Major updates of Holarctic List and "Skiljelistan"
On my EuroBirdNet Sweden website I run several lists, one is the Holarctic List

This is now updated with accepted Swedish records of rare birds in Sweden (all records from 2000 + the latest accepted records from 2001, accepted by the Swedish Rarities Committee April 8, 2002).



During 2001 the following new records were claimed;

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, undetermined species, so not counted as a species on the Swedish list).
American Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura (not accepted in Cat. A-C, April 2002).
Upland Sanpiper, Bartramia longicauda (accepted April 2002. New for Sweden).
Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarium (still under consideration).

The total number in Cat. A - C in Sweden is now 467 (according to my calculations at least).

Starting page; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html


For service to mainly Swedish birdwatchers I run a list which tells the taxonomic differences between the Holarctic List and Clements, Birds of the World.

For members in Club 300, one of the major Birding Clubs in Sweden, there are different rules on which species you can count on different lists;

For Western Palearctis and Sweden, you follow the Holarctic List (adopted by SOF, Swedish Orn. Ass. and Club 300).
But for your Worldlist you instead follow Clements, Birds of the World, ed. 5, 2000 + updates.

To see the differences between these two sources concerning the Western Palearctic, I run the so called "skiljelistan". (It is in Swedish but also have English and scientific names, so it is hopefully readable also for non-Swedes, if you are interested). It is now updated with the latest taxonomic changes publiched Feb 1, 2002 at the Clements updates web site (a number of splits among for example Sylvia warblers, Phylloscopus, Regulus, Serinus and Bubo).


Start at; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/skiljelistan.html
American Birding Association (ABA) has a good website with among other things rules on the borders of all the continents and oceans.
For Club 300 I have adopted these rules to Swedish, so Swedish world twitchers can keep track on their Africa list, South America list and so on. There are special rules for the Western Palearctic, which doesn't follow ABA rules.
You find the definitions at the Club 300 web site, or at the EBN site at; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/regionlistor.html (only in Swedish).
If you find any errors in the lists, please notify me.

Erling Jirle, Swedish coordinator, EuroBirdNet

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