fr – fra – Français – French | About 80 million native speakers, in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada (Québec) and many other countries and regions of the world | Avionary Species Coverage: >99% | The French names are essentially those of the IOC list 14.2 of 2024. Most of the “Noms français normalisés des oiseaux du monde” by Jimmy Gaudin (2024) that differ from these are mentioned as French synonyms. Previously, the ‘Noms français des oiseaux du Monde’ by the ‘Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux (CINFO)’ of Pierre Devillers and his colleagues were followed, most of which still apply. In the past, Mr. J-F. Voisin also provided names directly. The French names are also listed on the relevant species list C, together with sister Romance languages: la/fr/it/rm/ro.
