ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART THREE 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.

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

274/1518    South American Snipe

has a new English name:

274/1518    Pantanal Snipe    Gallinago paraguaiae

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079/0539    New Caledonian Storm Petrel    Fregetta lineata

(breeds New Caledonia?)

is a newly described species.

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087/0571    Hornby’s Storm Petrel

has a new English name:

087/0571    Ringed Storm Petrel    Hydrobates hornbyi

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091/058E    MacGillivray’s Prion    Pachyptila macgillivrayi

(breeds Tristan da Cunha, St. Paul Island)

has been split from:

091/0583    Salvin’s Prion    Pachyptila salvini

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091/0613    De Filippi’s Petrel

has a new English name:

091/0613    Masatierra Petrel    Pterodroma defilippiana

 

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

217/1352    Hottentot Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1352    Fynbos Buttonquail    Turnix hottentottus

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217/1357    Madagascan Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1357    Madagascar Buttonquail    Turnix nigricollis

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249/1446    Madagascan Plover

has a new English name:

249/1446    Madagascar Plover    Charadrius thoracicus

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261/1482    Madagascan Jacana

has a new English name:

261/1482    Madagascar Jacana    Actophilornis albinucha

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274/1514    Madagascan Snipe

has a new English name:

274/1514    Madagascar Snipe    Gallinago macrodactyla

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274/151T    Magellanic Snipe    Gallinago magellanica

(Chile, c, s Argentina, Falkland Islands)

has been split from:

274/1518    South American Snipe    Gallinago paraguaiae

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280/1589    Madagascan Pratincole

has a new English name:

280/1589    Madagascar Pratincole    Glareola ocularis

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286/162Y    Mew Gull

has been split into two species:

286/162Y    Common Gull    Larus canus

286/162T    Short-billed Gull    Larus brachyrhynchus    (nw North America)

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Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins has been resequenced.

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The species within genus Oceanodroma of Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced and ascribed to existing genus Hydrobates.

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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been revised.

The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

146/0852    Red-legged Cormorant    Poikilocarbo gaimardi

146/0857    Brandt’s Cormorant    Urile penicillatus

146/0859    Red-faced Cormorant    Urile urile

146/0858    Pelagic Cormorant    Urile pelagicus

146/0860    European Shag    Gulosus aristotelis

146/0853    Flightless Cormorant    Nannopterum harrisi

146/085F    Neotropic Cormorant    Nannopterum brasilianum

146/085Y    Double-crested Cormorant    Nannopterum auritum

146/086F    Rock Shag    Leucocarbo magellanicus

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115/0744    Madagascan Ibis

has a new English name:

115/0744    Madagascar Ibis    Lophotibis cristata

 

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

249/145E    White-faced Plover    Charadrius dealbatus    (breeds se China)

has been split from:

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Charadrius alexandrinus

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274/1530    Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus

has been split into two species:

274/1530    Eurasian Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus

274/153E    Hudsonian Whimbrel    Numenius hudsonicus    (Americas)

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Within Order Charadriiformes, single species Family: Dromadidae – Crab-plover has been resequenced to precede Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles:

237/1398    Crab-plover    Dromas ardeola

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286/164T    West African Crested Tern    Thalasseus albididorsalis

(w coast of Africa)

has been split from:

286/1648    Royal Tern    Thalasseus maximus    (coasts of Americas)

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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags

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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been resequenced.

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120/076F    Black Bittern    (ASIA  AUS  IO)

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name:

120/076F    Black Bittern    Ixobrychus flavicollis

 

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 3 of the IOC birdlist:

19 Charadriiformes families from Part 2

Family: Rhynochetidae – Kagu from Part 2

Family: Eurypygidae – Sunbittern from Part 2

Family: Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds from Part 1

Family: Gaviidae – Loons from Part 1

Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins from Part 1

Family: Oceanitidae – Austral Storm Petrels from Part 1

Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses from Part 1

Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels from Part 1

Family: Procellariidae – Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels from Part 1

Family: Ciconiidae – Storks from Part 1

Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds from Part 1

Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies from Part 1

Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags from Part 1

Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters from Part 1

Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises, Spoonbills from Part 1

Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns from Part 1

Family: Scopidae – Hamerkop from Part 1

Family: Balaenicipitidae – Shoebill from Part 1

Family: Pelecanidae – Pelicans from Part 1

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The following families have been moved from Part 3 to elsewhere in the IOC birdlist:

Family: Musophagidae – Turacos to Part 2

Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos to Part 2

Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse to Part 2

Family: Columbidae – Pigeons, Doves to Part 2

Family: Tytonidae – Barn Owls to Part 4

Family: Strigidae – Owls to Part 4

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The following family has a modified English name:

Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

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274/156F    Spoon-billed Sandpiper

has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:

Calidris pygmaea

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286/164P    Australian Tern    Gelochelidon macrotarsa

(Australia, s New Guinea)

has been split from:

286/1646    Gull-billed Tern    Gelochelidon nilotica

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146/0851    Pygmy Cormorant

has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:

Microcarbo pygmaeus

 

2018 edition -> 2019 edition     IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2

303/1847    Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove    (nw Ecuador, sw, wc Colombia)

has a new English name:

303/1847    Purple Quail-Dove    Geotrygon purpurata

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303/1893    Southern Crowned Pigeon    Goura scheepmakeri

(s, se New Guinea)

has been split into two species:

303/1893    Scheepmaker’s Crowned Pigeon    Goura scheepmakeri

(se Papua New Guinea)

303/189E    Sclater’s Crowned Pigeon    Goura sclaterii

(s New Guinea)

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311/2043    Ruwenzori Turaco    (AF)

has a new English name:

311/2043    Rwenzori Turaco    Ruwenzorornis johnstoni

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323/2261    Colombian Screech Owl    Megascops colombianus

(wc, sw Colombia, nw Ecuador)

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

323/2260    Rufescent Screech Owl    Megascops ingens

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323/2267    Roraiman Screech Owl    (nw South America)

has a new English name:

323/2267    Foothill Screech Owl    Megascops roraimae

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323/2268    Napo Screech Owl    Megascops napensis

(e Andean slope of nw South America)

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

323/2267    Foothill Screech Owl    Megascops roraimae

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323/227E    Santa Marta Screech Owl    Megascops gilesi

(ne Colombia)

is a newly described species

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323/2364    White-browed Hawk-Owl    (ne, sw, s Madagascar)

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:

323/2364    White-browed Owl    Athene superciliaris

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323/234Y    Forest Owlet    (wc India)

has been ascribed to a different genus:

323/234Y    Forest Owlet    Athene blewitti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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