Talk:List of birds of Nicaragua

Breeding plumage shorebirds
Perhaps it's only a personal bugbear, but it drives me nuts when lists of Central and South American countries show arctic shorebirds (e.g. Dunlin) in breeding plumage&mdash;a plumage never seen in that part of the world! MeegsC | Talk 15:31, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

July 9, 2020 revisions
Because of the large number of changes necessitated by the update to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds which the American Ornithological Society published on June 30, 2020, the revisions to this article are presented here rather than in a long series of edit summaries. Changes are per the AOS unless otherwise noted.

Craigthebirder (talk) 02:31, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Revise the references, counts, and text in the introduction.
 * Add 2 species and revise tags per Lepage.
 * Replace 1 species because of a split.
 * Revise 1 English name.
 * Revise 11 genera.
 * Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
 * Revise the sequence of genera in family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds).
 * Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).
 * Revise the sequence of families in order Suliformes.
 * Revise the sequence of species in family Cathartidae (New World vultures).
 * Revise the sequence of species in family Strigidae (Owls).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Chloroceryle (Kingfishers).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Ara (New World and African parrots).
 * Revise the sequence of species in family Thamnophilidae (Typical antbirds).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Progne (Swallows).

August 2021 revision
These are the changes made to update this list to the 2021 Check-list of North and Middle American Birds published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) on June 29, 2021. In addition, seven species were added per Avibase.

Craigthebirder (talk) 15:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
 * Revise the sequence of Chaetura swifts.
 * Revise the binomials of cormorant species.
 * Revise the genus of striped owl.
 * Revise the specific epithet of crested caracara.
 * Revise the sequence of gnatcatcher species.
 * Replace tropical gnatcatcher with white-browed gnatcatcher.
 * Replace sedge wren with grass wren.
 * Revise the sequence of chlorophonia and euphonia species.
 * Revise the genus of elegant euphonia.
 * Replace rufous-capped warbler with chestnut-capped warbler.
 * Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.