Specimen number	70,575	(on 2020.2.29)
Family number	147	(93% of 158 families worldwide)
Genus number	1,370	(68.4% of 2,003 genera worldwide)
Species number	4,284	(47.5% of 9,024 species worldwide)

....News.....

2020.02.29: New data has been updated.
2019.02.26: New data has been updated.
2018.04.12: A correspondenc list between Yamashina (1986) and IOC World Bird List 3.2 has been uploaded by Excel file.
2018.03.20: New data has been updated.
2018.02.10: SSL (https) secured
2018.02.01: Newly 500 specimens were registered.
2017.03.30: Newly 704 specimens were registered.
2016.03.30: Newly 482 specimens were registered.
2015.03.30: Newly 453 specimens were registered.
2014.05.20: New 1471 data has been registered.
2014.03.26: The design has been renewed.
2014.03.26: New 545 data have been registered.
2011.10.16: 122 skeleton specimens were added to the database.
2011.02.05: 178 egg and nest specimens were added to the database.
2011.01.12: An English version was made accessible to the public.
2009.12.28: A database of 60,565 specimens compiled by the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology was published online.

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