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Improved performance:
Functionality, lay-out and speed of the website have been improved; the species lists are now presented in better legible new tabs.

Region:
The Avionarctic Region now essentially coincides with the Holarctic fauna region as conventionally defined. Only some species found in the extreme South-West (North Mexico and the bordering region of SW USA) and the extreme South-East (South China, Extreme South Japanese islands) are lacking. For details, see “The Region”.

Basis:
The 13.1 version of the IOC World Bird List of January 2023 (www.wordlbirdnames.org) is the basis for the Avionary 4.3 taxonomy.

Sounds and geographic distribution:

A variety of sounds for all species and most subspecies, as well as detailed distribution maps are presented through the Xeno-canto link for each species.

Extension and update in several languages:

Apart from addition of bird names from the added regions, extensions and/or revisions have been made for many languages.

Added wikipedia inforrmation:

The Swedish wikipedia link has been added, bringing the total to 7 languages

Added family information:

Bird families can now be searched in 2 more languages: Catalan and Czech, bringing the total to 21 languages.

More synonyms:

The number of synonyms (alternative names) for the various languages has been extended.

About 180 additional species and new species splits, as follows:

Added splits (7): Larus (vegae) mongolicus, Accipiter (gentilis) atricapillus, Ketupa (blakstoni) doerriesi, Nucifraga (caryocatactes) hemispila, Tarsiger (cyanurus) albocoeruleus, Carpodacus (sibiricus) lepidus, Sturnella (magna) lilianae .

Removed subspecies (2): Larus canus kamtschatschensis, Cyanistes teneriffae palmensis.

Added species from Eastern Palearctic/Oriental (61): Lophophorus lhuysii, Crossoptilon harmani, Bambusicola thoracicus, Apus salimalii, Columba janthina, Turnix suscitator, Thalasseus bernsteini, Nipponia nippon, Pitta nympha, Pericrocotus solaris, P. tegimae, Corvinella corvina, Lanius giganteus, Pteruthius xanthochlorus, Poecile davidi, P. hypermelaenus, P. weigoldicus, Machlolophus nuchalis, M. xanthogenys, Spizixos semitorques, Cettia major, C. brunnifrons, C. castaneocoronata, Aegithalos iouschistos, A. fuliginosus, Phylloscopus maculipennis, Prinia striata (split), Moupinia poecilotis, Fulvetta striaticollis, Sinosuthora conspicillata, Zosterops simplex, Ianthocincla sukatschewi, I. rufogularis, I. ocellata, I. maxima, Pterorhinus davidi, P. lanceolatus, P. waddelli, P. koslowi, Grandala coelicolor, Zoothera dixoni, Z. mollissima, Z. salimalii, Turdus mandarinus, Larvivora ruficeps, Myiomela leucura, Tarsiger indicus, Enicurus leschenaulti, Ficedula erithacus, F. strophiata, F. sapphira, F. subrubra, Aethopyga gouldiae, Mycerobas affinis, Agraphospiza rubescens, Carpodacus waltoni, C. roborowskii, C. sillemi, C. trifasciatus, C. subhimachalus, Spinus thibetanus.

Added species from Nearctic (70): Dendrocygna autumnalis, D. arborea, Anas diazi, A. bahamensis, Cyrtonyx montezumae, Chordeiles acutipennis, Antrostomus ridgwayi, A. arizonae, Eugenes fulgens, Lampornis clemenciae, Calothorax lucifer, Nesophlox evelynae, Calypte costae, Cynanthus latirostris, Ramosomyia violiceps, Amazilia yucatanensis, Crotophaga ani, C. sulcirostris, Coccyzus minor, Patagioenas leucocephala, Geotrygon chrysia, Rallus obsoletus, Tachybaptus dominicus, Larus livens, Hydrobates homochroa, H. melania, H. microsoma, Nannopterum brasilianum, Chondrohierax uncinatus, Buteogallus anthracinus, Parabuteo unicinctus, Geranoaetus albicaudatus, Buteo plagiatus, B. brachyurus, Micrathene whitneyi, Glaucidium brasilianum, Trogon elegans, Melanerpes uropygialis, M. superciliaris, Colaptes chrysoides, Falco femoralis, Contopus pertinax, Myiodynastes luteiventris, Tyrannus melancholicus, T. couchii, T. crassirostris, T. caudifasciatus, Myiarchus tuberculifer, M. tyrannulus, Vireo flavoviridis, V. altiloquus, V. crassirostris, Aphelocoma wollweberi, A. insularis, Phainopepla nitens, Baeolophus wollweberi, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Polioptila melanura, Toxostoma longirostre, T. crissale, Peucedramus taeniatus, Spinus lawrencei, Peucaea carpalis, Junco phaeonotus, Artemisiospiza belli, Spindalis zena, Icterus northropi, Setophaga flavescens, Cardellina rubrifrons, Myioborus pictus.

Added species from Northern Pacific (East Palaearctic and/or Nearcticc (30): Pterodroma solandri, P. ultima, P. nigripennis, P. cookii, P. longirostris, Puffinus opisthomelas.

Added species from Africa (30): Lophotis savilei, Lissotis melanogaster, Menelikornis leucotis, Columba larvata, Vanellus albiceps, V. lugubris, V. melanopterus, V. melanocephalus, Glareola cinerea, Gorsachius leuconotus, Apaloderma narina, Bucorvus abyssinicus, B. leadbeateri, Lophoceros hemprichii, Poicephalus meyeri, P. senegalus, Agapornis personatus, Batis erlangeri, Laniarius barbarus, L. erythrogaster, Melaniparus leucomelas, Psalidoprocne pristoptera, Hirundo albigularis, Phyllolais pulchella, Zosterops senegalensis, Onychognathus neumanni, Turdus abyssinicus, Melaenornis edolioides, M. pammelaina, Euplectes hordeaceus. 

Added species from elsewhere (8), partly in Holarctic as introduced species: Rhea americana, Rhea pennata, Fregata andrewsi, Thectocercus acuticaudatus, Psittacara mitratus, P. erythrogenys, Taeniopygia guttata, T. castanotis.

First release of Avionary: October 2003

Previous update: Avionary 4.2, November 2021