Talk:List of United States birds

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What is the purpose of this list? It doesn't include all the birds of the United States (as the title says it does), because it doesn't include Hawaii—though it does list various excuses as to why it doesn't, and then points to another list of birds. Either this list should be renamed, or the Hawaiian birds should be added. MeegsC | Talk 11:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

The purpose of the list is to offer a comprehensive list of birds of the United States. Other nations have their respective lists, including Canada, so I created the US list. There are many species having occurring in the US ut not in Canada, and a few vice versa. Because Hawaii is so distinct geographically, I decided to add the state as an attachment rather than including on the main list. Population frequencies are so different on Hawaii than on the continental US, I couldn't find an easy way to include. If anyone has a better way to present the info, have at it......Pmeleski (talk) 02:57, 4 June 2008 (UTC)