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As the authors acknowledged, "Passions about bird names run high."<ref name = "BotW" />{{rp|1}} Reviews of the book were generally favorable.<>
The editor of ''Birding'' magazine called
S.N.G. Howell called the work a "handy little book" and "a good starting point [which] deserves serious consideration by persons interested in communicating" about birds, although the review mentions the inconsistency between this list and the AOU's names.<ref>Howell, S.N.G., [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/history/reviews/a-review-by-steve-howell/ Birds of the World: Recommended English Names]; ''Western Birds'' 37:239-240 (2006).</ref>
Rick Wright, while acknowledging that "[c]onsistency is a slippery goal," called the list "a spectacularly useful resource for anyone who writes, reads, or thinks about birds outside of his or her own region" and concluded that "the committee and the editors are to be congratulated for producing a useful and useable work."<ref>Rick Wright, [http://birdaz.com/blog/2006/08/28/gill-and-wright-birds-of-the-world-recommended-english-names/ Gill and Wright, Birds of the World: Recommended English Names], ''Birding New Jersey and the World'', Aug 28, 2008.</ref> (critical, mentions III as “world lister”)
However, the American Ornithologists' Union castigated the authors for not using the AOU's guidelines and policies, particularly in the treatment of hyphens.<ref>Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of Birds (North and Middle America) policy on English names of birds. ''The Auk'' 124(4):1472 (2007): "The AOU Committee has unanimously rejected the proposal to adopt the IOC guidelines and spelling rules for English names of North American birds. We will continue to follow the guidelines and policies outlined in the 6th and 7th editions of the Check-list of North American Birds.")</ref>
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