Talk:List of birds of West Virginia

July 6, 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) 20:22, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Revise the references and text in the introduction.
 * Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
 * Revise the sequence of species in family Phasiannidae (Pheasants, grouse, and allies).
 * Revise the sequence of species in genus Selasphorus (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 Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags).

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, one species was added, one deleted, and the status of some others changed per the BBC.

Craigthebirder (talk) 16:56, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
 * Revise the binomial of a cormorant species.
 * Revise the genus and position of ruby-crowned kinglet.
 * Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.

Question
Is the Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) found in West Virginia? Should it be listed as rare? MsHeltonReads (talk) 20:57, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's listed on the West Virginia Bird Records Committee's West Virginia State Bird List of February 20, 2022, at https://www.brooksbirdclub.org/uploads/5/2/8/3/52832773/wv_list_02-20-22.pdf. It's marked as being on the "watch list", but I'm not sure what that means. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 21:40, 23 June 2022 (UTC)