https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-is-taxonomic-order-and-why-is-it-used-for-the-sequence-of-birds-in-my-field-guide/ Your online guide to birds and birdwatching Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-is-taxonomic-order-and-why-is-it-used-for-the-sequence-of-birds-in-my-field-guide/#comment-4993 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:13:00 +0000 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?p=22085#comment-4993 The article explains very well what the taxonomic order is, but it doesn’t really answer the second question posed by the title, to wit: Why is this order used in field guides?

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