00 caren wrote: ... i can find an abbreviation list for bird names, such
as: RWBB (red-winged blackbird)... i've seen more than a few websites that
utilize such abbreviations, but i don't think i've ever seen an actual
list...
thanx...
00 caren

Hi Caren -

I use the North American bird banding 4-letter codes (Am. Birding Assn.
surely has their own.... but they only deal with 'full' species. The Bird
Banding Lab has codes for the 'common' subspecies/types - Audubon's and
Myrtle Warblers, Oregon & Slate-colored Juncos, etc.): "Taxonomic revisions
by the AOU have resulted in many changes in bird classification over the
past several decades. The Banding Offices acknowledge these changes and uses
the common names and species numbers assigned by the AOU. However, we have
maintained the common names and species numbers where the AOU has combined
formerly acknowledged species. For some of these species, there is an
"unidentified" category, to be used ONLY FOR TRULY UNIDENTIFIABLE OR
INTERGRADE INDIVIDUALS --- not in place of subspecific designation. The taxa
for which we have included formerly recognized species are: Townsend's
Shearwater, Green-winged Teal, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Brant, Tundra Swan,
Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, Savannah Sparrow,
Seaside Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Palm Warbler, and Tufted Titmouse."

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/manual/bandsize.htm

Their entire species table sorted by alpha code is at
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/manual/aspeclst.htm

Hope this helps,
Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net