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Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla added to Justin Taylor's Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man life list (BOU/IRBC), 18 Jul 1994. 389 species

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Sri Lanka IOC

The IOC Sri Lanka checklist is a subset of species from the complete IOC world list, based largely on the distribution and status data provided by Avibase and Birds of South Asia1. This provides an alternative with more up to date taxonomy than the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka list.

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Species name is defaulted from the previous species row and should of course be overwritten!
Genus is defaulted from the previous species row but may need overwriting; specific needs to be entered in either case.



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NB: Species name for the old taxon should be updated to differentiate it from the split taxa using a '/' or '[group]', e.g. Species A/Species B or Species A [group].
NB: Scientific name should also be updated similarly, e.g. Genus specific A/specific B or Genus specific A [group]
NB: Notes only allow up to 255 characters, but there is no enforcement of this. Anything longer will be truncated without warning.
NB: Species name for the old taxon should be updated to differentiate it from the split taxa using '[lumped]', e.g. Species A [lumped].
NB: Scientific should also be updated, using '[lumped]' or brackets for the old specific name, e.g. Genus specific [lumped] or Genus [specific] subspecific.
NB: Notes only allow up to 255 characters, but there is no enforcement of this. Anything longer will be truncated without warning.