Check-list of birds of the world

1931/01/01 by G. W. Jr Cottrell, James C. Greenway, Ernst Mayr +3 · 61 citations
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior

paper · pdf · doi:10.5962/bhl.title.14581

openalex publication_date 1931/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03

Abstract

Within each genus the species have been arranged in phylogenetic sequence as nearly as can be determined; subspecies are arranged geographically from North to South and from West to East.

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