| Title: | Access and Work with the 'AviList' Global Avian Checklist |
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| Description: | Provides easy access to the 'AviList' Global Avian Checklist, the first unified global bird taxonomy that harmonizes previous differences between International Ornithological Committee ('IOC'), 'Clements', and 'BirdLife' checklists. This package contains the complete 'AviList' dataset as R data objects ready for ornithological research and analysis. For more details see 'AviList' Core Team (2025) <doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025>. |
| Authors: | Jasmine Daly [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-2428>), AviList Core Team [dtc] (Data creators, see https://www.avilist.org/about/team-profiles/) |
| Maintainer: | Jasmine Daly <[email protected]> |
| License: | CC0 |
| Version: | 0.0.1 |
| Built: | 2026-05-14 06:35:47 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/dalyanalytics/avilistr |
The complete AviList dataset containing all bird species, subspecies, and taxonomic information as of June 2025. This is the extended version with all available fields including nomenclatural details, bibliographic information, and external database links.
avilist_2025avilist_2025
A data frame with 33684 rows and 26 columns. See avilist_metadata for detailed field descriptions.
AviList Core Team. 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025
# Load the full dataset data(avilist_2025) # View summary str(avilist_2025)# Load the full dataset data(avilist_2025) # View summary str(avilist_2025)
The essential fields from the AviList dataset containing core taxonomic information for all bird species and subspecies as of June 2025. This is the official short version provided by the AviList team, optimized for faster loading and basic taxonomic operations.
avilist_2025_shortavilist_2025_short
A data frame with 33684 rows and 14 columns. See avilist_metadata for detailed field descriptions.
AviList Core Team. 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025
# Load the short dataset (faster loading) data(avilist_2025_short) # View summary str(avilist_2025_short)# Load the short dataset (faster loading) data(avilist_2025_short) # View summary str(avilist_2025_short)
Metadata describing all fields in the AviList datasets, including field descriptions, data types, sources, and availability in different dataset versions.
avilist_metadataavilist_metadata
A tibble with metadata for all AviList fields:
Name of the field in the dataset
Human-readable description of the field content
Data type (character, numeric, etc.)
Original source of the data (AviList, Clements, etc.)
Logical, whether field is in the full dataset
Logical, whether field is in the short dataset
Generated from AviList field analysis
# View all field descriptions data(avilist_metadata) # Fields in short version only avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$in_short_version, ] # Fields from specific sources avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$source == "Clements", ]# View all field descriptions data(avilist_metadata) # Fields in short version only avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$in_short_version, ] # Fields from specific sources avilist_metadata[avilist_metadata$source == "Clements", ]