (talk) 11:06, 17 July 2023

Gray-cheeked thrush -- did I make a mistake?[edit]

I was surprised to see this bird at the spelling "grey". A quick search of popular bird books and websites (including some in Canada) returned unanimous "gray" spelling, and on inspection of the history it looks like it was created with "gray" and then moved to "grey" without discussion back in 2008. I do see that in e.g. British birding books it's spelled "grey", but I don't see any use by authoritative sources in the bird's actual range. So I moved it. Now, however, I wonder if there's a standard this WikiProject prefers to go by, and to what extent spelling in the native range should matter? Certainly don't want to start an WP:ENGVAR conflict. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 22:14, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We usually go by ENGVAR for the species's range, so your move was fine. AryKun (talk) 23:07, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Highly cited ornithology journals[edit]

I've put in some work to complete the particularly notable entries under Wikipedia:WikiProject_Birds/Article_requests/Journals (see Bird Conservation International‎, Bird Study, Marine Ornithology) but am having trouble when looking at the last one on the list (Stray Feathers). There's already a decent account of the journal's history on Allan Hume's article, and since it hasn't been published in over 100 years I can't use any of the sources typically used to establish journal notability (Scopus, MIAR, Web of Science, etc.). Any recommendations on this front? Recon rabbit 17:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These should help: [1]; [2]; doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1873.tb05894.x; [3]; [4]; JSTOR 23001825 Have fun! Esculenta (talk) 22:40, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken of Tomorrow Contest[edit]

I recently created an article for the Chicken of Tomorrow Contest. It may be of interest to members of this project. Thriley (talk) 20:47, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page merges - pending for long time[edit]

I want to bring to your attention an issue that has been annoying me for some time, but I don't know how to handle it myself. This relates to the birds of New Zealand.

I need to find someone with a good understanding of the relevant science to perform these merges without introducing errors, and is willing to apply WP:BOLD. Please consider helping if this sounds like a good fit for you.

Talk:Little_penguin: Merge discussion opened August 2023, closed with result of merge April 2024. As of today, the actual merge hasn't happened yet.The taxonomy is nuanced, as discussed in the merge discussion. Please merge both Eudyptula novaehollandiae and Eudyptula into Little penguin.

Talk:Yellow-eyed penguin: Merge discussion opened October 2023. I believe that the result is a merge consensus, but the discussion hasn't closed yet and the merge hasn't happened. Please merge both Waitaha penguin and Megadyptes into Yellow-eyed penguin.

Talk:New Zealand raven: Merge discussion opened November 2023. I believe that the result is a merge consensus, but the discussion hasn't closed yet and the merge hasn't happened. Please merge Chatham raven into New Zealand raven.

Talk:Xenicus: Merge discussion opened November 2023. I believe that the result is a merge consensus, but the discussion hasn't closed yet and the merge hasn't happened. Please merge Pachyplichas into Xenicus. I think that North Island stout-legged wren and South Island stout-legged wren can remain separate articles for now, although this can be revised in the future. Columbianmammoth (talk) 17:59, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]