Examples of Matching Bird Names and Codes

The Match Bird Names and Codes web page provides a convenient mechanism for matching English bird names, scientific bird names, 4-letter codes derived from English names, and 6-letter codes derived from scientific names. Several examples are shown below:

By selecting other options, it is also possible to match 4-letter and 6-letter Institute for Bird populations (IBP) codes.

 


 

Example 1 — Matching any name or code. Matching any name or code allows one to find any listing that contains the text to be matched. Often matching any name or code will generate the desired results even though a particular name or code is not specified. This method is used unless another method is selected. For example, matching Canada generates the results displayed in Table 1.

Table 1
Match type: Any name or code. Text to match: Canada
IBP
4-letter
code
English name Scientific name IBP
6-letter
code
CCGO+Cackling/Canada GooseBranta hutchinsii/canadensisBRAHUC
CANG*Canada GooseBranta canadensisBRACAN
LCGO+Large Canada GooseBranta canadensis moffittiBRACMO
SCGO+Small Canada GooseBranta canadensis parvipesBRACPA
CAJACanada JayPerisoreus canadensisPERCAN
CAWACanada WarblerCardellina canadensisCADCAN*

Note that the IBP 4-letter code for Canada Goose is followed by an asterisk (*) because it differs from the 1st-order code "CAGO." There is a conflict because Canada Goose and Cackling Goose both have the same 1st-order code. Also note that English names that are preceded by a plus sign (+) do not refer to species.

 


 

Example 2 — Matching only English names. Matching English names allows one to find IBP 4-letter codes, scientific names, and IBP 6-letter codes from an English name. Usually, it's not necessary to enter the complete English name to get usable results. Table 2 was produced by matching the text egret to English names.

Table 2
Match type: English names. Text to match: egret
IBP
4-letter
code
English name Scientific name IBP
6-letter
code
GREGGreat EgretArdea albaARDALB
INEGIntermediate EgretArdea intermediaARDINT
CHEGChinese EgretEgretta eulophotesEGREUL
LIEGLittle EgretEgretta garzettaEGRGAR
WERHWestern Reef-HeronEgretta gularisEGRGUL
SNEGSnowy EgretEgretta thulaEGRTHU
LBHELittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaEGRCAE
TRHETricolored HeronEgretta tricolorEGRTRI
REEGReddish EgretEgretta rufescensEGRRUF
CAEGCattle EgretBubulcus ibisBUBIBI

Note that matching is not case-sensitive. The same results would have been returned by matching Egret, EGRET or eGrEt.

 


 

Example 3 — Matching only scientific names. Three different genera are represented in Table 2: Ardea, Egretta, and Bubulcus. Some birds with "Egret" in their English names are not in the genus Egretta. If we match "egret" in scientific names we get the results shown in Table 3.

Table 3
Match type: Scientific names. Text to match: egret
IBP
4-letter
code
English name Scientific name IBP
6-letter
code
CHEGChinese EgretEgretta eulophotesEGREUL
LIEGLittle EgretEgretta garzettaEGRGAR
WERHWestern Reef-HeronEgretta gularisEGRGUL
SNEGSnowy EgretEgretta thulaEGRTHU
LBHELittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaEGRCAE
TRHETricolored HeronEgretta tricolorEGRTRI
REEGReddish EgretEgretta rufescensEGRRUF

Notice that English names of birds in the genus Egretta don't necessarily contain the word "egret".

 


 


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