2015 Citation & Checklist Download

Suggested citation for the 2015 version of the Clements Checklist, including the August 2015 Updates and Corrections:

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/2015-citation-checklist-download/

Three checklists are available. The first is the 2015 edition of the Clements Checklist (Clements Checklist v2015); the second is the 2015 edition of the eBird taxonomy (eBird v2015); and the third is the “Master” or integrated checklist, which includes all entries in both the Clements Checklist and the eBird taxonomy.

• Clements Checklist v2015 (3.9 MB Excel spreadsheet; 5.3 MB CSV File) Includes species, groups, and subspecies, with brief range description.
• eBird Taxonomy v2015 (1.1 MB Excel spreadsheet; 2.1 MB CSV File). Includes all categories that are reportable in eBird (including all taxa except subspecies from eBird/Clements Checklist) and is formatted with additional fields from eBird. Details of the eBird update will be posted soon on the eBird homepage.
• eBird/Clements Checklist v2015 (3.8 MB Excel spreadsheet; 5.4 MB CSV File) Combines all taxa from the Clements Checklist and all additional categories from the eBird taxonomy, with brief range descriptions for all taxa.