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This seems to be a very difficult project you've taken on.
First, any of these flora or fauna lists need to cover a well-defined area. This article links to Palestine, but that article notes that the term has been used to mean different areas. So this article should say exactly what area it covers. Also, it should handle in a neutral way any controversies over the use of "Palestine" for the area.
For the taxonomy, you can follow List of birds of Israel; unless your Palestine includes Jordan, I doubt it will have many birds that aren't on that list. However, there's a proposal at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Birds for Wikipedia to follow the World Bird List of the International Ornithological Congress. I hope a decision will be made soon, and you might want to wait for it. If we do go to the IOC names, you can get a list of birds of Israel according to those names from Avibase. Most of WP's country lists are from Avibase, some of them with various corrections. (I can see one mistake at List of birds of Israel—either the Somali Ostrich shouldn't be on it, or it should be labeled "introduced". I just removed it.)
Supposedly, though, these region lists follow the nomenclature used in the region. If there's a consensus on bird nomenclature in this region, you should follow it.
I hope this is useful. — JerryFriedman (Talk) 13:24, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Tiamut, can you say what is meant by "Palestine" in "Birds of Palestine?" It's a term that has more than one meaning, as I know you know. IronDuke 20:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
For the sake of clarity about the geographical region, uniformity, and since we are talking about a single unit in terms of biology, I suggest we merge the two articles into an article called List of birds in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The name is based on the name of this existing article Biodiversity in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. DrorK ( talk) 08:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
How many of these birds "in Israel" are in the Golan? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 10:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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This seems to be a very difficult project you've taken on.
First, any of these flora or fauna lists need to cover a well-defined area. This article links to Palestine, but that article notes that the term has been used to mean different areas. So this article should say exactly what area it covers. Also, it should handle in a neutral way any controversies over the use of "Palestine" for the area.
For the taxonomy, you can follow List of birds of Israel; unless your Palestine includes Jordan, I doubt it will have many birds that aren't on that list. However, there's a proposal at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Birds for Wikipedia to follow the World Bird List of the International Ornithological Congress. I hope a decision will be made soon, and you might want to wait for it. If we do go to the IOC names, you can get a list of birds of Israel according to those names from Avibase. Most of WP's country lists are from Avibase, some of them with various corrections. (I can see one mistake at List of birds of Israel—either the Somali Ostrich shouldn't be on it, or it should be labeled "introduced". I just removed it.)
Supposedly, though, these region lists follow the nomenclature used in the region. If there's a consensus on bird nomenclature in this region, you should follow it.
I hope this is useful. — JerryFriedman (Talk) 13:24, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Tiamut, can you say what is meant by "Palestine" in "Birds of Palestine?" It's a term that has more than one meaning, as I know you know. IronDuke 20:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
For the sake of clarity about the geographical region, uniformity, and since we are talking about a single unit in terms of biology, I suggest we merge the two articles into an article called List of birds in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The name is based on the name of this existing article Biodiversity in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. DrorK ( talk) 08:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
How many of these birds "in Israel" are in the Golan? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 10:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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