AvianLexiconAtlas

The AvianLexiconAtlas is a database of descriptive categories for the officially recognized eBird/Clements English-language bird names for all species of birds. The database includes a dataset of assigned categories for all English-language species names in the 2022 eBird/Clements checklist as well as a glossary & gazetteer compiled during the dataset. This website currently hosts a user friendly spreadsheet version of the 2022 dataset and a Google docs version of the glossary and gazetteer.  This project was co-led by Erin S. Morrison, PhD (Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Liberal Studies) and Allison J. Shultz, PhD (Associate Curator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).

See the AvianLexiconAtlas GitHub for downloadable csv files of the dataset and a PDF of the glossary and gazetteer.

Stay tuned for future expansions of the database!

Publication: 

Morrison, E.S., Pandolfi, G.P., Aguillon, S.M., Ali, J.R., Archard, O., Baldassarre, D.T., Baquero, I., Bennett, K.F.P., Bonney, K.M., Bryant, R., Catanach, R.M., Catanach, T.A., Chavoshan, I., Davis, S.N., Goodman, B.D., Gulson-Castillo, E.R., Hack, M., He, Y., Hudon, J., Leighton, G.M., Long, K.M., Ma, Z., McCoy, D.E., McLaughlin, J.F., Moreno, G.R., Mota, T.M., Noguchi, L., Nwigwe, U., Pegan, T., Provost, K., Rasband, S.A., Salter, J.F., Silvernail, L.C., Simard, J.A., Skeen, H.R., Soto-Patiño, J., Suh, Y.H., Wang, Q., Warshauer, M.E., Yan, S., Zalinski, B., Zhao, Z., & Shultz, A.J. (2025) AvianLexiconAtlas: A database of descriptive categories of English-language bird names around the world. PLoS One 20(5):e0325890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325890

Questions or interested in collaborating? Contact us at avianlexiconatlas@nyu.edu.