Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name) Alpha Codes for 2168 Bird Species (and 113 Non-Species Taxa) in accordance with the 62nd AOU Supplement (2021), sorted taxonomically Prepared by Peter Pyle and David F. DeSante The Institute for Bird Populations www.birdpop.org ENGLISH NAME 4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME 6-LETTER CODE Highland Tinamou HITI Nothocercus bonapartei NOTBON Great Tinamou GRTI Tinamus major TINMAJ Little Tinamou LITI Crypturellus soui CRYSOU Thicket Tinamou THTI Crypturellus cinnamomeus CRYCIN Slaty-breasted Tinamou SBTI Crypturellus boucardi CRYBOU Choco Tinamou CHTI Crypturellus kerriae CRYKER White-faced Whistling-Duck WFWD Dendrocygna viduata DENVID Black-bellied Whistling-Duck BBWD Dendrocygna autumnalis DENAUT West Indian Whistling-Duck WIWD Dendrocygna arborea DENARB Fulvous Whistling-Duck FUWD Dendrocygna bicolor DENBIC Emperor Goose EMGO Anser canagicus ANSCAN Snow Goose SNGO Anser caerulescens ANSCAE + Lesser Snow Goose White-morph LSGW Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Lesser Snow Goose Intermediate-morph LSGI Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Lesser Snow Goose Blue-morph LSGB Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Greater Snow Goose White-morph GSGW Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Greater Snow Goose Intermediate-morph GSGI Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Greater Snow Goose Blue-morph GSGB Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Snow X Ross's Goose Hybrid SRGH Anser caerulescens x rossii ANSCAR + Snow/Ross's Goose SRGO Anser caerulescens/rossii ANSCRO Ross's Goose ROGO Anser rossii ANSROS Graylag Goose GRGO Anser anser ANSANS Greater White-fronted Goose GWFG Anser albifrons ANSALB Lesser White-fronted Goose LWFG Anser erythropus ANSERY Taiga Bean-Goose TABG Anser fabalis ANSFAB Tundra Bean-Goose TUBG Anser serrirostris ANSSER Pink-footed Goose PFGO Anser brachyrhynchus ANSBRA Brant BRAN Branta bernicla BRABER + Atlantic Brant ATBR Branta bernicula bernicla BRABBE + Brant Intergrade BRIN Branta bernicula bernicula x nigrican BRABBN + Black Brant BLBR Branta bernicula nigricans BRABNI Barnacle Goose BARG* Branta leucopsis BRALEU Cackling Goose CACG* Branta hutchinsii BRAHUT + Aleutian Cackling Goose ACGO Branta hutchinsii leucopareia BRAHLE + Minima Cackling Goose MCGO Branta hutchinsii minima BRAHMI + Cackling/Canada Goose CCGO Branta hutchinsii/canadensis BRAHUC Canada Goose CANG* Branta canadensis BRACAN + Large Canada Goose LCGO Branta canadensis moffitti BRACMO “+” before English name indicates a non-species taxon * Four-letter and six-letter codes that, because of conflicts, are not "1st-order" codes are marked with asterisks. See Pyle and DeSante, North American Bird Bander 28:64-79 (2003) for more information. ENGLISH NAME 4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME 6-LETTER CODE + Small Canada Goose SCGO Branta canadensis parvipes BRACPA Hawaiian Goose HAGO Branta sandvicensis BRASAN + Unidentified Goose UNGO Anserinae (gen. sp.