Record Committee Decision 2023
At a meeting on 10 January 2023, the Record Committee made the following decisions:
Addition to Cat I
- No new addition into the Hong Kong List during this meeting.
The Hong Kong List still stands at 575 species in Cat I and II.
Removal of URF submission requirement
- No suggestion was made during the meeting
Outstanding URF for review/assessment
- 4 URFs for checklist sub-committee (all 2022)
- 41 URFs for main committee (1 for 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 37 for 2022)
The avifauna of Hong Kong
- Geoff Carey gave a presentation to RC members on the new online version of the Avifauna of Hong Kong (as Geoff Carey is editor of the Avifauna of Hong Kong). Discussion was made on issues of keeping and processing future bird records in relation to the Hong Kong Bird Report. It is anticipated the Avifauna of Hong Kong will be launched in the later part of 2023.
Taxonomy and HK List nomenclature changes
- There was no update on IOC (13.1 draft) till January 2023.
The next meeting is scheduled in mid-April 2023.
