I bought a copy of AviSys 4.0 early this year. Now I am in the process of
entering all of the birds from my past records into that database. I started
in May 1988 and when I got to my trip to my trip to Israel and Austria I ran
into some bird ID problems. I was using "The Birds of Britain and Europe" by
Heinzel, Fitter and Parslow reprinted in 1984. A number of the birds were
not in the AviSys world list. But by going to the scientific names I was
able to find most of the new names.

I had listed a Hooded Crow (corvus corone cornix) seen in Israel and a
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) seen in Austria. The AviSys world list
only lists a Carrion Crow (Corvus corone). So I assume the Hooded Crow has
been lumped into the latter Carrion Crow

I also saw Tristram's Grackle (onycognathus tristramii) at Masada in Israel.
I cannot find either the English name or scientific name in the world list.
Can anyone tell me what the Tristram's Grackle has been renamed?

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com