Association of European Rarities Committees
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The Association of European Rarities Committees is a co-ordinating and liaison body for the bird
rarities committees of Europe
and other nearby countries.
It was created in 1993 at a meeting of European rarities committees on the German
island of Heligoland
.
The association's aims are as follows:
For a list of AERC members, see List of the member committees of the Association of European Rarities Committees
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
rarities committees of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and other nearby countries.
It was created in 1993 at a meeting of European rarities committees on the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
island of Heligoland
Heligoland
Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea.Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands are located in the Heligoland Bight in the south-eastern corner of the North Sea...
.
The association's aims are as follows:
- Encourage the founding of a national rarities committee in every European country
- Provide help for national committees when requested to do so
- Prepare and maintain a European bird list
- Organize meetings of delegates of the national committees at approximately two-year intervals to maintain personal contact, information exchange and co-operation
For a list of AERC members, see List of the member committees of the Association of European Rarities Committees
External links
- http://www.aerc.be/ AERC Website