ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART TWO Updates
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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
173/1135 Houbara Bustard
has a new English name:
173/1135 African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata
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173/1136 Macqueen’s Bustard
has a new English name:
173/1136 Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii
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315/210E Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps (sw, sc Madagascar)
has been split from:
315/2101 Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps (nw, wc Madagacar)
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315/211E Mentawai Malkoha Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
(Mentawai Islands off w Sumatra)
has been split from:
315/2111 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
315/2148 Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
315/2149 Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
315/214F Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
315/214Y Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
315/2150 Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
315/2151 White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
315/2152 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
315/2153 Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
315/2154 White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
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315/215E Pied Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites crassirostris (se, ec Indonesia)
has been split from:
315/2152 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
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315/215T Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens (nc Indonesia)
has been split from:
315/215Y Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
which has a new English name:
315/215Y Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
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315/215K Manus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis blandus
(Admiralty Islands: nw Bismarck Archipelago)
and
315/215P Solomons Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis addendus (Solomons)
have been split from:
315/215F Brush Cuckoo
which has a new English name:
315/215F Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
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315/2160 Moluccan Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2160 Moluccan Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus
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303/1803 MacKinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove
has a new English name:
303/1803 Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
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303/1888 Tongan Ground Dove
has a new English name:
303/1888 Shy Ground Dove Pampusana stairi
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The following three Fiji endemics:
303/1964 Orange Fruit Dove
303/1965 Golden Fruit Dove
303/1966 Whistling Fruit Dove
have new English names:
303/1964 Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor
303/1965 Golden Dove Ptilinopus luteovirens
303/1966 Whistling Dove Ptilinopus layardi
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303/1980 Marquesan Imperial Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1980 Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata
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303/2004 Chatham Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/2004 Chatham Islands Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis
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Genus Rallicula of Forest Rails within Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails & Forest Rails has been partially resequenced.
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Genus Mustelirallus within Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been resequenced.
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
173/1141 Karoo Korhaan Heterotetrax vigorsii
173/1142 Rüppell’s Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii
173/1143 Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis
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315/2170 Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2170 Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
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303/1754 Comoros Olive Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1754 Comoro Olive Pigeon Columba pollenii
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303/1761 Japanese Wood Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1761 Black Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
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303/1915 Comoros Green Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1915 Comoro Green Pigeon Treron griveaudi
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303/1969 Comoros Blue Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1969 Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini
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303/197E Enggano Imperial Pigeon Ducula oenothorax
(Enggano Island off sw Sumatra)
has been split from:
303/1974 Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails & Forest Rails has a new English name.
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193/1191 Madagascar Wood Rail
has a new English name:
193/1191 Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides
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193/1192 Tsingy Wood Rail
has a new English name:
193/1192 Tsingy Forest Rail Mentocrex beankaensis
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
201/128F Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
201/1289 Colombian Crake Mustelirallus colombianus
201/1288 Zapata Rail Mustelirallus cerverai
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
201/1230 Calayan Rail Aptenorallus calayanensis
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
311/2047 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
311/2046 Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
311/2048 White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
311/2042 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
311/2043 Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni
311/2041 Ruspoli’s Turaco Menelikornis ruspolii
311/2040 White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
311/2044 Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
311/2045 Ross’s Turaco Tauraco rossae
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315/209E Kai Coucal Centropus spilopterus (Kai Islands)
has been split from:
315/2095 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
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315/2179 Madagascan Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2179 Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
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299/172F Madagascan Sandgrouse
has a new English name:
299/172F Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
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303/1788 Island Collared Dove
has been split into two species:
303/1788 Sunda Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
(sw, sc Indonesia, Timor)
303/178P Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri (Philippines)
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303/178T Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla (c Myanmar)
has been split from:
303/1789 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
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303/1914 Madagascan Green Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1914 Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
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303/1922 Whistling Green Pigeon
has been split into two species:
303/192E Ryukyu Green Pigeon Treron permagnus (Ryukyu Islands)
303/1922 Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae (Taiwan, n Philippines)
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303/1931 Oberholser’s Fruit Dove
has a new species epithet:
303/1931 Oberholser’s Fruit Dove Ptilinopus gularis
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303/194E Raiatea Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster (w Society Islands)
has been split from:
303/1947 Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus (e Society Islands)
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303/195E Geelvink Fruit Dove Ptilinopus speciosus
(islands off nw New Guinea)
has been split from:
303/1956 Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
(Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands)
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303/1968 Madagascan Blue Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1968 Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
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303/198E Geelvink Imperial Pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana
(islands off nw New Guinea)
has been split from:
303/1982 Spice Imperial Pigeon Ducula myristicivora
(ne Moluccas, islands off w New Guinea)
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303/199E Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea (sw India)
has been split from:
303/1997 Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
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193/1191 Madagascan Wood Rail
has a new English name:
193/1191 Madagascar Wood Rail Mentocrex kioloides
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193/1199 Madagascan Flufftail
has a new English name:
193/1199 Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis
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201/124Y Madagascan Rail
has a new English name:
201/124Y Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
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099/0663 Madagascan Grebe
has a new English name:
099/0663 Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
303/1794 Red Turtle Dove
has a new English name:
303/1794 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
303/183Y Purple-winged Ground Dove Paraclaravis geoffroyi
303/1840 Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura
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Within Order Gruiformes, Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails has been resequenced to precede Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots.
Genus Sarothrura of Flufftails has been resequenced.
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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.
Genus Rallicula of Forest Rails has been resequenced and transferred to Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails.
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201/1260 Rufous-naped Wood Rail
has a new English name:
201/1260 Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
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201/125Y Grey-necked Wood Rail
has a new English name:
201/125Y Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
201/1280 Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis
201/1254 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
201/1239 Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
201/1231 New Caledonian Rail Cabalus lafresnayanus
201/1233 Okinawa Rail Hypotaenidia okinawae
201/1234 Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata
201/1236 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
201/1237 Guam Rail Hypotaenidia owstoni
201/1235 Pink-legged Rail Hypotaenidia insignis
201/1238 Roviana Rail Hypotaenidia rovianae
201/122F Woodford’s Rail Hypotaenidia woodfordi
201/1232 Lord Howe Woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris
201/121Y Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
201/121F Chestnut-headed Crake Rufirallus castaneiceps
201/127Y Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
201/1285 Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
201/1258 Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi
201/1273 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
201/1274 Sakalava Rail Zapornia olivieri
201/1281 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
201/1282 Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
201/1275 Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
201/1269 Brown Crake Zapornia akool
201/1277 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
201/1276 Little Crake Zapornia parva
201/1283 Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
201/1284 Henderson Crake Zapornia atra
201/1286 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced.
The following families have been moved from elsewhere to Part 2 of the IOC birdlist:
Family: Musophagidae – Turacos from Part 3
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos from Part 3
Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse from Part 3
Family: Columbidae – Pigeons, Doves from Part 3
Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes from Part 1
Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos from Part 1
The following families have been moved from Part 2 to elsewhere in the IOC birdlist:
19 Charadriiformes families to Part 3
Family: Rhynochetidae – Kagu to Part 3
Family: Eurypygidae – Sunbittern to Part 3
Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures to Part 4
Family: Sagittariidae – Secretarybird to Part 4
Family: Pandionidae – Ospreys to Part 4
Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles to Part 4
Family: Cariamidae – Seriemas to Part 5
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots
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Genus Alopecoenas of Ground Doves has been renamed:
Pampusana
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The Canirallus genus within Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails has been reassessed and transferred to Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots:
193/1190 Grey-throated Rail
now has the family identifier:
201/1190 Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus within Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails:
193/1191 Madagascan Wood Rail Mentocrex kioloides
193/1192 Tsingy Wood Rail Mentocrex beankaensis
2018 edition -> 2019 edition IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2
201/1299 Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
Subspecies viridis resident in s Myanmar to the Malay Peninsula and Vietnam has been re-ascribed to Grey-headed Swamphen, confining the range of Black-backed Swamphen to:
(eastern se Asia, sw Sulawesi)
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245/1405 White-headed Stilt (se ASIA, AUS)
has a new English name:
245/1405 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
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286/1598 Grey Noddy
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Anous albivitta
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