With AviSys Version 6 you can instantly "Switch" the species list on screen through three modes:
Thus, if you are working on a trip you took to Arizona, you simply invoke the built-in Arizona checklist, switch to Checklist Mode, and deal with only the 523 species found in Arizona.
And now you can have AviSys always start up with your state's (or any other) checklist invoked and in Checklist Mode. Another Powerful AviSys Exclusive!
If you are working on a trip you took to Belize, and have the *Shawneen Finnegan Nation Checklist Add-On installed, you simply invoke the Belize checklist and deal with only the 537 species found in Belize.
The ability to instantly switch through all three lists, without using any other software, is Another AviSys Exclusive!
In addition to the North America Band Code facility AviSys has had for years, AviSys now generates a World Band Code facility, covering the 9,900+ birds of the world. That facility is active when you are in World Mode, or Checklist Mode with a non-North America checklist invoked.
By using the five remarkably easy-to-learn, instinctive, band code rules, and entering four letters, you can get directly to any world bird in one step 57% of the time, and in two steps the remaining 43% of the time. In the two step cases, you are presented a list of birds from which you select the desired species. The list length ranges from 2 to 16, averaging 2.6. (In ABA N.A. mode, you get directly to the bird 80% of the time.)
Example: typing masn takes you instantly to the Madagascar Snipe.
AviSys' Jump Tables, and comprehensive Find facility, have always provided the quickest data entry of any birding software -- in N.A. or World modes. Now, with World Band Codes, data entry speed is improved by an order of magnitude. Another AviSys Exclusive!
You can also use the World Band Code facility with the butterfly, dragonfly and herps data sets. Another AviSys Exclusive!