In the course of doing some research, it was not too hard for me to
compose a complete list of Ohio's 427 bird species, in current AOU
official order, as accepted by the Ohio Bird Records Committee. I don't
have a web site, but I'd be glad to send this simple but complete and
up-to-date list to anyone who requests it, as a Word file. Please share
it if you like it. It has many uses: you can use it to find out the
shortest official names of local birds (Sora, Ruff), or the longest
(Northern Rough-winged Swallow, of course).
        I imagine a lot of Ohio birders could use a copy to mess around and
format useful lists of their own, such as Ohio life lists, local
checklists, etc. If you find an error or omission, please let me know.
        Any other such lists I know of are incomplete and/or currently
inaccurate. This list does not include scientific names, but they--and
taxonomic ordering--are going through a lot of changes recently, and can
always be found updated at the American Ornithologists' Union web site
at  http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/ ; changes are regularly announced in
the Auk's yearly July issue, and are available on the Web from the AOU
at that time.
        Anyway, I thought this list might be helpful for the tiny number of
Ohio birders who keep lists.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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