title: Birds from the Azores: An updated list with some comments on species distribution.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An updated checklist of the Birds of the Azores is presented based on information compiled from Rodrigues et al. (2010) and from the websites, Azores Bird Club. (2014), Aves dos Açores (2014) Azores Bird Sightings (2014) and Vittery (2014), since 2010.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The checklist has a total of 414 species, including 38 new species. Almost half of the species and subspecies that occur in the Azores have a Palearctic origin, the remaining ones being essentialy Nearctic and Holarctic species. São Miguel is the island with the highest number of bird species, followed by Terceira, Corvo and Flores islands.
authors.affiliation: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Azores, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luís Md
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barcelos
authors.affiliation: Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: na, Biarritz, France.
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bried
authors.affiliation: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Azores, Portugal.
authors.forename: Enésima P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Azores, Portugal.
authors.forename: Rosalina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.affiliation: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Azores, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo Alexandre Vieira
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Borges
keywords: Azores; birds checklist; species distribution