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

The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

201/1230    Calayan Rail    Aptenorallus calayanensis

 

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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

…………………………………………………………………….

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

…………………………………………………………………….

201/125Y    Grey-necked Wood Rail

has a new English name:

201/125Y    Grey-cowled Wood Rail    Aramides cajaneus

…………………………………………………………………….

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