On this page you can view how changes to the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook since its first annual edition.

2022 edition -> 2023 edition     IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2

921/8446    Flame-breasted Flowerpecker

has a new English name:

921/8446    Buru Flowerpecker    Dicaeum erythrothorax

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925/854E    Arabian Sunbird    Cinnyris hellmayri    (coastal w, s Arabian Peninsula)

has been split from:

925/8540    Shining Sunbird    Cinnyris habessinicus

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925/8555    Abbott’s Sunbird    Cinnyris abbotti    (sw Seychelles)

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

925/8554    Souimanga Sunbird    Cinnyris sovimanga

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933/866T    Ruvu Weaver    Ploceus holoxanthus    (ec Tanzania)

is a formerly recognised species that has now been re-established as being distinct from:

933/8668    Eastern Golden Weaver    Ploceus subaureus

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937/8822    Zebra Finch

has been split into two species:

937/8822    Sunda Zebra Finch    Taeniopygia guttata    (Lesser Sundas)

937/882E    Australian Zebra Finch    Taeniopygia castanotis    (Australia)

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937/8793    Angolan Waxbill

has a new English name:

937/8793    Angola Waxbill    Coccopygia bocagei

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949/8907    Arabian Accentor

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

949/8906    Radde’s Accentor    Prunella ocularis

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953/8968    Yellowish Pipit

has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:

Anthus chii

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961/9028    Sillem’s Mountain Finch

has a new English name:

961/9028    Sillem’s Rosefinch    Carpodacus sillemi

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961/9029    Long-tailed Rosefinch

has been split into two species:

961/9029    Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch    Carpodacus sibiricus

961/902T    Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch    Carpodacus lepidus    (c, sc China)

 

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2021 edition -> 2022 edition     IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2

Six subspecies of:

917/8404    Blue-winged Leafbird

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

917/840E    Blue-winged Leafbird    Chloropsis moluccensis

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917/8404    Blue-winged Leafbird

has a new English name:

917/8404    Javan Leafbird    Chloropsis cochinchinensis    (Java)

…………………………………………………………………….

917/840Y    Greyish-crowned Leafbird    Chloropsis lazulina

has been split from:

917/8409    Orange-bellied Leafbird    Chloropsis hardwickii

(w Yunnan, extreme nw Vietnam, nc, nw Laos and to w)

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Two subspecies of:

921/8434    Flame-crowned Flowerpecker

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

921/843E    Flame-crowned Flowerpecker    Dicaeum kampalili    (s Philippines)

…………………………………………………………………….

921/8434    Flame-crowned Flowerpecker

has a new English name:

921/8434    Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker    Dicaeum anthonyi    (n Philippines)

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Subspecies tephrolaemus of:

925/8483    Grey-chinned Sunbird

has been split to form a new species with the same English name:

925/848E    Grey-chinned Sunbird    Anthreptes tephrolaemus

…………………………………………………………………….

925/8483    Grey-chinned Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8483    Yellow-chinned Sunbird    Anthreptes rectirostris

(south-west w Africa)

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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.

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937/8835    Madagascan Mannikin

has a new English name:

937/8835    Madagascar Mannikin    Lepidopygia nana

…………………………………………………………………….

The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

937/8867    Java Sparrow    Padda oryzivora

937/8866    Timor Sparrow    Padda fuscata

937/8848    Streak-headed Mannikin    Mayrimunia tristissima

937/8849    White-spotted Mannikin    Mayrimunia leucosticta

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953/8925    Madagascan Wagtail

has a new English name:

953/8925    Madagascar Wagtail    Motacilla flaviventris

…………………………………………………………………….

953/8957    Eurasian Rock Pipit

has a new English name:

953/8957    European Rock Pipit    Anthus petrosus

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961/899T    Taiwan Bullfinch    Pyrrhula owstoni    (Taiwan)

has been split from:

961/8998    Grey-headed Bullfinch    Pyrrhula erythaca

…………………………………………………………………….

961/905E    Bonin Greenfinch    Chloris kittlitzi    (Bonin Islands)

has been split from:

961/9055    Grey-capped Greenfinch    Chloris sinica

…………………………………………………………………….

961/908E    Stripe-breasted Seedeater    Crithagra striatipectus

(Ethiopia, wc Kenya, ec, se South Sudan)

has been split from:

961/9084    Reichard’s Seedeater    Crithagra reichardi

…………………………………………………………………….

961/9102    Mountain Serin

has been split into two species:

961/9102    Indonesian Serin    Chrysocorythus estherae

(w, c Indonesia)

961/910E    Mindanao Serin     Chrysocorythus mindanensis

(s Philippines)

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Genera Chlorophonia and Euphonia of Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias have been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

961/913Y    Elegant Euphonia    Chlorophonia elegantissima

961/9141    Antillean Euphonia    Chlorophonia musica

961/9140    Golden-rumped Euphonia    Chlorophonia cyanocephala

…………………………………………………………………….

961/913E    West Mexican Euphonia    Euphonia godmani    (wc Mexico)

has been split from:

961/9130    Scrub Euphonia    Euphonia affinis

 

2020 edition -> 2021 edition     IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2

921/842E    Spectacled Flowerpecker    Dicaeum dayakorum    (Borneo)

is a newly described species.

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921/8430    Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker    Dicaeum melanozanthum

has a modified scientific name.

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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

937/8819    Star Finch    Bathilda ruficauda

937/881F    Plum-headed Finch    Aidemosyne modesta

937/8823    Double-barred Finch    Stizoptera bichenovii

937/8839    Bronze Mannikin    Spermestes cucullata

937/8840    Magpie Mannikin    Spermestes fringilloides

937/883F    Black-and-white Mannikin    Spermestes bicolor

937/883Y    Red-backed Mannikin    Spermestes nigriceps

937/8834    Gouldian Finch    Chloebia gouldiae

937/8759    Grey-headed Oliveback    Delacourella capistrata

937/8808    Black-cheeked Waxbill    Brunhilda charmosyna

937/8807    Black-faced Waxbill    Brunhilda erythronotos

937/8794    Lavender Waxbill    Glaucestrilda caerulescens

937/8795    Grey Waxbill    Glaucestrilda perreini

937/8796    Cinderella Waxbill    Glaucestrilda thomensis

937/8790    Purple Grenadier    Granatina ianthinogaster

937/878Y    Violet-eared Waxbill    Granatina granatina

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937/8838    Grey-headed Silverbill

has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:

Spermestes griseicapilla